Hello Queen Rearing groups.
Here are some links to useful bee breeding and queen rearing available on this website.
These pages are particularly relevant to Ireland and native Irish bee improvement.
Together, they should help you to raise your own queens and, over time, improve your local Irish bees..
There may be other things of interest in the Index.
Native Irish Honey Bee – Apis mellifera mellifera (A.m.m)
Queen rearing timetable for Jenter Kit and Cloake Board system
Queen Bee Introduction – Basics
Queen Bee Introduction – Paper Bag
Queen Bee Introduction – Postal Cage
Queen Bee Introduction – Snelgrove’s quick matchbox method
Scottish Native Honey Bee Society article about queen rearing and bee breeding groups: http://www.snhbs.scot/queen-rearing-and-bee-breeding-groups/