[tomkat]

When you are trying to figure when a Queen will be fertile, or old enough to mate, do you count the day the egg was laid plus larva stage, pups then emerge as they16 days plus or minus. Or is it from lava to date emerges.??????

 

[rweakley]

When you are trying to figure when a Queen will be fertile, or old enough to mate, do you count the day the egg was laid plus larva stage, pups then emerge as they16 days plus or minus. Or is it from lava to date emerges.??????

Queen lays an egg (if workers determine it should be a queen) 16 days later plus or minus she emerges as a queen.

 

[Colobee]

and from Morse:

First fight is typically at 3-5 days... weather dependent, normally lasting 2-20 minutes.

About half mate on their first flight.They mate about 12 to 18 times in two or three flights over a period of 2-4 days.

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It appears they are typically "of mating age" at around 19-23 days after the egg was laid.

 

[burns375]

An easy way to remember is. Now this is not perfect since most queens emerge in 15-16 days.
1st week to Cap
2nd week to Emerge
3rd Week to Mate
4th Week to Lay

Here is a chart I made based on Michael Bush's figures
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19s32-y_B40M5rLOb0HSXUqMMC8Q4d2czKvpgAbFg2Lc/pubhtml

 

[drlonzo]

This is a link i've found to be helpful. http://www.thebeeyard.org/queen-rearing-calendar/

You input the date that you plan to graft and it gives you a calendar based on that date. It goes both forward and backward so that you can see what to expect.