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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => REQUEENING & RAISING NEW QUEENS => Topic started by: little john on June 02, 2016, 03:41:13 pm
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Just wondered if anyone on here is into cell-punching ?
I had a go a few years ago, and the punching itself worked pretty good - but one problem I ran into was that the bees firmly glued the wooden 'mushrooms' I was using onto the cell-raising bars. This made it difficult to extract the individual q/cells without risking damage to them.
So - I've made-up another kind of frame, using Terry clips to hold the stalk of the 'mushroom' (old system in the foreground) :
(http://i68.tinypic.com/14j9u1u.jpg)
I have no doubt that they'll glue-up that frame too - but hopefully not so badly as before.
LJ
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Little John,
I have used the cell punch method for over 45 years. It works well and is my favourite method of raising queen cells. I have used Terry clips for a long time and they don't get gummed up.
Look on Dave Cushman's website for details http://www.dave-cushman.net/bee/roger_punch_frame.html (http://www.dave-cushman.net/bee/roger_punch_frame.html)
Roger Patterson.
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Following this thread and discussions elsewhere I have modified and updated the information on Dave Cushman's website http://www.dave-cushman.net/bee/cellpunch.html (http://www.dave-cushman.net/bee/cellpunch.html).
I hope this is helpful.
Roger Patterson.