Queen Rearing and Bee Breeding
Queen Rearing and Bee Breeding

Author: Harry Hyde Laidlaw

Publisher:

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781878075086

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"Written for beekeepers who know little about genetics and geneticists who know little about beekeeping." Chapter topics are: Brief history of queen rearing, The queen, The production of queen cells, Mating the virgin queens, The care of queens, Controlled mating, Genetics, Selective breeding, The genetic basis of disease resistance, Bibliography, Remarks, Whimsy and Index.

Bee Genetics and Breeding
Bee Genetics and Breeding

Author: Thomas E. Rinderer

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 2013-09-03

Total Pages: 443

ISBN-13: 1483270033

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Bee Genetics and Breeding provides an overview of the state of knowledge in bee genetics and breeding. The book is organized into two parts. Part I deals with the scholarly issues of bee genetics. It is intended as a reference source for students of both bees and genetics. It could also serve as a text for university courses in bee genetics. Topics discussed include the evolution of eusocial insects; geographical variability and classification of honey bees; and behavioral and biochemical genetics of honey bees. Part II deals more specifically with the practical issues of bee breeding. The discussions include the quantitative genetics of honey bees; ways to define and measure honey-bee characteristics so that the "best" parents for honey-bee stock improvement programs can be selected; and mating designs. This section contains sufficient guidance for bee breeders to initiate or improve breeding programs. Apiculturalists generally will find this part especially interesting since the quality of their own bee stock depends on the skills and knowledge of the breeders who produce their queens.

Breeding Super Bees
Breeding Super Bees

Author: S. Taber

Publisher: Peacock Press

Published: 2000-09

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 9781914934094

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Steve Taber was a giant of the craft. He brought a wide experience in practical beekeeping to the problems of breeding. This volume brings together in one place a life times of experience

Breeding Better Bees
Breeding Better Bees

Author: John Ellis Dews

Publisher: WritersPrintShop

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 84

ISBN-13: 9781904623182

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The rationale behind a bee breeding programme for improvement of honeybee colonies is given together with a detailed description of simplified morphometric techniques which can be used to identify honeybee races or sub species. These techniques also indicate whether the breeder queen bee will breed true. The new edition includes an introduction to bee breeding as a means of controlling Varroa and a guide to computer-based record keeping.

Better Queens
Better Queens

Author: Jay Smith

Publisher: X-Star Publishing Company

Published: 2011-05-22

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 9781614760511

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Jay Smith was one of the great beekeepers and queen breeders of all time. There are many queen breeding books by scientists or small-scale breeders, but this is by a beekeeper who raised thousands of queens every year. This is much more applicable to practical queen rearing. This is also a method that does not require grafting, good for those of us who can't see well enough to graft, and does not require the purchase of special equipment, good for those of us lacking in the funds to buy one of the graftless systems on the market.

Queen Bee
Queen Bee

Author: David Richard Woodward

Publisher:

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 137

ISBN-13: 9780473119331

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Beekeeping at Buckfast
Beekeeping at Buckfast

Author: Brother Adam

Publisher: Northern Bee Books

Published: 2020-09-23

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13: 9781912271719

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Brother Adam O.B.E., D.Sc. was undeniably one of the world's leading authorities on the races and strains of honeybees. His world-wide travel in search of bees and his beekeeping at Buckfast Abbey have inspired vast admiration. In this work we learn of the philosophy, the science and the practice of his life's work - honey production and bee breeding.