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Offline Verbify

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How long to wait for queen cups on a test frame of eggs?
« on: June 24, 2016, 02:03:28 pm »
Fearing a hive is queenless, we stuck in a test frame of eggs from another hive. How long is reasonable to wait for them to build a queen cell? This will decide if we need to buy a new mated queen or not. It's only been about 36 hours and nothing so far.
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Offline rwlaw

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Re: How long to wait for queen cups on a test frame of eggs?
« Reply #1 on: June 24, 2016, 07:08:16 pm »
If they were all eggs, you'll have to wait for them to hatch (3 days), then the bees will select the proper larvae for a queen.
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Re: How long to wait for queen cups on a test frame of eggs?
« Reply #2 on: June 27, 2016, 09:47:33 am »
> How long is reasonable to wait for them to build a queen cell?

24 hours.
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Re: How long to wait for queen cups on a test frame of eggs?
« Reply #3 on: June 27, 2016, 11:13:54 am »
MB is correct, but I would give them 3 days if the question was, "How long before a new beek should be able to find any queen cell that has been started". :wink:
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Re: How long to wait for queen cups on a test frame of eggs?
« Reply #4 on: June 27, 2016, 01:51:12 pm »
Quote from: iddee on June 27, 2016, 11:13:54 am
MB is correct, but I would give them 3 days if the question was, "How long before a new beek should be able to find any queen cell that has been started". :wink:

Thanks for this - its good to have the 'for people like me who have no idea what they're doing' answer along with the expert answer.
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