raising queens

[ronwhite3030]

i am in northern california, what moth is best to start messing with my hive and start trying to raise queens out of it?

[hardwood]

I don't know about your area, but I personally would not be able to use a certain moth to raise queens :-D

Scott

[RayMarler]

Hi Ron, how are you doing?

I think May through July make good queens for me, but some of that answer depends on what you want from your queens and of course the weather that year.  Sometimes I add drone comb around end of Feb/first of March and start the queen rearing near middle of march to first of April, but for me so far, the better queens come later. I think the weather is better and more stable a little later, like in May, after the April showers and during the May flowers.

[rdy-b]

  the time to start if you want early is once night time temps are at or above 50 deg, so around here end of april start of may-any earlier and its just practice- ;) RDY-B

[ronwhite3030]

thanks guys thats the answer i was looking for, i cant wait to play with and make queens next year

[Michael Bush]

I'm not from there, of course, but a lot of drones is a good indication they have the resources and inclination to rear queens.