Keeping queen bees chilled in indoor refrigeration units can make the practice of "queen banking"—storing excess queens in the spring to supplement hives in the fall—more stable and less ...
Researchers at Washington State University studied indoor queen banking as a possible way to help bee populations survive. The practice uses refrigeration to store excess queen bees indoors. The bees ...
A honey bee queen, marked for quick and easy identification, at work in a bee colony. OTHELLO, Wash. — Keeping queen bees chilled in indoor refrigeration units can make the practice of “queen banking” ...