Roger Patterson explains the methods he uses to raise small numbers of queen honey bees from his best colonies. The presentation will satisfy the beekeeper who wants between one and 20 queens a year, although the methods described could also suit those who want more.
The methods, which take advantage of natural queen cells as well as some simple 'artificial' methods of producing queen cells, require little or no specialist equipment beyond the kit that most beekeepers will already have or can improvise. They take advantage of some common situations that beekeepers regularly face, such as a queenless colony or one with a failing queen.
If we are rearing queens they should come from good stock, so some simple selection techniques will be discussed. There is little point in raising physiologically good queens from poor stock.
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