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<blockquote data-quote="Alastair" data-source="post: 13105" data-attributes="member: 13"><p>After much experimentation I think I have cracked how to keep virgin queens alive in the cage they hatched in, in an incubator with no attendant bees, for the 7 or 8 days needed for the AI process to be done until they are introduced as a mated queen to a hive.</p><p></p><p>Wondering if anyone has knowledge, or could point me to a study that gives the optimum diet at this stage of their lives.</p><p></p><p>I'm asking because there are opinions on the net, but nobody seems to know for sure or be able to back their opinion with a properly done study.</p><p></p><p>Because in the world of queen bees, the first one to hatch gets to kill many of the others while they are still in their cell. For that reason queen bees have evolved to have a shorter time in the cell than workers, they emerge ready to fight, but in some other ways still have some development to do. For this, it would seem logical they need an optimal diet that will meet their development needs. But a search of the net will tell you based on who you read, that they are fed honey, or they are fed royal jelly, or they are fed something else or in between. </p><p></p><p>I would like to know that the diet I give my queens will enable them to develop into the best possible queens. </p><p></p><p>Anybody help?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alastair, post: 13105, member: 13"] After much experimentation I think I have cracked how to keep virgin queens alive in the cage they hatched in, in an incubator with no attendant bees, for the 7 or 8 days needed for the AI process to be done until they are introduced as a mated queen to a hive. Wondering if anyone has knowledge, or could point me to a study that gives the optimum diet at this stage of their lives. I'm asking because there are opinions on the net, but nobody seems to know for sure or be able to back their opinion with a properly done study. Because in the world of queen bees, the first one to hatch gets to kill many of the others while they are still in their cell. For that reason queen bees have evolved to have a shorter time in the cell than workers, they emerge ready to fight, but in some other ways still have some development to do. For this, it would seem logical they need an optimal diet that will meet their development needs. But a search of the net will tell you based on who you read, that they are fed honey, or they are fed royal jelly, or they are fed something else or in between. I would like to know that the diet I give my queens will enable them to develop into the best possible queens. Anybody help? [/QUOTE]
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