Queen bee breeding - PROfarm course
Course details
| Name: |
Queen bee breeding |
| Description: |
This course suits beekeepers and people interested in entering the queen bee industry. |
| Cost: |
After NSW Government subsidy, $600 GST-free. |
| Course aims: |
- Develop an understanding of queen bee production.
- Develop and demonstrate the skills to produce quality queen bees.
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| Learning outcomes: |
- Graft queen cells with correct age larvae.
- Raise quality queen bees.
- Implement a queen breeding program
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| Length: |
3 days |
| Course program/structure: |
Day 1
- Introduction
- Queen bee rearing principles
- Cell bars and cell raising colonies
- Grafting
- Managing small and large numbers of cells
- Importance of nutrition and disease management
Day 2
- Biology of honey bees
- Castes
- Reproductive system
- Life cycle
- Genetics
- Breeding program and selection of stock
- Mating procedure
- Drone mother hive management
- Nucleus colony size/management
- Mating yard design
Day 3
- Catching, marking, clipping, and caging queen bees
- Packing, mailing and transporting queen bees
- Banking queens
- Queen candy
- Queen bee introduction
- Queen bee industry/markets
- Artificial Insemination (AI)
- Calendar of operations
- Export/import
- Conclusion
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| Resources and method of delivery: |
Each participant receives a course manual and grafting kit.
This course is delivered using both indoor and outdoor instruction. |
| Accreditation: |
This course has been mapped to the national unit of competency, RTE3156A - Rear queen bees. |
Register
Tocal College, CB Alexander Campus
Phone: 1800 025 520
Email: profarm@tocal.com
