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<blockquote data-quote="Breeder of queens Koss" data-source="post: 13111" data-attributes="member: 449"><p>Alastair, if you want the best queen bees, they must be born in a hive.</p><p>If the goal is to train at the lowest cost, then yes, an incubator will do.</p><p>From my observations I can draw some conclusions.</p><p>1. Temperature is very important for virgin queens. They do not tolerate high temperatures well. Therefore, in the Hive they are at the extreme limits. The temperature in the incubator should be 23-25°C. (I can’t say more precisely, I don’t remember)</p><p>2. In terms of nutrition, in the hive, virgin queens can feed on honey on their own. (open cells)</p><p>Most likely, before the mating flight, her bees feed her with royal jelly to give her strength. Same as the drone.</p><p>For the incubator, I think not liquid honey, or Candy (powdered sugar with honey, but so that it is not too dry) is suitable; the main thing is that the queen cannot smear herself on the food, but can also eat it.</p><p> For my work, I use micronuclexes. There the queen remains from birth, insemination and until the brood is closed. This prevents the queen from being killed when introducing her into the hive.</p><p> You can try using a queenless colony instead of an incubator. The so-called queen bank. As far as I remember, this is Polish technology. I want to experiment with it next year.</p><p>As far as I know, this technology has its drawbacks, such as bees do not pay attention to all virgin queens, sometimes they treat them aggressively. They cripple their feet (they chew off the pads on their paws).</p><p>Queens cannot be without accompanying bees for long periods of time. Therefore, they will still have better conditions in the colony.</p><p> I hope I answered your questions. Happy New Year !</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Breeder of queens Koss, post: 13111, member: 449"] Alastair, if you want the best queen bees, they must be born in a hive. If the goal is to train at the lowest cost, then yes, an incubator will do. From my observations I can draw some conclusions. 1. Temperature is very important for virgin queens. They do not tolerate high temperatures well. Therefore, in the Hive they are at the extreme limits. The temperature in the incubator should be 23-25°C. (I can’t say more precisely, I don’t remember) 2. In terms of nutrition, in the hive, virgin queens can feed on honey on their own. (open cells) Most likely, before the mating flight, her bees feed her with royal jelly to give her strength. Same as the drone. For the incubator, I think not liquid honey, or Candy (powdered sugar with honey, but so that it is not too dry) is suitable; the main thing is that the queen cannot smear herself on the food, but can also eat it. For my work, I use micronuclexes. There the queen remains from birth, insemination and until the brood is closed. This prevents the queen from being killed when introducing her into the hive. You can try using a queenless colony instead of an incubator. The so-called queen bank. As far as I remember, this is Polish technology. I want to experiment with it next year. As far as I know, this technology has its drawbacks, such as bees do not pay attention to all virgin queens, sometimes they treat them aggressively. They cripple their feet (they chew off the pads on their paws). Queens cannot be without accompanying bees for long periods of time. Therefore, they will still have better conditions in the colony. I hope I answered your questions. Happy New Year ! [/QUOTE]
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