This video covers how to produce your own queen bee. According to the video you do not need to graft and anybody, no matter who or where, can make a queen cell. First you must take out the frame that has eggs in your hive. Then make a frame that has a piece of wood running across the middle as a bar. Drip hot wax across the whole bar as an adhesive. Then take a utility knife and cut a 1/2 inch thick full strip of eggs/larva and set the strip on the bar. Press down at the beginning and then every inch press down so it sticks. It is then a vertical cell that goes back in the frame. You can get about 10 queen cells like this for free.
This sounds like a fantastic way of saving money and being environmentally friendly while still getting the queens that you need. Especially for people who cannot afford or are not willing to pay a large amount to bee keep, this would be a perfect way to get the queen bee.
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