Grafting and Cell Punch follow the same timetable, so do Miller and Alley, and so do Nicot and Jenter Cupkit. Pick whichever one matches what you're actually doing in the apiary.
2. Choose your cell raiser setup
Tell it whether you're running one colony as both starter and finisher, or moving cells to a separate finisher after the first 24 hours. This changes the note that appears on the acceptance-check day.
3. Choose which date you know
I know my start date – for Grafting, Cell Punch, Miller or Alley this is the day you graft, punch or move comb into the cell raiser. For Nicot/Jenter it's the day you cage the queen over the cell cups.
I know when I want to distribute cells – pick this if you're working backwards from a date you need cells ready, such as around other commitments. Everything else is calculated from that.
4. Read the table
Every row is a real calendar date. Blue-shaded rows are days you need to do something. Cream-shaded rows just mark a biological milestone, like cells being sealed, with nothing for you to do. Grey rows mean the colony carries on as normal. Above the table you'll also see a "Before you begin" note, this covers getting the cell-raising colony queenless ahead of time, which doesn't have a fixed day since it depends on your colony.
5. Get it out of the tool
Email this timetable opens your email client with the whole schedule already written in the body, ready to send to yourself or anyone helping you.
Download as PDF opens your browser's print dialog. Choose "Save as PDF" (or print it) instead of sending it to a printer.
Add to calendar (.ics) downloads a file that imports every action day straight into Google Calendar, Outlook or Apple Calendar, each one with a reminder 24 hours beforehand.
A couple of things to remember
Day 0 is always the day the egg was laid, which is the usual convention in queen rearing tables. Bees don't stick to schedules, so use this as a guide and always check the actual colony rather than relying on the calendar alone. Queens can regularly emerge up to 4 days later than shown here.
Only changes the note on the acceptance-check day, about 24 hours after larvae go in.
Day 0 is the day the egg was laid, which is the standard convention in most queen rearing tables. Rows shaded blue are days you need to do something. Bees don't read timetables, so treat every date here as a best estimate and always check the colony rather than the calendar. Queens can regularly emerge up to 4 days later than shown.