Queen Rearing Hands-on Workshop with Neil Barraclough
About this event
Neil Barraclough is an experienced beekeeper and horticulturalist, with decades of experience keeping bees, both as a sideline and commercially. For many years, he selectively bred his own queens for production and temperament. Amongst other roles, he was Seed Production Manager for Diggers Seeds, and he coordinates the Heritage and Rare Fruits Network and annual fruit tree grafting workshops across Victoria & NSW.
Introduced to beekeeping on his family farm before beekeeping suits were available to him, this hands-on workshop with Neil will inform and guide you in:
- Bee Handling
- Queen Management
- Introducing a caged queen
- Selection & Genetics
- Raising your own queens
- Environmental needs & impacts
This is a hands-on workshop; participants must bring their own veil or suit to be part of the beehive opening (subject to weather). Participants will practice during the day and leave with a tool to undertake their own queen raising at home.
