Cell Cups

Beekeepers who prefer to control the entire life cycle of their bees also pay close attention to their queen bees. To ensure there are always enough bees in the hive, a colony needs a young queen bee that lays plenty of eggs. The beekeeper selects a biologically strong, productive queen bee from those they have reared and introduces her into the colony.

For queen rearing, a beekeeper’s equipment should include cell cups for queen rearing. These are where the beekeeper places larvae to develop.

Recommended queen cell cups

In beekeeping, cell cups for queen rearing can be made by hand. However, to save time and help protect the queen bee, it is recommended to use proven queen cell cups approved by specialists. These include:

• Nicot cell cups;
• JZ-BZ queen cell cups, USA;
• Cell cups for queen rearing, Czechia;
• Queen cell cups, Serbia.

Buy cell cups for queen rearing

You can view a wider range of cell cups for queen rearing on our website ukrbee.ua. In the “Queen Rearing. Cell Cups” section, you will find more than ten types from different manufacturers.

To place the larva into the cell cup, you will also need a grafting tool. You can view all the beekeeper’s equipment needed for queen rearing in the “Queen Rearing” section.