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Cloake Board Day 6

Posted on June 25, 2011 by ed

We have completed 7 grafting sessions – so far we have grafted approximately 400 eggs this season. Yesterday was day 6 of the Cloake Board method for grafting session 7. I had to remove the slide and close the main … Continue reading →

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Russian & Carniolan Grafting Status

Posted on May 22, 2011 by ed

It has been a most frustrating spring with unrelenting rain and cold nights. Our earliest efforts at queen rearing  were unsatisfactory but now Russian queens from our first grafting should begin laying early next week.  In addition Russian queens from our … Continue reading →

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Cloake Board Method-Day 4

Posted on May 16, 2011 by ed

It is raining AGAIN, and we want to graft from our best Carniolan queen tomorrow. So we set up a tent over the cell builder hive so we could work through the rain. Today is day 4 of the Cloake Board … Continue reading →

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Checking our 1st Russian Bee Grafting on Day 6

Posted on May 4, 2011 by ed

On Day 6 we had to check the results of our 1st grafting and had to remove the Cloake Board slide and close the rear entrance of the cell builder.  Our new queen cells are looking great. We used an … Continue reading →

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