Dutch Cage ?

[Little John]

A 'Dutch Cage' is mentioned in the book "Breeding Better Bees - using simple modern methods" - a BIBBA book by Dews & Milner

But even Google draws a blank on this one ... and nothing on Dave Cushman's site.

I'm assuming that a 'Dutch Cage' is simply a frame-sized version of a Queen Cell Protector Cage, presumably made from Q/X material ?

By any chance, has anyone got a picture of one ?

LJ

 

[clv101]

Would you recommend "Breeding Better Bees"?

 

[Little John]

Would you recommend "Breeding Better Bees"?

Can't honestly say - I pulled that page off a Google pre-view, whilst trying to source info about possible techniques of breeding AMM without using AI. I don't actually have the book itself.

For rearing queens I can certainly recommend Wilkinson and Brown's 'Rearing Queen Honeybees in a Q+ Colony' https://secure.fera.defra.gov.uk/beebase/downloadDocument.cfm?id=36

as well as the Morris Board method which I've just discovered (thanks to this forum).

And of course the classic Jay Smith's 'Better Queens'.
http://apimo.dk/programs/special/Better_Queens_by_Jay_Smith.pdf

although neither go into much depth about breeding issues per se.

LJ

 

[thada1]

I used this method successfully last year, and intend to go the same way this summer. I used what T's call a wire excluder frame trap, and my local supplier calls a queen trapping frame. I was first introduced to this bit of kit as a biotechnical method for varroa control, but it's use in queen rearing is more straightforward! Picture:

side open to see moderately successful grafting. From the catalogue: https://www.bee-equipment.co.uk/SearchResults.asp?Cat=1879

 

[sipa]

Another name would be a timing box.

Used to get larvae of the correct age for grafting.

This video from the Fat Beeman, explains.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RDmhMqMIW8"]Queen Cell Timing Box by FatBeeMan - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Little John]

Thanks guys - appreciated.

Must say that I do like the FatBeeMan's method of working ...