Bees & Queens

COLLECTION ONLY WA ONLY

The 4-Frame Nuc is already installed in the APIMONDIA Gold Medal winning 10-Frame Apimaye Brood.
By eliminating the need for a Nuc Box you save $60.00.
Bees in the 10-Frame Apimaye hive will travel well, and develop more quickly.

• Apimaye - 1st place winner in Beehive Innovations Award in Apimondia International Apicultural Congress.
• Easiest bee hive to work with for both beginners and professional beekeepers.
• Assembled and doesn't need to be painted.
• Easy to open and inspect, move or feed the bees, and fighting small hive beetles.
• Insulated to withstand extreme weather, and designed to prevent moisture buildup inside the beehive.
• Bees can survive colder winters consuming less honey, and spring build up is much faster.
• Standard features include screened bottom board perfect for fighting Varroa mite and small hive beetle; split hive entrance with entrance reducers, division/uniting board, pollen trap and 2 top feeders for left and right side of a split hive

COLLECTION ONLY

The 4-Frame Nuc is already installed in the APIMONDIA Gold Medal winning 7-Frame Apimaye Brood.
By eliminating the need for a 4-Frame Nuc Box you save $60.00.
Bees in the 7-Frame Apimaye hive will travel well, and develop more quickly.

Apimaye 7-Frame F/Depth Brood is just like its Big Brother 10-Frame Apimaye, but lighter

• Apimaye - 1st place winner in Beehive Innovations Award in Apimondia International Apicultural Congress now in 7-Frame size.
• Easiest bee hive to work with for both beginners and professional beekeepers. Assembled and doesn't need to be painted. Easy to open and inspect, move or feed the bees, and fighting small hive beetles.
• Insulated to withstand extreme weather, and designed to prevent moisture buildup inside the beehive. Bees can survive colder winters consuming less honey, and spring build up is much faster.
• Standard features include screened bottom board perfect for fighting Varroa mite and small hive beetle; split hive entrance with entrance reducers, division/uniting board, and 2 top feeders for left and right side of a split hive
• You can have a single 7 frame hive or two 3 frame hives with the division board in the center. Perfect for queen rearing and splitting hives for bee sales.

The Ultimate 4 compartment insulated Queen Breeding Hive complete with specialised Queen Frames (16), Division Boards (4), Feeders (4), Entrance Closures (4).  See full DESCRIPTION below

Grafting Tool Double – Stainless-Steel

Grafting Tool Plastic

The Grafting Tool is used in Queen rearing to remove larvae from cells. This tool has a flexible head & tongue that easily slides under the larvae and royal jelly to scoop it out of the cell. It is spring loaded to delicately remove the larvae and place it safely into the cell cup. A non-slip grip in the middle section gives you excellent control.

Grafting Tool – Stainless-Steel

Nuc Full Depth 4-Frame - Bees & Newly Raised Mated Tested Queen

COLLECTION O'CONNOR ONLY

The 4-Frame Full Depth Nucleus include 4 frames covered with bees, brood, honey and the all-important newly raised mated and tested Beewise Queen.

It is important to note that the demeanour and performance of your hive is totally dependent upon the quality of the Queen; and Beewise Queens are superb being favourites of many commercial beekeepers Australia-wide.

Holds up to 20 JZ-BZ Queen Cages. Built-in compartment for candy and sponges.
Provides sturdy transportation.
Essential for safe transportation of Queens!
Queen cages not included.

WA ONLY - CALL 1800 233 947 TO SCHEDULE COLLECTION DATE

Beewise Mated Bee Queens are not merely raised; Beewise Bee Queens are carefully bred and mated under controlled conditions to ensure they are:

• Excellent foragers
• Gentle
• Superb comb builders
• Clean/excellent housekeepers, & hence less prone to disease
• Use little propolis
• Reduced tendency to swarm
• Tendency to collect flower honey rather than honey dew

For top performance, Queens should be replaced if:

1. Your beehive is aggressive
2. The beehive is performing poorly, e.g. disease, poor laying pattern
3. The queen is more than two years old

THE PERFORMANCE OF YOUR HIVE IS TOTALLY DEPENDENT UPON THE QUALITY OF YOUR QUEEN

Food grade PE multi-purpose JZ BZ style Queen Cage

Minimum 10 Ship 

Plastic Queen Cage – Proven design & used universally

Fit perfectly between frames

Slots for ventilation and communication and has an opaque section for the Queen if she needs to hide
Ideal Queen Cages to bank, ship, or even introduce your queens

Queen Catcher Clip – Stainless-Steel

The best Queen Catcher Marker Cage - one hand operation.

Easy to use, this one hand Queen catcher makes catching Queen alone so much easier. 

• Simply place the open end over the Queen and use forefinger to gently close the flexible shutter.
• Use thumb of same hand to depress the plunger to push the Queen up to the marking mesh.
• Mark the queen, leave her for 5 minutes to let the paint dry, then return HRH to the hive.

Queen Catcher Marker Cage - one hand operation.

Easy to use, this one hand Queen catcher makes catching Queen alone so much easier. 

• Simply place the open end over the Queen and use forefinger to gently close the flexible shutter.
• Use thumb of same hand to depress the plunger to push the Queen up to the marking mesh.
• Mark the queen, leave her for 5 minutes to let the paint dry, then return HRH to the hive.

Queen Cell Cup with Isolation Cage used for Queen raising

Queen Cell Cups with lugs – Black Polypropylene

Queen Frame Press Cage

Trap the Queen on the frame when manipulating the frames reducing the possibility of HRH being damaged.
Can also be used when introducing a new Queen

Queen Immobiliser for Marking

Queen Making Pen - five colours available

Non-toxic, Water-based marking pen, allows Beekeepers to readily locate and track their Queens

Colours: yellow, green, red, green, blue & white

Queen Marking Cage with Plunger

Royal Queen Rearing Kit complete from start to finish, PLUS Royal Jelly Production.
Produce a few Queens and you are well in front financially, and your hives will leap ahead.

This highly professional kit from Korea includes Queen Rearing Calendar plus:

Swarm Boss Premium Bee Lure is a complex formulation containing various terpenoids and other organic compounds, designed to mimic Nasonov pheromone.

Set Swarm Traps as follows:

• Select a clean used 8-frame or 10-frame brood box with a non-vented / solid base.  The trap needs to be ca 40L – Nuc boxes are too small. 
• Apply 2 single sprays of Beewise Swarm Boss to the underside of the cover; and 2 single sprays of Beewise Swarm Boss on the base adjacent to the entrance.  Don’t over-do the sprays as more is not better.
• Insert new frames with wax foundation.  If you use developed honey comb you are likely to attract wax moths.
• Reduce entrance to about 10cm.
• Place box at a location conspicuous to the bees at height of about 2 metres.
• Lift the rear of the hive 1cm to ensure no water ingress.
• Sniff the Swam Trap every 2 weeks and if Beewise Swarm Boss cannot be detected by nose, reapply as above.