Mating Hive and Accessories - Free postage and packing within the UK
This kit gives you everything you need to successfully mate your virgin queen and then catch, mark and introduce to a full hive or nuc.- Rainbow Mating Hive (colours may vary)
- White Queen Marking Paint (If you would like a different colour please let us know)
- Turn and mark cage
- Clip Catcher
- IC Queen Cage
- Assemble the mini-nuc with a strip of foundation only, no comb, in each frame. Fill the feeder compartment with candy.
- Shake young bees into a box and spray them with sugar syrup.
- Drop one large cupful of sticky, wet bees into the mini-nuc, and close-up, making sure that ventilation is clear.
- Leave for about an hour, until the bees roar in panic, then run a virgin queen in.
- Leave in a cool dark place for two or three days.
- Release the bees at the chosen site.
- Check in two weeks for signs of laying.
- When you are happy she is laying catch the queen using the clip catcher.
- Mark her using the turn and mark cage and paint.
- Place her in the Introduction cage
- Introduce to the new hive.
Get it fast - we offer overnight courier as standard to most of the mainland UK if ordered before 3pm. The couriers do not deliver during the weekend. If you do need Saturday delivery please contact us for charges on 00 44 1673 858555 or email sales@thorne.co.uk