Queen Rearing Essentials

In this post-varroa, post-Colony Collapse Syndrome era, beekeepers everywhere are developing localized, mite-resistant bee stocks. Key to this is their ability to raise queen cells and queens. Bee Culture/American Bee Journal author Larry Connor describes a very successful queen rearing method using Starter and Finisher colonies. The book is organized as follows: Queen and Colony Evaluation, Queen Marking and Clipping, Biology of Cell Production, Cell Starting, Making Queen Cells, Cell Development, Cell Finishing, Drone Production, Nucleus Production/Cells, Evaluating New Queens, and Cells and Queens Only - A look at a large-scale queen operation.Detailed and practical manual; Amust-have for every beekeeper; filled with;astounding photographs

Author Lawrence John Connor has written Increase Essentials, Queen Rearing Essentials, Bee Sex Essentials and Haymakers, He co-wrote Swarm Essentials and edited Asian Apiculture and Beekeeping in the 21st Century. He is a monthly contributor to the American Beekeeping Journal and Bee Culture Magazine. He completed his Ph.D. in general apiculture at Michigan State University and has worked as Extension Entomologist in Apiculture at The Ohio State University, President of Genetic Systems, Inc. of south Florida (a queen rearing and bee breeding firm), and founded Wicwas Press LLC.