Raising Queens - Grafting to Incubation

Queen Rearing with a Starter Finisher
Where we purchased our Incubator and Grafting Tools

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[jamesmcnally]

Thank you for the shout out! I am thrilled that you enjoy the table!

[dieseleddie]

Kamon, one of the best on You Tube I've seen when it comes to bee knowledge 👍

[attesmatte]

I've been hatching chickens at home for almost ten years now, so I used one of my chicken incubators for the cells, and I now have six newly emerged queens in there waiting to be put into their mating nucs! 😍
I owe my beginner success to Kamon, Bob Binnie and Michael Palmer! ❤️ If it weren't for them showing how it's done and telling everyone to "just do it!", I probably wouldn't have made this happen. Many thanks for all the great videos Kamon and Laurel! 😀👍

[donbearden]

Thanks again K&L! Kamon jokes about being a little short and he may not run 1500 or 2000 hives but in quality and willing to explain to help others he stands heads above the rest!!!

[SFBeeRanch]

Thank you, the great photography has really helped me know what size to look for. My first year grafting, starting my fourth season

[matthewtidwell]

Hey big dog, , , you help me tons of info, , glad I’m in same latitude as you, ,, ,
Go Vanderbilt!!🤙🤙🤙

[pirateprospecting]

Fantastic video! Thanks for sharing all the information. ✅😁👍👍🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️

[shareemibitsfala]

By far the most interesting and informational bee channel on YT. I can’t wait for the day where i have enough hives and confidence to tinker/learn the way you do, Kamon!

[dsummerscm]

Another fantastic video! Thanks for all the information!

[neilbush]

Good stuff, teaching not just showing off, I appreciate the effort you put in

[BlanchardsBees]

Think this is the best example of graphting that I've seen. Great picture!

[Phanbaquy]

Hello video của bạn chia sẻ rất hay thanks bạn.

[brookwoehl]

What a wonderful educational video on this topic. I think the beekeeper YouTube world really neede a well filmed video like this. One tip is not to you new comb. Old comb is much more stronger and makes for a smooth slide-&-pluck method without damaging the comb!

[zetectic]

Another interesting & informative video with a good explanation of what is happening.
The best gift is the unexpected one!
Driving into my supermarket car park last week & the car slowly passed through a swarm looking for a new home 😀

[jorlinmarantejr.]

Very informative video, it's definitely going on my queen rearing playlist for later👍.

[hopesadler]

On a side note, I ordered 100 Premier deep foundations and told them I did so because of their support of you test yard. They had very nice things to say about you.

[wrfarms]

EXCELLENT grafting close up video the camera skills get better all the time. Great job Laurel & Kamon both!

[VaderSpade]

We collect royal jelly from 4 day old queen cells and cut it with a little distilled water. Put a drop in the bottom of each queen cup. It makes it much easier to 'float' the larva off the tool, and they don't dry out.
We make or own grafting tool from old nut pickers.

[fanatamon]

I keep bees for 15yrs and This video is great, although I don’t raise queens intentionally but queen rearing and beekeeping in general does kind of remind of the matrix.

[modpilot]

I see a lot of questions/comments below on smaller queen production methods. For me I only need 10 to 16 a year. On day nine I make up my splits/nucs and put the cells in nucs on day ten and leave one in the builder/finisher as a nuc. I don’t use grafting bars, just the plastic cups pushed into the comb on a frame in the builder/finisher. It works good for what I need.