Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare to produce and harvest royal jelly
- Select and use personal protective equipment (PPE)
- Identify work health and safety hazards associated with working with bees and take appropriate action to minimise risks to self and others
- Assess hive for suitability for production of royal jelly
- Prepare hive and put in artificial queen bee cells
- Graft bee larvae
- Stimulate production of royal jelly
- Ensure production equipment is clean and sanitised
- Collect and store royal jelly
- Adhere to personal hygiene requirements, including washed hands and wearing clean clothing
- Ensure collection and storage equipment is clean and sanitised
- Remove larvae carefully from cell with a grafting tool so as not to contaminate jelly, and discard larvae
- Remove royal jelly from each cell
- Filter royal jelly through fine nylon net to remove traces of wax or larvae
- Place harvested royal jelly into appropriate hygienic containers, avoiding excessive exposure to air, and refrigerate immediately
- Finalise tasks