What is a Nicot?

Nicot is a rearing system that is essentially the same as Jenter’s frame, and it’s a relief to work with transferring the breed to the queen’s bowls without the need for a good sight and a strong hand.

How do you raise a queen bee?

Queen raising involves the following stages:

1. establishing a starter colony for initial stage of raising queen cells.
2. establishing the cell building colony.
3. grafting honey bee larvae.
4. transferring the mature queen cells to honey bee nucleus colonies for the mating stage.

What is a queen bee called?

A queen bee is typically an adult, mated female (gyne) that lives in a colony or hive of honey bees. The term “queen bee” can be more generally applied to any dominant reproductive female in a colony of a eusocial bee species other than honey bees.

How do you know if a queen cell is viable?

If the workers are on it, it is most likely viable. If has been capped for more than 9 days, it is not. If it is not surrounded by capped brood, it is probably not a good cell.

How do you breed a queen honey bee?

Grafting

1. Step 1: Assemble grafting equipment. Clean grafting tool.
2. Step 2: Assemble a queenless cell starter nuc. 5 frame nuc (wood or cardboard)
3. Step 3: Select a hive for grafts.
4. Step 4: Assemble a mating nuc for each capped queen cell.