Raising Queens: A How-To Guide to Sustainable Queen Rearing

FNE20-964 (project overview)

Project Type: Farmer

Funds awarded in 2020: $14,953.00

Projected End Date: 11/30/2021

Grant Recipient: Yard Birds Farm & Apiary

Region: Northeast

State: New York

Project Leader:

Angela Roell

They Keep Bees (Formerly Yard Birds Farm & Apiary)

Description:

This guide takes you step by step through our process for 10 day queen cell production, 48 hour queen cell production and walk away splits.

Type:

Book/Handbook

File:

Download file (PDF)

Authors:

Ang Roell, They Keep Bees; Sam Comfort, They Keep Bees; Bi Kline, They Keep Bees; Hannah Whitehead, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Jae Southerland, Jae Southerland Design

Target audiences:

Farmers/Ranchers; Educators; Researchers

URL:

https://www.theykeepbees.com/beekeeping-classes

Ordering info:

https://www.theykeepbees.com/
Ang Roell
info@theykeepbees.com
They Keep Bees
258 Greenfield Rd
Montague, MA 01351
https://www.theykeepbees.com/
(413) 588-6977

This product is associated with the project "Testing Darwinian Honey Bee Breeding Protocols for Mass Replication: Evaluating the Efficacy of the “Walk-Away Split” as a Queen Rearing Method"

Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and should not be construed to represent any official USDA or U.S. Government determination or policy.