Initiative

NUC & QUEEN INITIATIVE GOALS AND GUIDELINES

TRB Nuc & Queen Initiative Goals and Guidelines for 2011-2012 [pdf]

Map Displaying “Rule of 36″ Boundary

TRB Nuc & Queen Initiative Flowchart [pdf]

BOOK READING LIST

“Increase Essentials”, by Lawrence Connor
“Queen Rearing Essentials”, by Lawrence Connor

OTHER NUC & QUEEN INITIATIVE RESOURCES

USDA Africanized Honey Bee Map

Making Honey Bee Splits or Nucs (YouTube Video)

Making and Wintering Summer Increase (Larry Conners) [pdf]

Getting Started with Queen Rearing

Raising Queen Cells (Larry Conners) [PDF]

The Grafting Method of Cell Production (Larry Conners) [pdf]

Cloake Board Method of Queen Rearing & Banking (Sue Cobey) [pdf]

Using the Cloake Board Method to Raise Queens

Queen Rearing using the Nicot System and Cloake Board

Coming Events …

June Membership Meeting, Monday, June 17th, 7:00pm. Presentation to be announced soon.
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2013 Queen Rearing Workshop, June 1st & 2nd. Learn to raise your own queens with Cory Stevens and Stu Jacobson. Click here for more information.
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Nuc Preparation Workshop, Thursday, June 13th, 7:00pm. Click here for more information.
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St. Louis Zoo Pollinator Dinner, Tuesday, June 18th, 6pm - 9pm. More information is available by clicking here.
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Missouri State Beekeeper Association, Fall 2013 Membership Conference. October 25-26, Lodge of the Four Seasons, Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri. Details available soon.
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