Queen Rearing Essentials by Dr. Larry Connor is a detailed, step-by-step guide to raising and managing honey bee queens. This expanded edition adds sixty pages of techniques and management strategies, with practical instruction for both small-scale and large-scale queen production and photographs throughout. At a glance Type: Queen rearing book Author: Dr. Larry Connor Edition: Expanded with sixty additional pages Scope: From a few queens to large-scale production Illustrations: Photographs of key steps and processes Topics: Cell production, grafting, builder colonies, handling and marking queens, drone production, nucleus production, and colony evaluation Best for Hobbyists raising a few queens each year Beekeepers scaling up queen production Learning grafting and builder colony techniques Improving overall colony management How to use Read it to understand the biology of queen development, then follow its step-by-step guidance to set up starter and finisher colonies, graft larvae, and manage queens through mating and evaluation. Keep it as a season-long reference for your queen rearing workflow. About Foxhound Bee Company Foxhound Bee Company is a beekeeping supplier offering quality equipment, books, and supplies for hobbyist and commercial beekeepers alike.
