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Grafting Queens
photos by Jennifer Magli A frame of brood with day old larvae is selected from a breeder queen. Plastic cell cups are primed with royal jelly. Recently hatched larvae are carefully scooped up with a grafting tool and placed on the jelly in the cell cups. A frame holding three rows of cell cups is then placed into a “starter” hive (queenless). The same frame may be moved to a “cell builder” hive (queen-right) in a day or two. The fully drawn and capped queen cells will be placed into a mating nuc in ten days where the bee will hatch. In a few days the virgin queen will depart to mate with 10-30 drones and return to start her life as queen.
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Book cover renderings of Medieval bee keepers.
Urban honey
Growing consumer interest in buying locally grown, sustainably harvested food, coupled with concerns about the world’s shrinking bee population, has led to a resurgence in both domestic beekeeping and artisanal honey brands.Picture 1:Jean Paucton on the roof of the Opera Garnier, ParisPicture 2: The London Bee co.picture 3: Bees Beside Us by Amy Pliszka
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