Raise your own queens to improve colony genetics and keep your apiary self-sustaining. Find grafting tools, queen cages, mating nucs, and marking supplies.
Chinese-style grafting tool for transferring day-old larvae into queen cell cups. The flexible tongue slides under the larva and its pool of royal jelly. Essential for anyone raising their own queens through the grafting method.
JZ-BZ queen cell cups with base mount. Press into the cell bar on a queen rearing frame. Bees readily accept the smooth, polished interior. Much more consistent than hand-dipped wax cups. Sold in packs of 10.
Small wire cage for temporarily housing a queen bee during hive manipulations. Push the cap on to secure her, release when ready. Also useful for introducing a new queen to a colony. Inexpensive enough to keep several on hand.
Spring-loaded queen catcher clips over a queen bee to safely catch and hold her during inspections. Just press it open over the queen and release. The slotted design lets workers pass through but keeps the queen contained. A handy tool for queen-right management.
Re-queening Frame, used for introducing a new queen into a hive. Gives the queen a larger protected space than a queen cage. Works well for hard to re-queen colonies.
Queen bee marking kit with color-coded marker pens. International color chart: 0/5 = Blue, 1/6 = White, 2/7 = Yellow, 3/8 = Red, 4/9 = Green. Marking your queen makes her easy to spot during inspections and tracks her age.
Queen marking tube safely holds the queen against a mesh screen so you can mark her thorax with a paint pen. Marking your queen makes her much easier to find during inspections. Push-plunger design for gentle, controlled handling.
Queen rearing frame holds cell cups for grafting and raising your own queens. If you're interested in queen rearing, this frame is the starting point. Fits standard deep hive bodies. Cell cups and other queen rearing supplies sold separately.
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