2016 NJ Honeybee Queens
This summer we will offer 2016 NJ Honeybee Queens including Carniolan and VSH Queens for sale from June through early August. Mary normally begins her grafting operation usually the 1st week of …
Breeding Queens
Help your new queen get accepted
This is a good short story on why you may need to be prepared to help your new queen get accepted. Last week we knew our new Sue Cobey NWC Breeder …
Honeybee Survival
Coming out of the 2012-2013 winter we experienced our worst bee loss in 17 years. It was a blow to us – our operation’s honeybee survival was at stake. Coming …
New World Carniolan 2014 Breeder Queen
We confirmed last weekend that our New World Carniolan 2014 Breeder Queen will arrive the 1st week in May. This will be our sixth year that we will be bringing …
Shipping Honeybee Queens
SHIPPING HONEYBEE QUEENS Our queen rearing season has finally gotten into a rhythm. Coming into the spring we grafted our 1st session in April only to have the evening temperature …
Queen Rearing Season at Full Speed
We are into our queen rearing season full speed now that the daily temperature is consistently warm and our mating nucs have larger populations since several brood cycles have passed. Our …
Cold Spring Evenings have been tough on Queen Cells
Our queen rearing season usually runs from the 1st week of May to the middle of August.The recent cold Spring evenings have been tough on our grafted cells from sessions …
New World Carniolan Stock Maintenance Protocol
In May 2003 Ed completed Sue Cobey’s Queen Rearing course at the University of Ohio. At the time Sue had uploaded her New World Carniolan Stock Maintenance Protocol to her …
Better Bee Genetics with Local Honey Bee Queens
Guest Post – Len Klinker: Past President, Central Jersey Beekeepers Association Before I give a few thoughts on long-term solutions for honeybee problems in NJ, I’d like to introduce myself. I …
Raising Honeybee Queens
We began raising our own queens after we discovered our bees had mites which had developed a resistance to both Apistan and Coumaphos in 2002. The option at that time …
Honeybee Instrumental Insemination
After completing two courses at the University of California, Davis Mary devoted a full year to mastering instrumental insemination – while still managing 100 plus hives and 15 out yards. …
Beekeeper donates Nikon Microscope
We took our 1st instrumental insemination course at the University of California, Davis in 2007. In 2008 Mary went back to California to complete the advanced instrumental insemination course with …
