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Rearing Queen Bees

By Asst Editor Liz C, on January 5th, 2011

Queen Bee

Introduction

As a beekeeper you may have purchased queen bees from a commercial queen breeder and have wanted to understand the process to produce queen bees or to produce your own queens. This article describes the process to produce queen cells and mated queens using two methods of ‘starting’ queen cells . . . → Read More: Rearing Queen Bees

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Drone Mother Stock - Collection and Drone Quality

By Asst Editor Liz C, on November 29th, 2010

Queen Bee

Introduction

Queen bees providing drones to the queen mating apiary play an important role in the production of commercial queen bees. The overall standard of commercially reared queen bees can be improved by greater attention to the selection of queen bees to head drone mother colonies and by improved management of . . . → Read More: Drone Mother Stock – Collection and Drone Quality

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