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I've been dabbling at queen rearing, and I've about come to the conclusion that my eyes aren't good enough to graft. A friend and I have pooled our resources recently and it looks like we are going to produce about 12 good cells from 30 (of his) grafts - not bad for beginners I think. Anyway I've been looking at the Jenter and Nicot systems and got to wondering if something like this will work -
Some JZBZ cups, a piece of excluder, and some wood - pretty simple if it will work. Anybody ever tried this before?
The cell spacing is wider than with the store bought systems I know, but what I'm really wondering is since the JZBZ cups are so big will the queen lay drone brood?
Anyway, for curiosity sake I'm gonna try it.
Some JZBZ cups, a piece of excluder, and some wood - pretty simple if it will work. Anybody ever tried this before?
The cell spacing is wider than with the store bought systems I know, but what I'm really wondering is since the JZBZ cups are so big will the queen lay drone brood?
Anyway, for curiosity sake I'm gonna try it.