Queen Research
Healthy queens are crucial to healthy hives.
Raising Northern-adapted queens could improve the health of our bees and the sustainability of beekeeping in New England. But, queen rearing is complicated and resource-intensive. Could we make it more accessible?
In 2019, we teamed up with our pals at Anarchy Apiaries, and UMass Extension to see if we could streamlines queen rearing techniques.
We found we could raise high quality queens using both walk-away splits and a 48-hour grafting technique, produced high quality queens.
Want To See Results?
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Queen School
Now we're ready to teach our methods to you!
In 2022 Anarchy Apiaries and They Keep Bees are teaming up to teach you three of strategies for raising high quality queens. Our series will be split into two parts:
First, A Winter Online Queen Rearing Series
This Winter we'll host free live talks with beekeepers who raise queens across the continent to discuss best practices in queen rearing.
Then, A Summer Hands-On Queen Rearing Series in Western Massachusetts
This Summer you'll learn hands on strategies to build a queen rearing practice, or fine tune your skills.