Hygienic test being conducted on breeder queens

To conduct a hygienic test, brood is frozen and checked in 24 hours to see if the bees cleaned out the frozen brood

Pat working with BIP team

24 hours later, 100% cleaned out

Second generation

Working cell builders

Spring Queen Cells

Pat grafting

Spring Breaks means extra help grafting

Afternoon Grafting

Freshly caught queens

Mating nuc yard

catching queens

catching queens

Summer Hives

We start them out young!

Checking hives in the orchard

Hives in the almonds

Almond Blossom

Almond Blossom

Hives in the Almonds

Bees at work