Queen Rearing Made Easy: The Punched Cell Method by Roger Patterson Reference and was hired by an

and was hired by an outfit which comprised over 2000 bee hives and a few unskilled men

getting a second hive

Bee Breeding and Queen Introduction

this book outlines a simple

Due to the very nature of ethical choices

Queen Rearing Made Easy: The Punched Cell Method by Roger Patterson Reference and was hired by anRaising queens using the Punched Cell method has been in use for over a century. Richard Smailes published "Raise Your Own Queens by the Punched Cell Method" about half a century ago. Little has been published since. Few have continued to practice the method. Its time to learn something old to help keep the craft of beekeeping alive. Small scale queen rearing is needed more than ever to overcome the increasing number of queen imports into the UK and