Methods in Raising Queen Bees
Starter Hive

Cell Builder Hive
The cell builder hive helps in replacing the older queen by new potential queen. This step helps in better raising queen bees.Choose a great colony that can fit the two-story hive. Using the queen bee excluder, you can separate the queen to the bottom hive.The bottom brooder comb must have brood and empty comb for the queen to lay the eggs. Now place the two young larvae combs in middle of super with excess space filling with the combs and pollen.Do place the only the unsealed comb and pollen near the unsealed newborn larvae. Presence of excluder will prevent the queen from occupying the super.The nurse bees will start feeding the young larvae and stick to the particular comb alone. Soon, the nurse comes to know the absence of queen in their brood alone and supersedure impulse will happen naturally.Now leave the gap between two combs for inserting the cell bar which helps in raising queen bees. The perfect season for producing the queen bees is the time of low nectar flow and presence of mix pollen.Grafting
Grafting is the process of transferring the young larvae from the worker cell to the artificial queen cell. It is also an essential step in raising queen bees.You can prepare the queen cells by using plastic cell cups. Place the plastic cups at the bottom of the bar 24 hour before the grafting.You have to manually transfer the larvae floating in a worker cell without disturbing it. Also, move the grafting tool to the curve form for taking the larvae.Presence of optimal(cooling) temperature like early morning is the perfect time for grafting. Avoid during unfavorable weather conditions such as flashing of sunlight, hot day and windy circumstances. You do grafting indoors using the artificial lights.Perfect protective clothing and working fast is very much essential during grafting. Also, select the larvae that are under 24 hour for grafting.Steps involved in Grafting
- Removing the frames from the breeder colony. 2. Place the frames in a correct position for avoiding the flash of direct sunlight. 3. Shave the cells using a razor(neutralize using hot water before utilizing). 4. Now you can use the grafting tool to take larvae from a worker cell. 5. Place the lifted larvae gently into the queen cell.
Development of Queen
You have to know the exact day of queen emergence, so after grafting start recording the days.
Time for Raising Queen Bees
Day of an egg laid – takes 16 days Newborn larvae- takes 13 days Day old larvae – takes 12 daysBefore the emergence of the queen bee, you can safely transfer the cell bar to the nuclei for further development and mating purpose. Handle carefully while transferring the queen cell. Avoid shaking, a flash of hot sunlight and cold winds.Place the cells in a nucleus colony with optimal no of bees. You have to make a nucleus colony the day before transferring the cell. Also, destroy the cells in the raised nucleus colony.
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