royal_jelly_larvae_transfer
Transfering larvae into queen cells, this is the first step for royal jelly production (the same as large scale queen rearing). Beijing, China. May 13, 2001.
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When a very young queen cell was opened to expose the larva and the creamy food (royal jelly), workers come to eat the jelly.
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A queen cell near the edge of a frame. A worker has most of her body inside to either inspect or feed the queen larva.
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Workers taking care of a queen cell, the white larva can be seen partially.
queencell
A queen cell in the center of the nest. This is usually a supercedure cell -- when the queen is getting too old workers rear a new one to replace her. When this happens, the two queens do not fight with each other.
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A grafted frame showing good acceptance of queen cells. Notice that each cell has lots of bees festooning on it, a sign showing that the colony has enough workers.