Queen Rearing Equipment

Master Beekeeper Landi Simone discusses some of the special equipment needed for raising queens. This includes, but is not limited to, grafting tools, swarm boxes, queen cells, queen cages, mating nucleus hives. Simone is raising Minnesota Hygienic Queens from a breeder queen obtained from Dr. Marla Spivak. For more information of Dr. Spivak and her work breeding hygienic honey bees, click here.

(Photo courtesy of Landi Simone)