I have successfully cut out fantastic QC’s from plastic foundation. I used a scalpel and took my time (@ 6 from memory) and every one was perfect. There was a tiny hole above the RJ that I plugged with some wax. The queens emerged without issue.
Roger says the easiest way to raise queens for a small scale beekeeper is the emergency response, removing the queen from a hive and adding grafts to that hive once the hive realises it is queenless, would the bees not be more inclined to ignore the grafts in this situation and raise queencells from brood already present on frames in the hive. Would leaving the hive queenless for a period till there is no viable brood in the hive 1st and then introducing grafts to them be better?
7:52 I believe the term is 'eclose', Roger. According to an online dictionary I found... eclose VERB (intransitive) entomology (of an insect) to come out of the egg or the pupa case Thanks for all your great sharing of information.
Roger is brilliant - we are so lucky to have this mentoring. Wonder what it was like for beekeepers 20 years ago! Trial and error no doubt.
Roger has such depth of knowledge & experience , an excellent presentation many thanks.
Many thanks!
I have successfully cut out fantastic QC’s from plastic foundation. I used a scalpel and took my time (@ 6 from memory) and every one was perfect. There was a tiny hole above the RJ that I plugged with some wax. The queens emerged without issue.
Great to know. Thanks for sharing!
Congratulations! Michael beekeeper from Romania.
Roger says the easiest way to raise queens for a small scale beekeeper is the emergency response, removing the queen from a hive and adding grafts to that hive once the hive realises it is queenless, would the bees not be more inclined to ignore the grafts in this situation and raise queencells from brood already present on frames in the hive. Would leaving the hive queenless for a period till there is no viable brood in the hive 1st and then introducing grafts to them be better?
7:52 I believe the term is 'eclose', Roger.
According to an online dictionary I found...
eclose
VERB (intransitive)
entomology
(of an insect) to come out of the egg or the pupa case
Thanks for all your great sharing of information.
Good presentation on the cup kit the cream coloured cup holders is designed to get the cup out of kit no pliers needed.
May you send me a PDF of a queen reading and how to control wax moth