Making Nucs, Splits and Queen Rearing - 54 Pag

8/19/2019 Making Nucs, Splits and Queen Rearing - 54 Pag

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Making Nucs & Splits and

Queen Rearing

for the

Hobby Beekeeper


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Why rear your own queens?

• Self Sustainability – Make up for Winter osses – !ncrease in hi"e nu#bers

• $enetic %i"ersity – ithin apiary andgeneral area

• 'lub 'ohesion –

• !ncreased (unding )aka – Making Money*


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Cost. + typical ,ueen costs about -./ plus shipping0

Time & Availability. !n an e#ergency you order a ,ueen and it takes se"eraldays to #ake arrange#ents and get the ,ueen0 + ,ueen #ay not bea"ailable0 1ften you need a ,ueen yesterday0 !f you ha"e so#e in #atingnucs2 on hand2 then you already ha"e a ,ueen and a"ailability is not aproble#0

AHB. Southern raised ,ueens are #ore and #ore fro# +fricani3ed HoneyBee areas0 !n order to keep +HB out of our area e should stop i#porting,ueens fro# those areas0

Acclimatized bees. !t4s unreasonable to e5pect bees bred in the deep Southto inter ell here0 ocal feral stock is accli#ati3ed to our local cli#ate06"en breeding fro# co##ercial stock2 you can breed fro# the ones thatinter ell here0


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Mite and disease resistance. 7racheal #ite resistance is an easy trait to

breed for0 8ust don4t treat and you4ll get resistant bees0 Hygienic beha"ior2hich is helpful to a"oid +(B )+#erican (oulbrood* and other brooddiseases as ell as 9arroa #ite proble#s2 is also easy to breed for bytesting for hygienic beha"ior in our breeder ,ueens0 7he genetics of our,ueens is far too i#portant to be left to people ho don4t ha"e a stake in

their success0 :eople selling ,ueens and bees actually #ake #ore #oneyselling replace#ent ,ueens and bees hen the bees fail0

uality. 7he ,uality of your ,ueens can often surpass that of a ,ueenbreeder0 ;ou ha"e the ti#e to spend to do things that a co##ercial breedercannot afford to do0 (or instance2 research has shon that a ,ueen that is

alloed to lay up until it4s .< days ill be a better ,ueen ith betterde"eloped o"arioles than one that is banked sooner0 + longer ait ill helpe"en #ore2 but that first .< days is #uch #ore critical0 + co##ercial ,ueenproducer typically looks for eggs at to eeks and if there are any it isbanked and e"entually shipped0 ;ou can let yours de"elop better by

spending #ore ti#e0

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• ueen !earin" and Bee Breedin" )* by Harry aidla8r0 andRobert :age 8r02 Wicas :ress2 'heshire2 'onnecticut0

• #uccess$ul ueen !earin" by %r0 Marla Spi"ak and $ary Reuter

• Contem%orary ueen !earin" )=* by Harry aidla 8r02 %adantand Sons2 Ha#ilton2 !llinois0

• Breedin" ueens )* by $illes (ert2 10:0!0%0+02 +rgentan2(rance0

• !earin" ueen Honey Bees by Roger Morse

• i$ty 'ears Amon" the Bees ? by '0'0 Miller

• BushBees ( Michael Bush http@AA0bushfar#s0co#Abees0ht#

Books and References


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Bee)ee%in" Math

'aste Hatch 'ap 6#erge

Queen C days D days E?<

%rone C days


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What to look for or Iudging a colony

Queen Mother Hi"e

• 'al# – $entle bees

• $ood Honey :roduction

• Resistance to pests and %iseases

• $ood laying pattern

• Hygienic beha"ior


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What you need

• Regular 6,uip#ent

• No Special 6,uip#ent Re,uired

• ;ou could useJ

• (olloer Boards

• Nuc Bo5es


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Queen rearing supplies

• Mann ake td0? :lastic cell cups2 cages2 grafting tools2kits2 nuc bo5es0

• %adant & Sons !nc0 ? Books2 supplies• +0 !0 Root 'o0? Books2 "ideos

• Brushy Mountain Bee (ar# ? 8enter syste#2 supplies0

• Betterbee !nc0 )D//* F.?>= ? Supplies and kits

• Walter 70 Kelley 'o0 )G/.* ..?./


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What the bees WantL

• ots of bees – arge :opulation co#pared to the si3e of the hi"eAnuc bo50:ut in e5tra orkers fro# other fra#es0

• ;oung Bees – Make up starter ith at least to fra#es of capped broodith all the orkers0

• Ne co#b – se of ne co#b for ,ueen cells #akes it easier for theorkers to construct cells0

• (resh 6ggsAar"a – $i"e the orkers hat they need gi"es thebeekeeper a better end resulting Queen0


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ueen !earin" Calendar*

+ , -lace queen cell $rame in brood chamber o$ ueen mother hive.

, #etu% cell starter/ ma)e them queenless and ma)e sure there is a 01!' hi"h density o$

bees. Ma)e sure they have %lenty o$ %ollen and nectar. eed the starter $or betteracce%tance.

C ? 6ggs hatch

2 , Trans$er the $rame to the starter hive. eed the starter $or better acce%tance.

D ? Queen cells capped

3 , #etu% matin" nucs Ma)e u% matin" nucs/ or hives to be requeened so they will bequeenless and wantin" a queen cell. eed the matin" nucs $or better acce%tance.

32 , Trans$er queen cells to matin" nucs. 4n day 32 the cells are at their tou"hest and in

hot weather they may emer"e on day 35 so we need them in the matin" nucs or the hives

to be requeened i$ you %re$er/ so the $irst queen out doesn6t )ill the rest.


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Queen Starter Set up ten (ra#e bo5 ith folloer board

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Queen Starter Set up ten (ra#e bo5 ith folloer board

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Honey & :ollen

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Queen Starter Set up ten (ra#e bo5 ith folloer boards


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+ny Questions


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See you 7o#orroL


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Nucs and Splits

• 7aking fra#es off of a strong hi"e

• Splitting a hi"e up into #ultiple Nucs

• Set up Nuc yard aay fro# #other hi"e

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• Before you Start Re#e#berJ0

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• Queens


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7ake a Split off a Hi"e

• 7ake G fra#es off of a strong hi"e

• . fra#es of Honey ith :ollen

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• Queen fro# Queen cell or Starter nuc0


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Split a hi"e into nucs

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• (eed nucs depending on need and Season

• Build nucs for inter storage or selling


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+ny Questions


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$roing a Nuc

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