{"id":41,"date":"2014-03-13T21:29:43","date_gmt":"2014-03-14T05:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alaskahoneybee.com\/dev\/?page_id=41"},"modified":"2016-01-20T21:13:04","modified_gmt":"2016-01-21T06:13:04","slug":"raising-queens","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"\/dev\/alaska-bee-club\/bee-links-and-resources\/raising-queens\/","title":{"rendered":"Raising Queens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How I Raise Honey Bee Queens<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I am developing methods of beekeeping for myself to use in Alaska that anyone can use without to much equipment or investment using conventional equipment or labor. I wish for any type beekeeper up here to think they can do beekeeping even the neophyte. Really if I can do it then in reality anyone should be able to. I use the KISS (Keep it Simple Student) method of queen rearing I presume and not the MITTOM (Make It To Much) method. Really the technique is the Alley way with Huber influence and Smith&#8217;s mindful refinements. c]:~)3 I am using the basic principals laid out in Jay Smith\u2019s book on queen rearing call \u201c<a title=\"http:\/\/www.bushfarms.com\/beesbetterqueens.htm\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bushfarms.com\/beesbetterqueens.htm\">Better Queens<\/a>\u201d. I have my own way of doing what he did raising queens from worker cells laid in by the queen. I will explain below in detail and with pictures. For now you should read as I have Jay\u2019s book several times.<\/p>\n<p>Presently this page is under construction and will be completed later, bookmark this page and check back. For now here are some pictures of the cells I raised the summer of 2006.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some pictures of the cell protectors I made out of house hold material, metal foil. I found this idea for using metal foil as cell protector on\u00a0<a title=\"http:\/\/website.lineone.net\/~dave.cushman\/cellprotectors.html\" href=\"http:\/\/website.lineone.net\/~dave.cushman\/cellprotectors.html\">Dave Cushman\u2019s web site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"attachment_281\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/alaskahoneybee.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/image3171.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-281\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-281 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/alaskahoneybee.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/image3171-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"image3171\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"http:\/\/alaskahoneybee.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/image3171-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/alaskahoneybee.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/image3171-190x142.jpg 190w, http:\/\/alaskahoneybee.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/image3171-60x45.jpg 60w, http:\/\/alaskahoneybee.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/image3171-400x299.jpg 400w, http:\/\/alaskahoneybee.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/image3171.jpg 576w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-281\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">nice healthy large developed queen cells using Jay Smith&#8217;s &#8220;Better Queen&#8221; Method. It is a graft-less method<img src=\"http:\/\/alaskahoneybee.com\/Site\/QUEENS_files\/stroke_3.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/alaskahoneybee.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/image3191.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-282\" src=\"http:\/\/alaskahoneybee.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/image3191-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"image3191\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"http:\/\/alaskahoneybee.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/image3191-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/alaskahoneybee.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/image3191-190x142.jpg 190w, http:\/\/alaskahoneybee.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/image3191-60x45.jpg 60w, http:\/\/alaskahoneybee.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/image3191-400x299.jpg 400w, http:\/\/alaskahoneybee.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/image3191.jpg 576w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><img src=\"http:\/\/alaskahoneybee.com\/Site\/QUEENS_files\/stroke.png\" alt=\"\" \/><img src=\"http:\/\/alaskahoneybee.com\/Site\/QUEENS_files\/stroke_1.png\" alt=\"\" \/><img src=\"http:\/\/alaskahoneybee.com\/Site\/QUEENS_files\/stroke_2.png\" alt=\"\" \/><img src=\"http:\/\/alaskahoneybee.com\/Site\/QUEENS_files\/stroke_3.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"attachment_283\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/alaskahoneybee.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/image3241.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-283\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-283 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/alaskahoneybee.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/image3241-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"image3241\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"http:\/\/alaskahoneybee.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/image3241-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/alaskahoneybee.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/image3241-190x142.jpg 190w, http:\/\/alaskahoneybee.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/image3241-60x45.jpg 60w, http:\/\/alaskahoneybee.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/image3241-400x299.jpg 400w, http:\/\/alaskahoneybee.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/image3241.jpg 576w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-283\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Here I have made a foil queen cell protector, I found this idea on Dave Cushman&#8217;s site at www.dave-cushman.net\/bee\/cellprotectors.html<img src=\"http:\/\/alaskahoneybee.com\/Site\/QUEENS_files\/stroke_3.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/alaskahoneybee.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/image322.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-284\" src=\"http:\/\/alaskahoneybee.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/image322-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"image322\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"http:\/\/alaskahoneybee.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/image322-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/alaskahoneybee.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/image322-190x142.jpg 190w, http:\/\/alaskahoneybee.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/image322-60x45.jpg 60w, http:\/\/alaskahoneybee.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/image322-400x299.jpg 400w, http:\/\/alaskahoneybee.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/image322.jpg 576w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><img src=\"http:\/\/alaskahoneybee.com\/Site\/QUEENS_files\/stroke.png\" alt=\"\" \/><img src=\"http:\/\/alaskahoneybee.com\/Site\/QUEENS_files\/stroke_1.png\" alt=\"\" \/><img src=\"http:\/\/alaskahoneybee.com\/Site\/QUEENS_files\/stroke_2.png\" alt=\"\" \/><img src=\"http:\/\/alaskahoneybee.com\/Site\/QUEENS_files\/stroke_3.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"attachment_285\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/alaskahoneybee.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/image3111.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-285\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-285 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/alaskahoneybee.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/image3111-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"image3111\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"http:\/\/alaskahoneybee.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/image3111-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/alaskahoneybee.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/image3111-190x142.jpg 190w, http:\/\/alaskahoneybee.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/image3111-60x45.jpg 60w, http:\/\/alaskahoneybee.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/image3111-400x299.jpg 400w, http:\/\/alaskahoneybee.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/image3111.jpg 576w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-285\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">What can I say, nice queen cell!<img src=\"http:\/\/alaskahoneybee.com\/Site\/QUEENS_files\/stroke_7.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"\/dev\/alaska-bee-club\/bee-links-and-resources\/raising-queens\/\" style=\"background-image: url(http:\/\/alaskahoneybee.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/image3171-300x224.jpg);\" class=\"thumb_crop\">http:\/\/alaskahoneybee.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/image3171-300x224.jpg<\/a><p>How I Raise Honey Bee Queens &nbsp; I am developing methods of beekeeping for myself to use in Alaska that anyone can use without to much equipment or investment using conventional equipment or labor. I wish for any type beekeeper &hellip;<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more\"><a href=\"\/dev\/alaska-bee-club\/bee-links-and-resources\/raising-queens\/\">read more<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":12,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":500,"href":"\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41\/revisions\/500"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}