Queen Rearing

Queen Care

If you purchased caged mated queens from us, we always recommend installing them in a queenless colony as soon as possible. If you need to keep your queen caged overnight or for several days you need to remember that queens need three things to survive: food, water, and nurse bees. You have two easy options for storing your queens short-term. The easiest method is to purchase a battery box from us and ask us to shake fresh nurse bees with your queens. As soon as you get home you should…

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