Queen Isolation Cages (156)

Honey Bee Obscura Podcast · Dec 7, 2023 · 23m

In today's episode, Jim and David Peck, PhD, delve into a fascinating topic that rarely gets any 'air time' unless you are interested specifically in raising queens: Queen Isolation Cages.

For beekeepers, the queen bee is the heart of the hive, responsible for laying eggs and maintaining hive order. Queen Isolation Cages are ingenious tools that allow beekeepers to temporarily isolate the queen from the rest of the colony. This technique can be applied in various scenarios, from performing selective breeding to managing swarm prevention and introducing new queens.

But what are the science and…