cloake

I'm a newbee, kind of. I have lurked the bee forums and web sites for a few years. Hung out with a local beek some to pick his brain and generally been interested for years. This May a bought a nuc (Russians supposedly) and started my adventure. Since then the word has spread and through friends...

I use a variant of the Cloake system. For larvae, I use the Nicot system. I have had lots of success. My last batch of queens failed and I'm not sure why. I checked the cells on day 6 (counting from egg), which is one day after the Cloake re-unite. The cells were about 50% drawn. When I...