Grafting started

Posted on May 8, 2017 by Jonathan Getty

Got some nice cells started last week and transferred them to the incubator at the weekend.

About Jonathan Getty

Jonathan Getty is a former chair of Belfast & District branch of the Ulster Beekeepers Association which has over 250 members and is a current committee member. He 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 in 2012 and is currently involved with a new queenrearing group in Co. Tyrone which started up in 2020. He manages over 100 colonies of his own spread over about a dozen apiary sites in NI. He also rears between 400-500 queens per season using 200 Apideas. 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.
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4 Responses to Grafting started

  1. James Ellison says:
    May 8, 2017 at 10:35 pm

    Hi Jonathan
    Would you sell unmated virgin queens out of your incubator.
    James

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  2. David Morris says:
    May 9, 2017 at 2:40 am

    Can you send me one I’m in bibba, the native black honeybee society, and several others, but I cannot get anyone to send me one who isn’t scared, I have money and time if you can I’ll pay you 4 times the value!

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