Queen Cell Production with a Cloake Board System - Paul Kelly, University of Guelph

Paul Kelly from the Honey Bee Research Centre at the University of Guelph goes over how to use a Cloake board system to rear queen cells. 0:00 Introduce Paul 1:29 Cloak board opened and closed 2:14 Setting up the cell builder colonies 2:50 Queen Excluders 4:50 The goal 5:44 Top box 6:31 Preparation 6:58 Three reasons bees make queens 8:08 Shaking bees 9:17 Unwanted Cell Removal 10:04 Pollen patty and pollen frame 10:49 Day 7 cell check