Building the Starter Box for Queen Grafting - Jacksonville FL Zone 9b

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My name is Chuck Cook and I am a beekeeper In Jacksonville, FL. Hardiness zone 9b. Please engage in the discussion by leaving a comment.

[@bettydaltonnewbold2019]

Super video.

[@chuckshoneybees]

Thank you very much!

[@robertselfridge3690]

Fantastic info 👍🇺🇸

[@chuckshoneybees]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@mrflapdaddy]

Thanks Chuck. Good work and looking forward to the next step.

[@chuckshoneybees]

More to come!

[@johnboec3]

Top knoch video. Can't wait for more.

[@chuckshoneybees]

Wow. Thank you!

[@richardkuhn4358]

👍

[@4bdennis]

awesome

[@chuckshoneybees]

Thanks for the comment. Grafting video being edited now!

[@joeelam1]

Hopefully you can show us some of your work during grafting. Thanks Joe from Georgia

[@chuckshoneybees]

I will film the grafting this evening too. So it will be available.

[@louberger8863]

Chuck, where are the 1 frame feeders available from? Thanks for your great videos!

[@chuckshoneybees]

I found the Anel branded feeders a few places but here is where I ordered them from: meyerbees.com/product/anel-division-board-narrow-frame-feeder/

[@VtPapa]

Hey Chuck have you tried the EZPZ queen cell protectors with the jzbz cups they look great? I hope to try them this year if I get to raise any queens.

[@chuckshoneybees]

I made my own version! But yes I like the ones I bought too.

[@michaelshelnutt3534]

Hi Chuck, two questions. (1) why not leave them in the "starter" hive until near emerging day? (2) What strain of bees are you liking to use? TIA.

[@chuckshoneybees]

Bees will break down most of the cells they start, if you just leave them in the starter. Its what they do. I don't keep specific strains. I just breed for traits with local stock.

[@Ittiz]

I have no clue how you can do this stuff as a pilot! I used to travel a LOT. Delays ect... in my trips would screw up things way less time sensitive than bees. How do you do it? You ever have occasions with things like queen cells and things like that where you got delayed and it totally messed up your plans with the bees?

[@chuckshoneybees]

Careful planning, but things do go wrong.

[@intheshell35ify]

So you are showing us an experiment? I can experiment on my own...was hoping to find a tried and true method that isn't rocket science. Oh well, the search continues.

[@chuckshoneybees]

There a many tried and true methods, but it depends on the equipment you have and number of bees you have. This was the first year I did this method but it has been around for hundreds of years. I have successful queen cells from this method on two grafting rounds already this year. Beekeeping is a journey. Thanks for the comment.