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So walk through this scenario with me.
I check a three frame nuc that had been given a ripe queen cell sixteen days prior, and find it queenless.
So, I give the three frame nuc a frame of open brood. (I don't know how to graft)
Two days later, I have a few emergency queen cells started on the frame of open brood.
I take the frame of open brood, with emergency queen cells, and put it in a strong, queenright hive, above a queen excluder, to be finished.
How good a quality queen will I get ? Will the fact that the queen cells were started by a small and somewhat weak colony be a detriment to the final product?
Or will fact that the larva was finished by a strong, queenright hive make up for any previous deficits?
I check a three frame nuc that had been given a ripe queen cell sixteen days prior, and find it queenless.
So, I give the three frame nuc a frame of open brood. (I don't know how to graft)
Two days later, I have a few emergency queen cells started on the frame of open brood.
I take the frame of open brood, with emergency queen cells, and put it in a strong, queenright hive, above a queen excluder, to be finished.
How good a quality queen will I get ? Will the fact that the queen cells were started by a small and somewhat weak colony be a detriment to the final product?
Or will fact that the larva was finished by a strong, queenright hive make up for any previous deficits?