Tag Archives: Cloake Board

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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Beekeeper donates Nikon Microscope

Posted on January 17, 2012 by ed

We took our 1st instrumental insemination course at the University of California, Davis in 2007. In 2008 Mary went back to California to complete the advanced instrumental insemination course with Sue Cobey. Back at home we had setup a really … Continue reading →

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Cloake Board Day 6

Posted on June 25, 2011 by ed

We have completed 7 grafting sessions – so far we have grafted approximately 400 eggs this season. Yesterday was day 6 of the Cloake Board method for grafting session 7. I had to remove the slide and close the main … Continue reading →

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Cloake Board Method-Day 4

Posted on May 16, 2011 by ed

It is raining AGAIN, and we want to graft from our best Carniolan queen tomorrow. So we set up a tent over the cell builder hive so we could work through the rain. Today is day 4 of the Cloake Board … Continue reading →

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