Native Irish Honey Bee Society – Apis mellifera mellifera

Native Irish Honey Bee Society
Apis mellifera mellifera

Ben Harden Method - Cloake Board

Ben Harden Method

Wisconsin based beekeeper, Quiney Honey, explains and demonstrates use of wide dummy boards to reduce the number of bees required in the queenless area of a starter colony when raising queen cells. 

Nucleus Support Colonies

Multiple nucleus colonies to provide resources for queen rearing 
- Ready to hatch brood to boost Starter/Finisher colonies
- Newy hatched workers to populate Apideas 
- Frames of bees, brood and stores for full size mating Nucs