Welcome to Blue Sky Bee Supply of Hiram, Ohio

Blue Sky Bee Supply
11641 Ryder Road
Hiram, OH 44234

info@blueskybeesupply.com
Order: (877) 529-9BEE
Fax: (208) 460-0711

BEGINNING 3/22
Spring/Summer Hours:
CLOSED July 5TH
M, W & F 10-4P
Most Saturdays 9-1P
until 10/30/10 (call for Sat.)
All other times by appointment.

BEGINNING 11/1
Fall/Winter Hours:
M & W 12-4P
All other times by appointment.

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Bees and Queens

Push-In Intro Cage

$3.50

The best, must successful way to introduce a Queen is with a Push-In Cage. Fill the exit tunnel with queen candy. Push the cage into a frame in the center of the brood nest with open cells and brood about to emerge, no adult bees please. Release the queen and attendant workers into the large 5 3/4" by 5 1/8" cage. As the queen starts to lay eggs she will give off queen pheromone, which will insure acceptance. Putting the cage over the soon to emerge brood insures nurse bees to care for the new queen. The bees can release her or you can manually do so after she has started laying. Reduce to 9 frames to give more space for bees to crawl on the cage. Also can be used to isolate the queen.

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