Making queen cell protectors. How to protect multiple queen cells on plastic foundation.

We show you how we make hardware cloth queen cell protectors. We drill a 1 1/4" and 1 5/8" hole thru a 2x4. Then we cut 1/8" hardware cloth into 2 1/2" squares and 3 1/2" squares. The 2 1/2" is for the smaller hole and the 3 1/2" is for the larger hole in the 2x4. We use an appropriate size handle to push the wire thru the hole to form the cup. Trim them with a tin snips. Then use these over the queen cells on the frame. While she's waiting to hatch out and some other queen cells are hatching, the newly hatched queens can't run around and cut her queen cell down.