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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Alastair" data-source="post: 13378" data-attributes="member: 13">Thanks Br Adamson that is an awesome bit of research! I will admit to not reading the whole thing yet I only just got home and it's late. It will be some excellent reading over the next few days  <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> .Re my new queens, I went through all the nucs today, only one of the virgins is laying eggs, too early to say if they are fertilized or not I will have to take another look in a week or so. It would be something of a miracle if they are fertilized because the mating time frame was during that cold snap we had, most of the time there were not even any workers flying never mind drones. But will be interesting I will update in a week or so.The 3 surviving artificially inseminated queens all have capped brood now and it's worker, so all good. They started laying sooner because i gave them 2 Co2 treatments.It occurred to me that since the occasional hive has drones right through winter, in theory it should be possible to produce and artificially inseminate a queen 12 months of the year. I might try it in another couple of months just for the fun of seeing if it is possible.</blockquote>

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