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OTS: ON-THE-SPOT QUEEN REARING AS DIRECTED SUPERSEDURE FOR SELF-SUFFICIENT BEEKEEPING
Photo by Carolyn Kreiger, Summer 2009
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DR. C. C. MILLER: “Give them larvae of all ages from which to select, and they always choose that which is two days old, or younger . . . . . I have never known bees to start a cell after the larvae were too old.”
Source: Quote: Fifty Years Among The Bees (pages 237-238); Photo: Frank C. Pellett’s Practical Queen Rearing used with permission from Dadant and Sons
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O T S1985
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O T SSTEP 1: SCAN THE BROOD FRAME FOR
36-HOUR-OR-YOUNGER LARVAE
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O T SSTEP 2: CHOOSE THE BEST LARVAE TO NOTCH
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O T SSTEP 2: CHOOSE THE BEST LARVAE TO NOTCH
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O T SNOTE: BEES WON’T ACCEPT NOTCHED LARVAE OLDER THAN 36 HOURS
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O T SSTEP 3: NOTCH CLEAN TO THE MIDRIB, REMOVING THE
BOTTOM OF THE CELL WALL
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SEVEN DAYS LATER: SEALED QUEEN CELLS