Africanized Hybrid Hive Requeening / Rehabilitation Class
Have a European docile hive taken over by Africanized Hybrids? Catch a swarm and are over your head with an aggressive hive? Daughter of your queen mate with the wrong boys? Can't get a new queen to take in your highly defensive hive? This is the class for you. Discussing and HANDS-ON techniques used for the best requeening acceptance percentage. Learn about when to use push in cages, know when you have to split and learn how. BRING YOUR BEST SUIT! We will be going into a couple nasty hives I have saved just for you! We will prepare these hives for new queens. Then we will introduce queens into hives I previously prepared for queen acceptance. See and learn the whole requeening technique.
Beekeeping 101 class or equivalent experience required prior to AHB REQUEENING CLASS. Class starts at 9am and is held south of Three Points, AZ. Prepare for an all day experience, bring your lunch or visit one of the local restaurants midday.