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Queen-rearing

Why rear your own queens?

Every year we see many beekeepers panicking about queenless hives. If they had reared queens as a matter of course, this would not be an issue since they would always have a supply close at hand. Rearing queens is also a must for anyone doing their Intermediate or Senior exams. Even if you simply raise your swarm cells with no sophisticated grafting,  you will always have plenty of queens.

Queen-rearing references

  • ​​Reference information on queen-rearing, covering a dozen different methods, by Dave Cushman
  • Beespoke.info on queen-rearing
    • ​​How to graft
    • Timetable for Cloake Board and Jenter Kit
    • Queen-rearing timeline

Queen-rearing Documents

  • The Morris Board method of Queen Rearing
morris-board-v3.pdf
File Size: 115 kb
File Type: pdf
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  • How to make a plug kit used for selecting larvae for queen rearing (see pic below)
instructions-on-making-queen-rearing-plug-kit.pdf
File Size: 950 kb
File Type: pdf
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  • Here  is a spreadsheet that makes it easy to calculate the progress of your queen-rearing efforts
queencalculator.xlsx
File Size: 19 kb
File Type: xlsx
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