(http://doorgarden.com/images/critters/bee-pictures/first-honey-of-spring.JPG) I'm gonna have to cobble up one of those drill driven 2 frame extractors so that when my grand daughter asks "Is this honey from YOUR bees?" I can answer "Why yes, it is." for a change.
(http://doorgarden.com/images/critters/bee-pictures/bee-eggs.JPG) I put an empty frame in the middle of the brood nest about a week ago, and the new white wax is full of eggs and larva. I'm wanting to give queen rearing a try. So, the "C: shaped larva in the upper right quadrant - is that what I'm looking for?
Nice looking honey...congrats! As for the queen grafting, that larva seems way too big. You're not looking for the "C" shape, but rather just a slight bend "(". Hope that helps.
Scott
Wow, that newly capped honeycomb is a brilliant yellow color. Congratulations on a great frame of honey and by all means, share it with the grandchildren.
That little larva in the upper right with 2 bee butts pointed at it, laying in a nice bed of royal jelly, is perfect! They can be a little larger as long as they haven't grown into a U shape. Seems to work best to run the grafting tool under them from the back of the C, like this: >C; picking up a good puddle of RJ along with the larva. :-D
Quote from: hardwood on April 04, 2010, 08:34:33 PM
Nice looking honey...congrats! As for the queen grafting, that larva seems way too big. You're not looking for the "C" shape, but rather just a slight bend "(". Hope that helps.
Scott
How about this one?
(http://doorgarden.com/images/critters/bee-pictures/larva-for-grafting.JPG)
Quote from: fish_stix on April 04, 2010, 09:59:23 PM
That little larva in the upper right with 2 bee butts pointed at it, laying in a nice bed of royal jelly, is perfect! They can be a little larger as long as they haven't grown into a U shape. Seems to work best to run the grafting tool under them from the back of the C, like this: >C; picking up a good puddle of RJ along with the larva. :-D
Yeah, that's the one I meant.
Quote from: David LaFerney on April 04, 2010, 10:03:53 PM
Quote from: hardwood on April 04, 2010, 08:34:33 PM
Nice looking honey...congrats! As for the queen grafting, that larva seems way too big. You're not looking for the "C" shape, but rather just a slight bend "(". Hope that helps.
Scott
How about this one?
(http://doorgarden.com/images/critters/bee-pictures/larva-for-grafting.JPG)
The picture listed here is of an egg & I don't see a larvae in the second pic at the top right.
...JP