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Description

Why not rear your own queens? The University of Minnesota Queen Rearing short course teaches one method of rearing queens that works consistently for both hobby and commercial beekeepers. Topics covered include queen and drone biology, timing of queen rearing in northern climates, stock selection and breeding for hygienic behavior, setting up mating yards, and record keeping. Everyone will have a chance to try their hand at grafting larvae and raising their own queens. A unique feature of the course is the section on queen rearing equipment designs that will allow you to build your own!

This course is for anyone interested in learning how to raise queens who has at least one year of beekeeping experience.

For additional information see: z.umn.edu/beeclassqr

Course content questions

Katie Lee, katielee@umn.edu

Registration questions

Extension Registration, ext-reg@umn.edu

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UMN Help Desk, HELP@umn.edu, 612-301-4357; Let them know you are using a guest account to register for a non-credit course.

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