First attempt at queen rearing with NICOT

Here's our first attempt at using the NICOT for queen rearing.

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[rolandcdt]

11:31 love it!!! Thanks for the authenticity!

[mrwonk]

Dude, you made a queen your first time out. Right on.

[tallcedars]

I'm impressed, congrats on rearing the queen! You know what to do and from hear it's finessing the process. that was so cool to see the nasonov glands appear. good to see how the workers should react to a new queen. It was awesome to hear your commentary on what was happening as they inspected their new queen. thank you for showing us your first queen rearing!

[HaselorHoney]

Sometimes the queens will go back in the cell to eat the royal jelly and get stuck. Ideally the day before they are due to emerge add i small drop of honey/sugar water. Then when she emerges remove or squish the cell. Better still try and add the queen cell to the queenless colony. Thanks for sharing and take care 🐝🐝

[whatsup]

Thanks for this it will help me for my first attempt.

[kyledaugherty]

Next time, use a little bit of propolis or wax to hold the brown cell cups in the yellow cup holders. The cups fell down as the queens were trying to emerge, which is why they couldn’t get out of the cells.

[noway]

12:40 you must to put inside10 bees to help The quinn. Thank you.

[noahriding]

Is the only way to prevent swarming, getting the queen cells out into a finisher/separated from old queen before they hatch? Or is there something else you can do also?

[goldensilver]

"Technically fine" caging of the first queen has me you for all you do...

[whatsup]

At what point did you put the cage one the holder?

[mirbew]

Can u tell me if the queen is laying a eggs in cups of nucos box then queen will release in hive are not

[shibei-menp]

The Nico system is a bad system.
If you get 30 percent it's a joke. Or you are doing something wrong.