[Nicksotherhoney]

I thought it might be kinda fun to swap 48 hour queen cells with fellow beesource members. Any ideas thoughts or suggestions?

 

[Gray Goose]

-warm moist carrying case
-willing participant list
-timing, as the meet and each swap to the other would save a trip.
-resources to make up the matting NUCs timed to also be ready

GG

 

[msl]

cool is better then warm, slows the metabolism and they eat less, I will say they didn't do well 24 hours in the fridge

keep it local... while shipping has been discussed and done the US system has been a mess this year
the do well with a few hour car ride

 

[mtnmyke]

keep it local...

If I was still in Utah I'd be down. Shipping cells/virgins doesn't sounds too exciting though. My virgins rarely last 48 hours in the incubator, yet alone in the mail. Although I'm sure a box full of nurse bees could lengthen that time considerably.

Is there a bee club in Utah yet? Maybe start one and hand out flyers at the big bee pickups, like Knights Family Honey does.

 

[msl]

My virgins rarely last 48 hours in the incubator, yet alone in the mail.

Comparing Alternative Methods for Holding Virgin Honey Bee Queens for One Week in Mailing Cages before Mating

In beekeeping, queen honey bees are often temporarily kept alive in cages. We determined the survival of newly-emerged virgin honey bee queens every day for seven days in an experiment that simultaneously investigated three factors: queen cage type (wooden three-hole or plastic), attendant...

journals.plos.org

 

[ruthiesbees]

This is something I am wanting to do as well. If the state ever starts having their meetings in-person again and in June it will work out well, but not for 2021. Depending on the genetics, overnight might be worth paying for to ship them.

 

[Nicksotherhoney]

Thanks for all the kind words. Will try and make flyers for the local clubs here.