A honey bee queen dial is a handy tool to have in your beekeeper’s toolbox. Whether you’re splitting your hives or raising queens a quick turn of the dial gives you the date her royal highness should be emerging. From today, April 4th you should be prepared for a queen hatch between April 18th & April 20th. The dial even gives you the date she should be mated and when you should check for eggs! In today’s case, we will have eggs around the 28th of April.

Flip it over for a quick reference guide of valuable information.