BEE-L Archives

Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology

BEE-L@COMMUNITY.LSOFT.COM

Options: Use Monospaced Font
Show Text Part by Default
Show All Mail Headers

Message: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Topic: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Author: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]

Print Reply
Subject:
From:
randy oliver <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:
Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Tue, 7 Sep 2010 20:32:37 -0700
Content-Type:
text/plain
Parts/Attachments:
text/plain (25 lines)
>But, if your eyes are as bad as mine

They are.  I have "graduated" to now wearing a jeweler's loupe, and a
battery-operated headlamp, in a dark room.  With the headlamp, the lamp is
never in the way, and always pointing in the direction that I am looking.

>
> >I still have a looong way to go, since that is barely over 50%, but from 4
> to 17!  Cool!
>

Congratulations!  Ain't it exciting to raise your own queens?  With a bit
more practice, you should be hitting at least 90% take, although you will
likely find that some cell starter colonies perform much better than others.

Randy Oliver

             ***********************************************
The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned
LISTSERV(R) list management software.  For more information, go to:
http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html

Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at:
http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm

ATOM RSS1 RSS2