EZPZ Brood Breaker Cage - 5 Pack

EZPZ Brood Breaker Cage The EZPZ Brood Breaker Cage helps control Varroa mites by creating an artificial brood break. By caging your queen for 2 weeks (17 days is even better) and then treating with oxalic acid one week after release, you can effectively disrupt the mite’s life cycle and improve colony health. Key Features and Benefits Effective Varroa control: Supports brood break and oxalic acid treatment timing. Easy queen management: Sequesters the queen while allowing workers to feed and tend her. Top bar mount: Fits a Langstroth frame and can be placed in the center of the brood nest. Worker access design: Bees can move freely in and out to maintain pheromone distribution. Requeening compatible: Doubles as a tool for smooth queen replacement. Detailed Description The Brood Breaker Cage mounts on the top bar of a Langstroth frame. It can be used on its own or with bees drawing comb around it. When placed in the center of the brood nest, the queen remains safe while workers continue to care for her and spread her pheromones throughout the colony. For mite control, cage the queen for 14–17 days. One week after release—when her last brood has emerged but before new brood is capped—apply a full dose of oxalic acid vapor. To release, simply remove the plug and return the frame to the hive; she will walk out on her own. For maintenance, the back of the cage can be carefully slid open. This method also works for requeening: after the brood break period, remove the old queen, wait one day, and introduce the new queen in a cage. With the colony hopelessly queenless, acceptance rates improve dramatically. Explore More EZPZ Queen Cage Varroa control tools Queen Rearing Collection Learn more about Queen Bees from our blogs.