Category Archives: Queens

Cold Spring Evenings have been tough on Queen Cells

Posted on May 4, 2012 by ed

Our queen rearing season usually runs from the 1st week of May to the middle of August.The recent cold Spring evenings have been tough on our  grafted cells from sessions 1 & 2. Depending on how well the new Carniolan … Continue reading →

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Raising Honeybee Queens

Posted on January 31, 2012 by ed

We began raising our own queens after we discovered our bees had mites which had developed a resistance to both Apistan and Coumaphos in 2002. The option at that time was to use an even stronger chemical to kill the … Continue reading →

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Honeybee Instrumental Insemination

Posted on January 26, 2012 by ed

After completing two courses at the University of California, Davis Mary devoted a full year to mastering instrumental insemination – while still managing 100 plus hives and 15 out yards. We decided to sell our instrumental insemination equipment after we … Continue reading →

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We Visited our Russian Queens

Posted on April 18, 2011 by ed

The sun finally peaked out of a dreary morning, so we were able to check on the caged  Russian queens which were introduced to Nucs in our main breeding yard a few days ago.  Several queens are out on comb, … Continue reading →

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