Author Archives: Jonathan Getty

About Jonathan Getty

Jonathan Getty is a member of the Belfast & District branch of the Ulster Beekeepers Association and is at least a fourth generation beekeeper in the Getty family. His main beekeeping interest is queen rearing based on our native bee Apis mellifera mellifera. He started up the Belfast Minnowburn queenrearing group several years ago and it now has about 50 active members. He also manages about 30-40 colonies of his own. Jonathan holds a BSc Hons in Psychology from Queens University Belfast and gained a postgraduate teaching qualification at Stranmillis Training College. He is a fluent Spanish speaker.

Queens available now

Posted on June 15, 2014 by Jonathan Getty

I have a few queens ready to go this week

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first queens mated

Posted on June 3, 2014 by Jonathan Getty

I checked a few Apideas over the weekend and now have the first few queens mated of the 2014 season.

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New Incubator

Posted on May 18, 2014 by Jonathan Getty

I set up a new Brinsea Octagon 20 incubator which I will be using for queen cells. I have it set at 34.2C

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First queens emerged May 2014

Posted on May 13, 2014 by Jonathan Getty

I set out the first Apideas with virgin queens today. Only 8, but it would be good to have a few queens mated before the end of May. Queen rearing in Ireland is very much weather dependent.

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First grafting of 2014

Posted on May 9, 2014 by Jonathan Getty

I got 10 grafts started in a queenless hive on 30th April. These queens are due to emerge on 12th May and will go into Apideas on 11th May. Got another dozen started yesterday on the 8th May and these … Continue reading →

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