(OT) Age of larva in swarm cell

[Kevin M. Pfeiffer]

Based on the worker bee tutorial images we use, I'd say this queen larva is 4-5 days old (lower left in image). Does that sound about right? 

Development time up to capping is about the same, isn't it?

-K

[Reed Johnson]

Queens are about a day quicker to capping.  They're capped with a significant amount of royal jelly in the cell.  I'd say that cell was 3-4 days old.

Reed

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Reed M. Johnson
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