My earlier graft I had about 10/16 drawn out with a lot of burr comb, Zero hatch. I never had a zero before. I was really struggling to find the cells for all the wax. I messed with the cells way too much I think. Can tipping the frame and cells too much cause them to die? I put a knife in hot water and cut the cells apart in a quick swipe (frame upside down). Put them in a Styrofoam cooler with a bag of hot water with bubble wrap over the top while I made up my queenless nucs. The queens seemed fully developed in the cells.
My second set of queen cells I got about 16/20 and since my grafts were about a week apart I checked on hatch rate while I was over there. I can not figure out what I did different than the previous years except for the burr comb issue.
I did find the UoG’s Utube on the queen cell transporter and they did about the same transport as me except with cedar rather than bubble wrap.
I live in the wet side of Oregon and our April was dry (drought) and warm. Our spring came 3 weeks early.
My second set of queen cells I got about 16/20 and since my grafts were about a week apart I checked on hatch rate while I was over there. I can not figure out what I did different than the previous years except for the burr comb issue.
I did find the UoG’s Utube on the queen cell transporter and they did about the same transport as me except with cedar rather than bubble wrap.
I live in the wet side of Oregon and our April was dry (drought) and warm. Our spring came 3 weeks early.