How to Rear Queen Bees

How to Rear Queen Bees
In this video I show you my method for rearing queen bees. Ok, its not really my method, its Mike Palmer's Queen Rearing Method, but its a great method!
I show you all the stages of how to rear queen bees. It's best not to rely on swarms cells for making increase as these can foster the swarming traits. Rearing queens from grafted larvae offers you the chance to select queens for traits.
If you are wondering what to select for in queens, there are queen rearing courses that provide a great crib sheet for queen selection criteria.
Not all queens are made equal and what makes a good queen bee is derived from the quantity and quality of food she is fed as a larvae, queen genetics and successful mating weather.
Mike Palmer's Queen Rearing Method is a tried and tested method used by many beekeepers over the world. The 10/10 system creates significant amounts of nurse bees and that's crucial to creating copious amounts of high quality royal jelly which results in a better nourished mated queen.
Swarm cells versus queen cells. Swarm cells are made naturally by colonies under the swarm impulse.
Queen cells is a cover all terms for swarm cells, supercedure cells and emergency cells.
Grafting larvae to produce queen bees is high satisfying and provides you with an opportunity to select for high quality colony genetics.
Black Mountain Honey is a No Nonsense Beekeeping Channel.
We are based in North Wales and manage around 150 colonies of bees, plus nucleus colonies.
We produce Great Taste Award winning honey and sell nucleus colonies to members of the public.
We are passionate about beekeeping and really enjoy helping beekeepers through our KZread channel.
On our channel you can find information on making splits with swarm cells, making increase with queen cells, grafting larvae, foulbrood and disease inspection, honey extraction and machinery, top tips for beginners, products reviews, instructions and guidance plus much more.
#NO NONSENSE BEEKEEPING is a UK based beekeeping channel, designed to keep beekeeping as simple and enjoyable as possible. There are no overly complicated techniques or intricate pieces of equipment.
We cover all beekeeping topics ranging from queen rearing, disease recognition/control, honey extraction, swarm management/collection, how to make splits and much more!
My personal favourite aspects of beekeeping are selecting queens for rearing, rearing queens for mating, making up nucs for overwintering, collecting swarms and grafting queens.
We aim to bridge the gap between commercial and hobbyist beekeepers and cater for beekeepers of all experience levels.
No matter what your level of experience, please hit the subscribe button and join us on our journey!
Join this channel to get access to perks:
/ @blackmountainhoney
Joining our channel gives you a range of perks including 100% advert free videos and early access to premium video content.
Check out our US/UK Amazon Storefront. We earn a small commission from any products your purchase through our links and this helps support our channel. Thanks for any purchases :)
www.amazon.co.uk/shop/blackmo...
www.amazon.com/shop/blackmoun...
If you are interested in learning more about our beekeeping activities, then why not follow us on social media or visit our website:
Facebook - / blackmountainhoney
Twitter - / blackmounthoney
Instagram - / blackmountain_honey
Websites: www.blackmountainhoney.co.uk
Websites: www.hotfirehoney.co.uk
If you enjoyed this video, please subscribe to our channel using the link below.
kzread.info...
Thanks for watching. Please give us a thumbs up if you enjoyed the video.

Пікірлер: 86