Queen Catchers and Shipping Cages

Queen catching and transport equipment: queen catchers, cages, shipping cages and introduction cages.

A safe journey from hive to hive

A queen catcher lifts the queen off the comb without her ever touching your fingers. In shipping and introduction cages the queen travels safely with her attendant bees and is accepted gradually in the new colony — the bees chew through the candy plug over a day or two, and by then the colony welcomes her calmly.