My breeding equipment for good vital queen bees consists of a starter colony and two supporting colonies to which the 48-hour old larvae are added. After 24 hours the cells are moved to strong finishing colonies where the cells are completed. The sealed cells are placed in an incubator until they hatch.
My queen bees are randomly mated in apiaries with a large number of drones and a mix of various breeding lines. This is how I get the best result in terms of vitality and mating.
New external breeding stock is added on an ongoing basis. I maintain and refresh my breeding lines through island mating on the islands of Tunø, Glænø, Manø and Helnæs.
I am also involved in the testing of commercial queen bees with the Association of Danish Beekeepers.
Our breeding results from the past few years appear from below: