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Aaron Morris <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 14 Feb 2004 11:46:20 -0500
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> How are they (cells) packed? how is their temperature maintained? At
> what stage of the cells development would be best for a quick delivery
> so they do not emerge before installation?

I've never ordered cells, but inquired of Dave Miksa (whom Lloyd
recommended) when he spoke to the Empire State Honey Producers Association
last fall in Alexandria Bay, NY.  Cells are shipped in battery cages with
attendant bees.  They are shipped UPS overnight express when they are very
near emergence.  He recommends that the customer have everything ready to go
to install cells immediately upon arrival. There is a limited window of
opportunity for shipping cells in that they must be hardened off enough that
the developing queens wings are past the point where they can be easily
damaged by jostling.  Using the schedule on Glenn Apiaries' site:
http://members.aol.com/queenb95/queenrear.html#anchor959974
My guess is cells are shipped at about the time they come out of the cell
builder (day 14).  My recollection is that the most critical/vulnerable to
damage by jostling time is day 12.  I',m not sure how much wiggle room there
will be after that (day 12) and emergence (day 16), which is why my guess
(which I suspect is spot on) is that cells will be overnight expressed on
day 14, which is why Dave insists that customers be ready to install cells
upon receipt, rain or shine.

Aaron Morris - thinking long live the queens!

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