>Thus, the best conditions will be available to raise quality queens. Don't
>forget to select the queen mother to use her larvae for grafting larvae
>with desirable genetic traits, eh.
>
>
I have found difference between hives used as cell builders. Some hives
just don't want to make queen cells.
Even when there are lots of jelly left in the cell cups after the queens
harched out, the queens are smaller than from other hives used at the
same time. So I found it important to make sure the hives I use as
finishers are doing the job properly. I can have a big queen hatching
from a cell with no jelly left, and a small queen from a cell with
plenty left.

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P-O Gustafsson, Sweden
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