Beemaster's International Beekeeping Forum
BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => REQUEENING & RAISING NEW QUEENS => Topic started by: gmcharlie on February 21, 2009, 04:15:21 pm
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I Was looking at M Bush Pics of a "floor without a floor" and don't quite grasp the point of it????look like a simple removable floor (or top)
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It is otherwise known as a "Cloake Board", named after Harry Cloake, the New Zealander who developed the principle. It is used for queen rearing. I explain the process here -> http://robo.bushkillfarms.com/beekeeping/queen-rearing/
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Ahhh so its just a simpley to remove devider. You mention on that page useing teh hive with the queen trapped below as a finisher how do you keep the multiple queens from getting to each other, and yet let the nurse bees have access? I was thinking you moved tehm to an incubator when they are a day or so from hatching?? (assuming mine will be on a frame and not in a queen cup, so I don't think I can remove them without damage.
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Yes, a finisher just completes and caps the queen cells. The cells are moved to individual mating nucs before they hatch.
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Robo has the detail, but the concept is simple. You can set up a queenless portion of the hive for a cell starter on the top and turn it into a queenright cell finisher by simply pulling out the tray. The other advantage is you can manipulate having entrances on opposite sides to shift the population of bees around.