GraftFree Queen Rearing Morris Ostrofsky （免渎职皇后抚养莫里斯Ostrofsky ）.pdf

Graft-Free Queen Rearing Morris Ostrofsky Many beekeepers reach a point in their beekeeping experience where they are comfortable with the basics and are seeking a new challenge. In an environment in which beekeepers have to deal with exotic pests and diseases and are dissatisfied with commercial queens there are reasons to Photo: Glenn Apiaries raise your own queens. However, for many beekeepers the idea of grafting and producing their own queens is intimidating. The purpose of this paper is to offer four simple methods of queen rearing that do not require grafting. I will explain how a few high quality queens can be raised without special equipment or tools by a beekeeper with just a few years of beekeeping experience. To quote Dr. C.L. Farrar, USDA Honey Bee Research Lab Leader, Madison, Wisconsin, “Below average queens living in a great environment will out perform a great queen living in a poor environment every time.” It is possible to create a great queen if they are well fed and raised in a clean environment. In the last few years a common complaint I hear is the poor quality of queens that are available e.g., poorly mated. Another frequen