A queen bee rearing and introduction system which has a base portion that
includes a queen bee emerging hole disposed therein and an adjacent cell
cup insertion hole disposed on a first side. On an opposite, second side
there is a frame retention tab for attaching the queen bee rearing system
into a standard wood hive box frame disposed along its length. The base
portion also has at least one cage latch. There is a cage portion that
has one open end and one enclosed end. The open end has at least one cage
latch aperture. When a queen cell cup containing a queen bee cell is
inserted into the cell insertion hole of the base portion, the open end
of the cage portion is slid over the queen cell cup and firmly snapped
into place around the base portion by sliding the cage latch of the base
portion into the cage latch aperture of the cage portion.