Love the shots.

Mostly Kowna and new Zealand because of varoa. issues. You make a vary good point about localised bees. Our queens from the Okanagan BC over winter in Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba outside on their

I will do a main post on beginner and small operations queen rearing in the next week or so. No cutting of comb required. I have grafted thousand of queens over the years. But like you don't recommend

Did not say that. Queens should be raised to capped in the largest queenless hives you can create. In properly done splits you can be right. Mating is done in the smallest nuc practical. By the way you

Great post. Resteemed

My vote is bee sting. Not sure if it has anything to do with Botox but it does for many other human ailments.

Much to complicated. Don't get me wrong it will work just more complicated than actually needed. I have raised queens professionaly for many years. There is no need to damage comb to get a new queen. It

Smoke. Almost never! Hard on the bee's. Covers the effects of your actions. Housel . Tryed it many years ago. Not much if any effect on the bees. I prefer letting them draw their own comb in the brood

Smoke. Almost never! Hard on the bee's. Covers the effects of your actions. House. Tryed it many years ago. Not much if any effect on the bees. I prefer letting them draw their own comb in the brood chamber.