February 2017 – New Zealand BeeKeeper

VIRGIN QUEEN INNOVATION

The smart, flexible and cost eective way to re-queen or split your hives.

CELLS

VIRGINS

Fragile

Very Fragile

Good

There are many advantages with virgin queens over a queen cell:

Temperature Sensitive

+/- 2 degrees

Wide Variation

Time Critical

12 hour window

2 – 3 day window

Quicker Mating

4 – 7 days slower

Faster

Can Courier Nationwide

Too Fragile

Overnight

Acceptance Rates

Equal

Equal

Order online at beautbees.co.nz

T 0800 232 882 / M 0274 232 882 E sales@beautbees.co.nz

New Zealand’s Leading Queen Breeders

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