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Beekeeping Knowledge Base: Queens

Practical beekeeping guides on getting started, queens, diseases and pests, and overwintering. Need help with your Apimaye hive or equipment? See our Product Guides.

  • What to Do in a Queenless Hive

    by Korhan Kaftanoglu
    Solid capped brood pattern from a good-quality honey bee queen

    How to tell if a colony is queenless, whether to requeen or unite it, and how to judge your queen by her brood pattern.

    Posted in Queens

  • 40 Facts about Queen Bees

    by Korhan Kaftanoglu
    Honey bee queen surrounded by worker bees on a comb

    40 facts about honey bee queens, from how they develop and mate to how many eggs they lay, plus a bonus tip for using the Apimaye 7 frame NUC hive for grafting.

    Posted in Queens