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Nicot Queen Rearing
Ben Framed:
--- Quote from: ed/La. on April 22, 2019, 05:56:13 am ---htt8ps://images.app.goo.gl/HC7yNZurfq9YiHGb9. That is link to honey bee life cycle chart. Queen cell is capped at day 9
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Thanks Ed/La
blackforest beekeeper:
It`s like re-grafting sort of the day after. can be done, many do it. I don`t. I don`t like the queens emerge on different days.
Keep us updated on the success of your enterprise.
I will get my breeder hive ready on Wednesday, graft on Thursday. Should have done it a week earlier. We had summer-weather the last few days. gonna get colder and rainy again...
Hopefully they will collect the canola-nectar even if it is a bit shady...
expecting first swarm-cells on Wednesday.
Ben Framed:
--- Quote from: blackforest beekeeper on April 22, 2019, 05:36:56 pm ---It`s like re-grafting sort of the day after. can be done, many do it. I don`t. I don`t like the queens emerge on different days.
Keep us updated on the success of your enterprise.
I will get my breeder hive ready on Wednesday, graft on Thursday. Should have done it a week earlier. We had summer-weather the last few days. gonna get colder and rainy again...
Hopefully they will collect the canola-nectar even if it is a bit shady...
expecting first swarm-cells on Wednesday.
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Thanks Blackforest, will do. Wishing the best to you in your grafting situation also.
Phillip
dfizer:
Hello -
I too have just started with the nicot system. I put the assembled box in for the attendant bees to clean up a few days ago. Yesterday (morning) I introduced my breeder queen. Today I checked it (late morning) and not eggs have been laid.
My question is - how long does it take for the queen to accept the box and begin to lay?
Please advise.
TheHoneyPump:
On the first go, it may take her 2 days to get comfort with the box then will lay some.
The next time she goes in she will lay sooner, next sooner, next right away ....
It is a scents thing.
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