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I have another attempt at grafting going right now. I put them into a starter finisher which is a large and highly populated hive I made queenless a few days ago. Two days before grafting I inserted a frame with eggs into this hive that I plan on using as a finisher as well as a starter. I grafted 36 or so cells yesterday from the frame I had put in two days prior. Many eggs had hatched and the larvae were in a lot more RJ than the others I've attempted to graft which seemed like a good sign. I checked them today and I could see that they were drawing cups down on about 80-90% of them which seemed like a good sign as well. My question is does this indicate that these cells are being raised as queens (accepted?)? My second question is does this also mean that these cells will likely be finished? In other words if the grafts that currently have very little to no wax cells being drawn down are an indication that these will not be raised queens are the ones that are being attended to and drawn indicate they will likely be raised as queens? I've had some cells get started with a ring of wax and I thought that meant they were excepted only to look a few days later after putting them into a finisher and see that they were bluffing.
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