Queen Bee Breeding / Elizabeth Frost and Douglas Somerville

By:

Frost, Elizabeth

Contributor(s):

Somerville, Douglas

Material type: Text

TextSeries: AgGuide: a Practical HandbookPublication details: [Place of publication not identified] Tocal College, NSW DPI. 2016ISBN:

9781742569130
9781742569512
9781760581527

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

E-BOOK (Available ON-CAMPUS only)

Online resources:

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Contents:

1: Introduction - 2: Queen cell production - 3: Grafting - 4: Nutrition - 5: Pests and diseases - 6: Reproductive biology - 7: Honey bee subspecies - 8: Breeding stock evaluation and maintenance - 9: Genetics and the honey bee - 10: Selective breeding programs - 11: Drone mother colony management - 12: Nucleus colonies and mating apiaries - 13: Catching, caging and shipping queen bees - 14: Queen banking - 15: Queen bee introduction - 16: Queen markets, interstate movement regulations and levies - 17: Controlled mating - 18: Calendar of operations - 19: Package bees

Summary: Whether your goal is to rear a few queen bees or thousands, this manual provides the basic knowledge and instruction to get you started and can be applied to beekeeping operations ranging from several thousand colonies to one or two.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Mohinder Singh Randhawa Library	E-BOOK (Available ON-CAMPUS only) (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		OL-251

1: Introduction
- 2: Queen cell production
- 3: Grafting
- 4: Nutrition
- 5: Pests and diseases
- 6: Reproductive biology
- 7: Honey bee subspecies
- 8: Breeding stock evaluation and maintenance
- 9: Genetics and the honey bee
- 10: Selective breeding programs
- 11: Drone mother colony management
- 12: Nucleus colonies and mating apiaries
- 13: Catching, caging and shipping queen bees
- 14: Queen banking
- 15: Queen bee introduction
- 16: Queen markets, interstate movement regulations and levies
- 17: Controlled mating
- 18: Calendar of operations
- 19: Package bees

Whether your goal is to rear a few queen bees or thousands, this manual provides the basic knowledge and instruction to get you started and can be applied to beekeeping operations ranging from several thousand colonies to one or two.

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