Im courious how much the size of a queen cell matters to the health of the queen and how productive she may be. I did a few searches on internet and could find no reference to it. Im wondering if the size of the cell is an important factor when picking a queen cell when making a nuc with one. Im guessing its and obvious yes, the bigger the better.
Can anyone give me ther oppinion or the facts on this?
Thanks much all!!
bee-nuts
A larger queen cell holds more royal jelly so get a better fed queen resulting in better performing and longer lasting queen. In this instance, bigger is better.
Ok, Thanks. I figured bigger must be better. I just made a nuc a while back with a nice large healthy looking queen cell. I hope I do not find any more this year though.
IMO most queen cells have more than the queen can eat no matter how large or small they look.
What really matters is the age of the larvae that the natural queen cell was construckted around.
Grafted queen cells helps to get the bigger queen.
Regards,
(Queen breeder.)