Queen Rearing Practical Experience 2025 (Afternoon)

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Hands-on queen grafting workshop

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Session 2: PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE - $25

Pre-requisites:

  1. Minimum of one full year of beekeeping experience
  2. Attendance at the previous online class on May 8 from 7-9pm
  3. Limited to 6 people

Part 1: May 15 from 4:00 - 5:00 pm - Starter/Finisher Setup

This part is optional, but recommended

Bring your bee suit and gloves (no hive tools or other equipment).

Part 2: May 17 from 12:30 - 2:30 pm - Grafting Session

Larvae, grafting tools and equipment will be provided.

This registration is for the afternoon workshop, 12:30 - 2:30pm. Limit six students in this time slot. If this time is full or if you would prefer the morning, 10:00am - 12:00pm time slot then please register here.

Part 3: May 27 4:00 - 6:00 pm - Queen Cell Pickup

Students can expect to receive up to 1 or 2 developed queen cells depending on the success of their grafting. You will be notified if your queen cells "took" a few days after grafting. If you have successful queen cells, they must be picked up in this time frame. Any queen cells not picked at this session will be distributed elsewhere. 

When
May 17th, 2025 from 12:30 PM to  2:30 PM
Event Fee(s)
Queen Grafting Workshop (Afternoon) $25.00