[green2btree]

One of those "Well, DUH!" questions, that may not be as obvious as it sounds.... Does the size of the queen cell actually 1 to 1 correspond to the final size of the queen?:scratch:

JC

 

[merince]

Not 1:1, but usually the bigger the cell, the bigger (the better) the queen.

 

[Michael Bush]

>Does the size of the queen cell actually 1 to 1 correspond to the final size of the queen?

No. The research I've seen says there is no correlation at all. It is overly large and filled with more food than she can eat, if she was properly fed. I've seen a few queen cells that were 3" long and one that was 5" long. They were not 3" long queens...

 

[deknow]

https://picasaweb.google.com/m/viewAlbum?uname=101364646174445675116&aid=5906245914615542961&start=0

Large queens photographed with the small cells they emerged from.

 

[green2btree]

I was wondering, because I have a few queens that came from big, fat cells, and yet they are dinks. I am waiting to see their performance level.

JC

 

[Michael Bush]

This study:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21870968

Says queen size is not an accurate way to assess ovariole numbers.

 

[green2btree]

There would be no way that I would pinch a queen just because she is small, I was mainly just curious.

JC