Apiculture (0+1)

Practical things to do

1. Prepare queen cells using cell forming rod & beeswax.
2. You are given a colony. Make manipulations to prepare it as cell builder colony.
3. Select the breeder colony from the record of apiary and use 12-24 h old larvae for grafting in queen cells fixed on queen raising frame.
4. After grafting larvae, give the frame in the centre of cell builder colony for raising of cells.
5. Observe raised cells after 24 hours.
6. Protect the ripe queen cells using queen cell protector.
7. Draw labelled diagrams showing all the operations you performed.