Queen Rearing Book

[Brian Bush]

Download 'Raising Honey Bee Queens' Khalil Hamdan. This is in English and is a PDF download for free. I found it to be a good read and most informative.

 

[VEG]

post a link to it please

 

[madasafish]

http://www.countryrubes.com/images/Raising_Honey_Bee_Queens_8_30_10.pdf

 

[Dickydoo]

Thanks for the post much appreciated

 

[Michael Palmer]

I think the Paige and Laidlaw is one of the best- the Blue paperback now out of print- Queen Rearing and Bee Breeding. Comprehensive, photos, etc. Looks like Northern Bee Books i the UK might still have it, otherwise Wicwas Press.

One of my favorites, Karla. Book says: "For beekeepers who know nothing about genetics, and geneticists who know nothing about beekeeping."

 

[Finman]

Thanks all. Small scale is all I really need, I just wanted to raise a few for my own use but am intrigued by the process, hence wanting to read up. Don't really want to rely on A/S's or splits as some of my colonies, (although strong) are very swarmy stock and another which was A/S'd this summer have also now become frenzied frame runners, very annoying.
Luckily I have 2 smashing colonies to rear from. Shame there's less control over the local drone pool

Those books handle how to produce ´hundreds of queens. First you must sacrifuice a strong hive toi rear those queens BUT´´

When you have 6 hives, propably at least one hive start to rear swarming cells. Then you change the queen larvae, you get what you want. You get best quality queens from cells.

When you know what you use as mother queen hive, you take larvae from there.

 

[Finman]

"For beekeepers who know nothing about beekeeping."

Well. Direction is then only up!

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[BeeJayBee]

"For beekeepers who know nothing about beekeeping."

Well. Direction is then only up!

Naughty Finman, that's not what he said.

One of my favorites, Karla. Book says: "For beekeepers who know nothing about genetics, and geneticists who know nothing about beekeeping."

 

[Amari]

Those books handle how to produce ´hundreds of queens. First you must sacrifuice a strong hive toi rear those queens BUT´´

When you have 6 hives, propably at least one hive start to rear swarming cells. Then you change the queen larvae, you get what you want. You get best quality queens from cells.

When you know what you use as mother queen hive, you take larvae from there.

How do you 'change the queen larvae', Finman?

 

[Walrus]

I think the Paige and Laidlaw is one of the best- the Blue paperback now out of print- Queen Rearing and Bee Breeding. Comprehensive, photos, etc. Looks like Northern Bee Books i the UK might still have it, otherwise Wicwas Press.

Thanks for the tip - I have just started reading it & it's excellent

I also like "Better Queens" by Jay Smith

 

[itma]

Anyone seen Ben Harden's new little book "Some Alternative Pathways for the Hesitant Queen Rearer"?

A book by the man who created The Ben Harden Method should be worthwhile and the blurb on Thorne's website sounds interesting : -

There are quite a few fine books on queen rearing which assume quite a degree of skill, not wishing to emulate them the aim of this addition to the subject is to show ways of overcoming aspects of the processes that some find daunting. Where a large scale operator needs speed from skill and experience the smaller scale hobbyist can afford to spend time and be patient.

Chapters include:

The Female Egg and Larva Selected for a Future Queen
Queen Rearing Kits
Queen Cell Initiation
The Hatching of Sealed Queen Cells
Introducing a Young Mated Queen
Moving into a Full Colony and Requeening without Finding the Old Queen
Crowning Glory