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Workshops and Classes
Raising Queens and Making Splits
Never buy queens again!
Saturday, May 17, 2025
10:00 a.m. —12:00 p.m.
UGA Extension Office (same location as monthly meetings)
Member only event. You may join at the event.
Subjects covered: Queen bee reproductive biology. Selecting for genetics and assessing colony strength. Forcing a colony into emergency queen-rearing mode and notching, giving the colony the space to raise queens. After seven days, starting nucleus colonies with queen cells. Orienting nuc boxes for success. Feeding for 30 days. The economics of queen production. Why buy queens, nucs or packages when you can raise all you need.