Hi, All!
This is my last mated queen of the season. Our weather is just perfect now into the mid-80s and low 90s at times.
I only want to know how far I can push queen rearing this season. This will help me keep track of the change in
yearly weather condition as ours can change fast from Summer to winter just like that.
My concern is whether are not there are enough drones remaining at this time to produce a well mated queen. It is 7 days since post
emergence for this queen. Two days ago I did a hive check on her and she seems to be mated somewhat. She is 80% Cordovan but not quite coming from a breeder queen that laid an egg directly in a queen cup made by the bees. The mother queen is a late mated July queen also. I also injected 2 ml of bought RJ from the online store when this QC is in development. The extra 2 ml RJ added immediately made the bees to seal up the QC.
The last late summer RJ injected queen:
https://tinyurl.com/y6vkfdbb RJ injection syringe
https://tinyurl.com/y9q229ah