Bridgette Whalen
June 9, 2023
I checked the cell raisers; there are no takes in either of them. A mating queen got into…
June 7, 2023 part 2
After getting home from the apiary, we did our fifth graft. We made another cell raiser to try…
June 7, 2023
We check in on the fourth graft; another mated queen got into our cell raiser! Outside forces were…
May 28, 2023
Our May 28th (third) graft failed. There was a mated queen inside the cell raiser and she destroyed…
May 18, 2023
We went and checked on the queens and added 12 more cells from the second graft to the…
May 8, 2023 part 2
Emily and I also both conducted another graft today, and we each had 80% take!
May 8, 2023
Today, we took the cups that are developing and put them into the incubator. Then we drove to…
April 30, 2023
After 48 hours, we had 28 takes → 73%, great outcome for our first real graft. We left…
April 28, 2023
Since our first practice graft on April 3rd, we’ve been conducting practice grafts every Monday and Friday. Today…
April 3, 2023
We do their first practice graft! Practice grafts don’t go to mate – actually, here let’s take a…
February 2023
Emily and I sit down with Nate Reid, our Head Beekeeper at the time, and Caitlin Duennebiar, our…
January 2023
Emily and I come up with a queen rearing plan for Boston; I proposed a queen rearing schedule…
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