What’s in Queen Rearing For Me?
Background Swarming is probably the main bugbear of the beekeeper. The tendency to swarm is heritable and can be reduced
Queen Rearing
Instrumental Insemination
I was first introduced to Instrumental Insemination (I.I.) after Micheal Mac purchased an Instrumental Insemination Apparatus from Tom Kehoe in
The Benefits of Instrumental Insemination
Instrumental Insemination (II) of Queen Bees to most people seems to be something that those “professional beekeepers use”, having first
Clipping and Marking a Queen
Finding the Queen, marking and clipping her, has become an integral part of many beekeepers seasonal tasks. This can, however, pose a problem for beginners, as it does for some of the more seasoned…
The Study Group’s Queen Rearing Diary
Introduction We four are a study group for the FIBKA Senior exams and have chosen to rear queens as a
Queen Rearing is Simple – Just Do It!
Prepare Queenright Cell Raiser Build up a double brood box or use “Ben Harden System”. Contact feed 1 to 1
Brief Notes on Breeding for Resistance to Varroa
The use of powerful miticides, i.e. pyrethroids in the UK and also organophosphates in other countries, is now seen as providing at best, a short-term palliative in dealing with the varroa problem.
