Queen Rearing Essentials by Dr. Larry Connor is a detailed guide to raising and managing honey bee queens. This expanded edition adds sixty pages of techniques and management strategies, with instruction for both small-scale and large-scale queen production. Photographs throughout illustrate key steps and processes. Table of Contents Overview of Queen Rearing Biology of Cell Production Cell Starting Transferring Larvae (Grafting) Cell Finisher Queenless Builder Colony (Combined Starter-Finisher) Handling & Transporting Queens in Different Stages Clipping & Marking Queens Drone Production Nucleus Production, Adding Cells to Nuclei Queen & Colony Evaluation Many Queens Are Killed by Beekeepers Cells and Queens Only Book Details Author Dr. Larry Connor Browse More Advanced Beekeeping Books Beekeeping Books
