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I should have been more specific about why I am interested in the 7-day weight gain test. I want to use it to evaluate breeder queens and their daughters in a breeding program with many hives and...

For anyone interested, I found a paper that talks about using a 7-day weight gain to calculate total honey production.
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Thanks for the idea. Hadn't thought about that. I will send them and email and post there reply when I receive it.

Finally found where I read about this. http://www.ent.uga.edu/bees/Research/breeding.htm

If you go to the University of Georgia "Breeding Project" page you will see that they are using a 7 day...

I have read somewhere about a method for preforming a 10 day weight gain test to predict a colonies honey production, does anyone know anything about this method?

Does anyone have experience with the Ezi Queen system that Dadant sells? How does it compare to the original Jenter system?
(Jenter Queen Rearing System Dadant EZI QUEEN SYSTEM)