the last round of grafts (one dozen) were placed three weeks ago today into five frame deeps each with 3 - 4 frames of bees, brood, and stores.
11 of the 12 were found this morning to have laying queens putting down surprisingly solid patterns, and over half of the colonies had already capped their first round of brood.
the mating nucs were strung out side by side and within a few inches of each other in one single row. the only thing i did that might have helped achieve an above average take is used a second story five frame box on a few of them and placed the concrete blocks on the top covers in different orientations so that no two boxes looked the same coming in from the field.
walt wright was kind enough to drive down and help with the inspections, many thanks walt!

11 of the 12 were found this morning to have laying queens putting down surprisingly solid patterns, and over half of the colonies had already capped their first round of brood.
the mating nucs were strung out side by side and within a few inches of each other in one single row. the only thing i did that might have helped achieve an above average take is used a second story five frame box on a few of them and placed the concrete blocks on the top covers in different orientations so that no two boxes looked the same coming in from the field.
walt wright was kind enough to drive down and help with the inspections, many thanks walt!