Has anybody here tried the "Glenn Apiaries" queens? If so, how are they?
Tom Glens queens are not production queens, they are instrimentally inseminated and are used to graft from to produce production queens. They are a genetic tool...
The ones i have seen and had have been good with very little if any maintinance and produce excellant queens in my area. But this also depends on your drone they are mating with etc...
Are you using them for grafting?
Quote from: Buffalo Bee Farm on September 22, 2011, 02:47:41 PM
Tom Glens queens are not production queens, they are instrimentally inseminated and are used to graft from to produce production queens. They are a genetic tool...
The ones i have seen and had have been good with very little if any maintinance and produce excellant queens in my area. But this also depends on your drone they are mating with etc...
Are you using them for grafting?
I was going to use them for grafting, yes. I just wanted to get more hives/nucs (for emergency queens) in case one of my hives were to go queenless.
I've used 4 of them for grafting; Hygenic Italians. Good breeder queens and the daughters have been excellent. If you buy one read up on Glenn's technique for introduction using a hardware cloth cage. Introduce to a nuc newly made up with brood and young nurse bees to avoid intro problems.
Quote from: fish_stix on September 23, 2011, 09:44:37 PM
I've used 4 of them for grafting; Hygenic Italians. Good breeder queens and the daughters have been excellent. If you buy one read up on Glenn's technique for introduction using a hardware cloth cage. Introduce to a nuc newly made up with brood and young nurse bees to avoid intro problems.
Excellent! I will! Thanks for the tip! :-D