Tag Archives: queens

Why Jaws of Worker Honeybees Differ From Queen Bees

Posted on January 17, 2013 by brookfieldfarmhoney

Explanation of how queen bees and worker bees mandibles differ, and why they are different. And a link to fabulous bee photography. Continue reading →

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Naturally Treated Hives at Brookfield Farm Bees And Honey, Part 2

Posted on December 4, 2012 by brookfieldfarmhoney

The queen rearing aspects of natural beekeeping at Brookfield Farm. Links to the bee types, methods, and tools that I have used. Continue reading →

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Queens From Northwest Queens

Posted on August 10, 2012 by brookfieldfarmhoney

Queen bees from Northwest Queens in Arlington, Washington : an overview of Northwest Queen’s breeding program. Continue reading →

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Installing Russian Queens

Posted on June 1, 2012 by brookfieldfarmhoney

Adding 10 new Russian Queens to bee yards at Brookfield Farm, Maple Falls, WA Continue reading →

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An Idea for Practicing Grafting Honeybee Larvae

Posted on July 27, 2011 by brookfieldfarmhoney

A recap of our group’s queen bee grafting endeavors, and an idea on how to practice grafting honeybee larvae without a cell builder to test one’s grafts Continue reading →

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Grafting Honeybee Larvae to Make Queen Cells

Posted on July 19, 2011 by brookfieldfarmhoney

Grafting honeybee larvae to create queen cells. Continue reading →

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Workers and Queen Cells Unite! Adventures in Queen Rearing, Part 2

Posted on July 10, 2011 by brookfieldfarmhoney

Our group puts the gathered nurse honeybees and a queen cell into mini-mating nuclei (nucs) to allow the queen bee to emerge and begin to lay eggs. Continue reading →

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Queen Rearing – A Sequence of Events – Part 1: Shaking Bees

Posted on July 1, 2011 by brookfieldfarmhoney

Gathering nurse bees using a honeybee shaker box – part 1 of a series on our on-going queen rearing project at Bruce Bowen Bees in Mt. Vernon, Washington Continue reading →

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Honeybee Books

Posted on November 30, 2010 by brookfieldfarmhoney

Books on Honeybees and other Insects that Beekeeper Karen Bean recommends, or simply likes. From the practical : “how to keep bees” and “how to raise queens” to honey bee behavior and insects in general. Karen Bean is the Beekeeper at Brookfield Farm, Maple Falls, WA Continue reading →

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Preparing for Nucs at a 700 Colony Operation

Posted on April 20, 2010 by brookfieldfarmhoney

Sorting out waxed, plastic honeybee foundation and preparing nucleus (nuc) boxes with Bruce Bowen, of Bruce Bowen’s Bees, in Mt. Vernon, Washington. Continue reading →