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Did you put the cell bar in a queen less cell starter packed with tons of nurse bees or in a normal queen right hive?
Clayton, Will bees ignore eggs transferred to cell builder?You don't transfer eggs. You transfer larvae, on day 3 after the eggs have hatched.
They will destroy them - because - those eggs will have traces of the original queens pheromone on them. That pheromone - which is present on the egg membrane - will disappear as the membrane dissolves during 'hatching'. Only transfer Larvae.Clayton, Will bees ignore eggs transferred to cell builder?
I tried the Nicot laying cage evey season for around 10 years - did something different every year - never got even the one larva to raise to a Queen Cell.I never could get a nicot to work. tried everything
That doesn't add up because when I put frames of eggs into queen right or queen less hives they don't destroy them. They raise them just like all the other eggs in the hive.They will destroy them - because - those eggs will have traces of the original queens pheromone on them. That pheromone - which is present on the egg membrane - will disappear as the membrane dissolves during 'hatching'. Only transfer Larvae.
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I thought no one grafted eggs because it's dang near impossible to move them without damage.Yep that's why no one grafts eggs.
Are you sure it's not the hatched larvae in those frames they're raising ? If a colony is Queen-right, a) why give that colony eggs ?, and b) what's to stop that Queen from immediately replacing those eggs ? If the colony has been Queen-less for a while, then yes - they will raise them, as they have no other choice for survival.That doesn't add up because when I put frames of eggs into queen right or queen less hives they don't destroy them. They raise them just like all the other eggs in the hive.
Not if they're laid in cell-cups - because then it's the cell-cup itself that's moved, the individual egg or larva inside it doesn't need to be touched. You'd have a tough time trying to graft eggs without damaging them.I thought no one grafted eggs because it's dang near impossible to move them without damage.