Queen cell Size, does it matter

[bee-nuts]

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

[RayMarler]

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.

[bee-nuts]

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.

[Michael Bush]

IMO most queen cells have more than the queen can eat no matter how large or small they look.

[BEES4U]

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.)