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Queen Rearing Calendar
The weather forecast covers the next 15 days. You can check back and enter your grafting date to see the forecast covering the mating flight period nearer the time.
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| Age | Day | Date | Task/Event | Notes | Weather |
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| 0 | Thursday | 17/10/2024 | Egg layed by breeder/mother queen | ||
| 1 | Friday | 18/10/2024 | |||
| 2 | Saturday | 19/10/2024 | |||
| 3 | Sunday | 20/10/2024 | Graft day old larvae and put into queenless hive | Number of cells grafted: |  Conditions: Rain, Overcast Min: 11.6°C | Max: 17.2°C Wind: 20.9kph |
| 4 | Monday | 21/10/2024 |  Conditions: Partially cloudy Min: 11.3°C | Max: 15.2°C Wind: 12.2kph |
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| 5 | Tuesday | 22/10/2024 | Check grafts, bees should have started drawing the cells | Number of cells accepted: | Conditions: Partially cloudy Min: 9°C | Max: 16.1°C Wind: 16.2kph |
| 6 | Wednesday | 23/10/2024 | Conditions: Partially cloudy Min: 8.6°C | Max: 16.4°C Wind: 9.7kph |
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| 7 | Thursday | 24/10/2024 | Conditions: Rain, Partially cloudy Min: 9.8°C | Max: 16.9°C Wind: 23.4kph |
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| 8 | Friday | 25/10/2024 | Cells are capped | Conditions: Rain, Partially cloudy Min: 9.7°C | Max: 13.9°C Wind: 20.5kph |
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| 9 | Saturday | 26/10/2024 | Avoid moving cells/be gentle if opening hive | Conditions: Rain Min: 7.9°C | Max: 12.4°C Wind: 13.8kph |
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| 10 | Sunday | 27/10/2024 | Avoid moving cells/be gentle if opening hive | Conditions: Partially cloudy Min: 7.6°C | Max: 14.1°C Wind: 7.2kph |
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| 11 | Monday | 28/10/2024 | Avoid moving cells/be gentle if opening hive | Conditions: Partially cloudy Min: 10.2°C | Max: 15.8°C Wind: 9.4kph |
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| 12 | Tuesday | 29/10/2024 | Move cells to mating nucs |  Conditions: Overcast Min: 10.8°C | Max: 15°C Wind: 16.6kph |
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| 13 | Wednesday | 30/10/2024 | Conditions: Partially cloudy Min: 8.5°C | Max: 12.4°C Wind: 16.2kph |
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| 14 | Thursday | 31/10/2024 |  Conditions: Clear Min: 8.8°C | Max: 13.1°C Wind: 14.8kph |
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| 15 | Friday | 01/11/2024 | Queens should emerge | Conditions: Clear Min: 7.5°C | Max: 13.5°C Wind: 6.8kph |
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| 16 | Saturday | 02/11/2024 | Conditions: Partially cloudy Min: 6.9°C | Max: 12.5°C Wind: 8.3kph |
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| 17 | Sunday | 03/11/2024 | Remove empty queen cell | Conditions: Overcast Min: 8°C | Max: 10.9°C Wind: 13.3kph |
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| 18 | Monday | 04/11/2024 | |||
| 19 | Tuesday | 05/11/2024 | |||
| 20 | Wednesday | 06/11/2024 | Mating flight period starts | ||
| 21 | Thursday | 07/11/2024 | |||
| 22 | Friday | 08/11/2024 | |||
| 23 | Saturday | 09/11/2024 | |||
| 24 | Sunday | 10/11/2024 | |||
| 25 | Monday | 11/11/2024 | |||
| 26 | Tuesday | 12/11/2024 | |||
| 27 | Wednesday | 13/11/2024 | |||
| 28 | Thursday | 14/11/2024 | |||
| 29 | Friday | 15/11/2024 | |||
| 30 | Saturday | 16/11/2024 | |||
| 31 | Sunday | 17/11/2024 | |||
| 32 | Monday | 18/11/2024 | |||
| 33 | Tuesday | 19/11/2024 | Check nuc for eggs | ||
| 34 | Wednesday | 20/11/2024 | |||
| 35 | Thursday | 21/11/2024 | |||
| 36 | Friday | 22/11/2024 | |||
| 37 | Saturday | 23/11/2024 | |||
| 38 | Sunday | 24/11/2024 | Check nuc for larvae | ||
| 39 | Monday | 25/11/2024 | |||
| 40 | Tuesday | 26/11/2024 | If no eggs or larvae re-queen nuc |