I grafted 15 cells and only one of them took. It's difficult to tell just how big it is from the picture, but I measured it. From the bottom of the cell bar to the tip is just over 1.5"
(http://i1067.photobucket.com/albums/u434/fredfurnstein/QueenCell.jpg)
The start of something good there.
Lookin' good so far! :)
Looks good John!
I'll be practicing the same later on this summer year when "life" has settled down a bit. I'm also going to make my own queen cups.
Did you put this into a queenless hive, or into a queenright hive?
I made up a mating nuc (queenless of course) and put it in there this past Tuesday. Day 10 from grafting was this past Wednesday.
Also, I've read a few books and listened to many different ways to make queens and I decided to follow this procedure:
http://doorgarden.com/11/simple-honey-bee-queen-rearing-for-beginners (http://doorgarden.com/11/simple-honey-bee-queen-rearing-for-beginners)