Practical and theoretic instruction on all aspects of queen rearing by Bruce White and Dr Nadine Chapman hosted by Cumberland Beekeepers Club

Participants will prepare a starter hive for queen cell rearing, graft queen larva, check their success, and make up a mating nucleus hive. Queen cells can be taken home.

Day 1

Introduction
Biology and life cycles
Cell Bars
Types of queen cells
Preparing cell starter colonies
Preparing starting and finishing colonies
Grafting using different tools
Nutrition
Diseases
Calendar of operation

Day 2

Check grafting from day 1
Breeding and genetics
Artificial insemination
Drone mother hive management
Preparing nucleus colonies
Packaged bees
Mating apiaries
Queen banking
Queen candy
Queen introduction
Catching, marking, clipping and caging queens
Transporting queens and queen cells

Catering: morning tea and lunch provided

The event runs from 9am to 430pm on both days

Please wear closed shoes and long pants and shirt. We have a selection of beesuits that you may borrow.

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