Backyard Apiary

I had the privilege of sitting through the Born and Bred in NC workshop today. It was a good introduction to the biology of the queen and queen rearing using the Doolittle system. There was a lot of information shared during the workshop and I’m glad I recorded the Q&A session at the end.

I ordered a from Brushy Mtn. and a few other supplies needed to graft and raise my own queens. Grafting is extremely difficult. Imagine playing Operation, except you are trying to pick up something so small that you can barely see it without a magnifying glass and you are using a dentist pick instead of tweezers. If you touch the sides, you risk damaging the larvae.