Cloake Board Queen Rearing

This is a overview of the Cloake Board method of queen rearing.

[@honeysuckle2907]

The best Cloake Board method I have seen!!! Thanks Phil!!

[@larrypeterson4945]

The "duel entrance" is a great idea! This is a well made video and the sound is great. I appreciate the detail. Thanx, LP

[@PhilSerafinasBeeHappy]

+Larry Peterson Thanks, any thing that can save my back is value added. Bee Happy! Phil

[@mdbrot]

back entrances for back savings that's not a back idea !

[@peterbolt76]

Will be trying this method this year. Learned a lot from your videos. Thanks.

[@PhilSerafinasBeeHappy]

Honeysuckle, Thanks, I try to keep it simple and to the point. Phil

[@davemaloneyvideos]

Great video, Phil. Thanks!

[@btrull6018]

Well done video thanks for posting

[@felipegomez5084]

Excellent video, thanks a lot for posting it. I only missed the view of the frame with the 20 accepted queen cells. Kind regards from Chile 🐝🇨🇱🐝🇨🇱🐝

[@PhilSerafinasBeeHappy]

Thanks Felipe, I am a one man show and trying to hold the camera in one hand and do a video is awkward. That's why I never did a video of the actual grafting. I need an assistant to do my videos.

[@beebob1279]

I learned the hard way about rogue queens too. The trick is to place another queen excluder directly above the cloak board so she can't get up there. Hope this helps.

[@PhilSerafinasBeeHappy]

Bee Bob, You're right. I learned that trick of using an additional queen excluder too late. I built a queen cell incubator and can pull the queen cells when capped and keep them safe in the house. I find it more convenient too.

[@beebob1279]

place queen excluders on both sides of your cloak board to keep out roug virgins

[@tmp6477]

What is the purpose of the shim between the bottom board and the bottom hive body? Great video!

[@PhilSerafinasBeeHappy]

That is a slatted rack. It allows additional cluster space for the bees so they won't get too overcrowded in the hive.

[@thehoneybin9675]

Hello Phil, Entrances at both sides; you say the forage bees coming back will get into the top box to get it crammed with bees. I would think these bees are too old to feed the larvea, I guess you want young bees in the top box rather than forage bees?

[@PhilSerafinasBeeHappy]

You want the starter (top box) to be congested with bees. The slide is in and the back is temporarily open for the flying bees to fill the top box.

[@villagekhabar7]

Nice video #villaofficialnepal

[@brunosulikowski]

I enjoyed you video. can I ask where can I obtain royal jelly?

[@PhilSerafinasBeeHappy]

I harvest my own Royal Jelly from swarm cells throughout the year. You just remove the larvae and scoop out the jelly. Best to harvest prior to capping so you get the most jelly. You can store it in the refrigerator or freezer until you're ready to use it. I dilute mine with a 50% mix of distilled water. You just need a small drop per cell. It help prevent the larvae from drying out.

[@lintonmacnamara1469]

Good stuff informative...an ancient Aussie amateur beek

[@martinriherov3460]

Phil Serafinad can you give your skype or facebook, I want to ask you something related with bees and clocke bord methods

[@PhilSerafinasBeeHappy]

I don't do skype or FB but you can send me a private message via email.