First Honey of Spring picture

David LaFerney · April 04, 2010, 07:34:15 PM

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.

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?

hardwood · 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

beekeeper1756 · April 04, 2010, 09:25:16 PM

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.

fish_stix · 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

David LaFerney · 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?

David LaFerney · April 04, 2010, 10:05:53 PM

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.

JP · April 05, 2010, 12:19:03 AM

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?

The picture listed here is of an egg & I don't see a larvae in the second pic at the top right.

...JP