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QUEEN REARING ESSENTIALS

by Lawrence John Connor

Published by Wicwas Press. 1st. 2009

Slightly better than very good condition. A must have book for every beekeeper. Pictorial cardwraps. 100 pages. Colour photos throughout.

Light rubbing to cover edges. Contents fine. Neat barcode label to rear cover.

ISBN: 9781878075239
Stock no. 1324007

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Contents

  • INTRODUCTION
  • I - QUEEN & COLONY EVALUATION
  • GENETICS AND REARING CONDITIONS
  • THE QUEEN AND HER COLONY
  • BROOD MEASUREMENT
  • DETERMINE THE EGG-LAYING RATE
  • ESTIMATING BROOD AREA
  • OTHER CRITERIA FOR QUEEN AND COLONY EVALUATION
  • II - QUEEN MARKING & CLIPPING
  • INTERNATIONAL QUEEN MARKING COLOR CODE
  • III - BIOLOGY OF CELL PRODUCTION
  • IV - CELL STARTING
  • A SIMPLE STARTER COLONY
  • THE SETUP PROCESS
  • AFTER THE GRAFT
  • V - MAKING QUEEN CELLS
  • TRANSFERRING LARVAE (GRAFTING)
  • VI - CELL DEVELOPMENT
  • VII - CELL FINISHING
  • THE CELL FINISHER
  • CELL CAGING & HANDLING
  • VIII - DRONE PRODUCTION
  • IX - NUCLEUS PRODUCTION / CELLS
  • MAKING UP MATING NUCLEI
  • MATING NUCLEI MANAGEMENT
  • X - EVALUATING NEW QUEEN
  • XI CELLS AND QUEENS ONLY
  • A LARGE-SCALE QUEEN OPERATION
  • BACKGROUND
  • USING A QUEENLESS CELL BUILDER
  • GRAFTING STOCK-BREEDER MANAGEMENT
  • DIPPED QUEEN CELLS
  • GRAFTING SYSTEM
  • CELL HANDLING
  • PORTABLE INCUBATOR
  • LEARN BY EXAMPLE
  • INDEX
  • APPRECIATION

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