Queen Nursery Frame

[gwizzie]

This has been a question I have been searching for and unable to find an answer so I am hoping someone on here can shed some kind of light ?

Queen Nursery Frame
2670

What are these used for ? mated queens.
How long can you keep mated queens in these for ?

Any advice articles on using these would be very gratefully received.;)

[fatshark]

Check Google for articles on 'queen banking' ... Cushman is always a good place to start (http://www.dave-cushman.net/bee/queenbanking.html). I've not done it so can't really comment. If I need to keep queens for a few days I put them in the super of a queenright colony (in a JzBz cage).

[gwizzie]

Check Google for articles on 'queen banking' ... Cushman is always a good place to start (http://www.dave-cushman.net/bee/queenbanking.html). I've not done it so can't really comment. If I need to keep queens for a few days I put them in the super of a queenright colony (in a JzBz cage).

Thanks FS, yes I have googled it and found a few things on it but not much.... was hoping to find a video explaining who to use ect, BUT nothing out there that I can find...

[The Drone Ranger]

Queen rearers`used it as a short term way to store queens before sale I believe

[fatshark]

This PDF (http://www.delta-business.com/CalgaryBeekeepers/Bee-Club-Library/Queens%20and%20Nucs/Cloake%20Board%20Method%20of%20Queen%20Rearing%20a nd%20Banking%20Sue%20Cobey.pdf) has a section on queen banking. It was written by Sue Cobey.