Im in the middle of queen rearing using MP's cell builder 10/10 method.
I have had over 75% acceptance which im stoked with since my grafting skills i would say are shaky at best.
Here are couple or three questions i cant figure out.
1. Why recombine the mother colony with the queenless cell starter after the cells are capped on day 5? I mean if they are already capped then what is gained by recombining with the queen right mother colony ( over a queen excluder of course)
2. Is grafting day considered day 1 or day zero?
3. why wait until day 9-10 to harvest the queen cells before putting them into nucs? I mean if they are already capped on day 5 why not do it then? or day 6,7,8,9 for that matter.
I have had over 75% acceptance which im stoked with since my grafting skills i would say are shaky at best.
Here are couple or three questions i cant figure out.
1. Why recombine the mother colony with the queenless cell starter after the cells are capped on day 5? I mean if they are already capped then what is gained by recombining with the queen right mother colony ( over a queen excluder of course)
2. Is grafting day considered day 1 or day zero?
3. why wait until day 9-10 to harvest the queen cells before putting them into nucs? I mean if they are already capped on day 5 why not do it then? or day 6,7,8,9 for that matter.