I actually let my buddy incubate all the eggs and when they hatched, that is when we picked. Of course we decided upon this method before the breeding season.
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Thanks! Yeah he was pretty bummed that she didn't prove out. Especially after 3 years of getting her up to size. He may trade my hatchling het ghost female for her, in which case I will put my honeybee with her again, just to make sure, and if she does prove out, ill just give him a ghost female.