Unit of competency Outline

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Rear queen bees

Rear queen bees

Unit of competency
National Code
AHCBEK407
State Code
BAP90
TGA Status
Replaced
DTWD Status
Replaced
Current Release Number
1.00
Current Release Date
27/06/2016
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State Implementation and Classification
Approved Date
12/01/2017
Field of Education
050105 - Animal Husbandry
Original Release Date
12/01/2017
Nominal Hours
50
Description
This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to rear high quality queen bees and queen cells through the application of good management practices.No occupational licensing, legislative or certification requirements are known to apply to this unit at the time of publication.
Notes
Elements and Performance Criteria
1. Establish conditions and obtain requirements for queen bee rearing
  • 1.1 Select breeding stock from productive healthy stock or purchase breeder queen bee
  • 1.2 Obtain all tools and equipment needed to rear queen bees
  • 1.3 Select and use personal protective equipment
  • 1.4 Identify work health and safety hazards and take action to minimise them
  • 1.5 Observe site quarantine or other biosecurity protocols in force
  • 1.6 Confirm all hives and colonies used for queen bee and drone production are in a clean and healthy condition
  • 1.7 Select day-old larvae from the breeder queen bee for grafting and transfer from worker cells into queen cell cups
  • 1.8 Confirm an adequate number of nurse bees are present in cell raising colonies
  • 1.9 Use a suitable method for cell production
2. Establish and monitor the queen mating process
  • 2.1 Transfer ripe queen cells into the nucleus 10 to 11 days after grafting
  • 2.2 Provide an adequate number of mature, well-nourished and genetically suitable drones during mating period
  • 2.3 Record details of grafting and subsequent placement of cells into nucleus colonies
  • 2.4 Record the age of the queen removed from mating colony
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Replaces
State Code National Code Title Type
D6691 AHCBEK407A Rear queen bees Unit of competency
Replaced By
State Code National Code Title Type
OAO46 AHCBEK409 Rear queen bees Unit of competency
State Code National Code Title Type
BDC0 AHC32016 Certificate III in Beekeeping Qualification