Package Essentials: Production Installation Management

Package bees and nucleus colonies are an alternative to life-changing moments when a swarm unexpectedly enters our lives. If we start with the purchase of a nucleus hive or a package of bees, our first beekeeping work will be easier to manage. It has been extremely rewarding that one of my most popular books, Increase Essentials, is now in its second edition. While I prefer to start with a nucleus colony, they are not always available. In fact, most new beekeepers have just one option: package bees.

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Package Essentials: Production Installation Management

Package bees and nucleus colonies are an alternative to life-changing moments when a swarm unexpectedly enters our lives. If we start with the purchase of a nucleus hive or a package of bees, our first beekeeping work will be easier to manage. It has been extremely rewarding that one of my most popular books, Increase Essentials, is now in its second edition. While I prefer to start with a nucleus colony, they are not always available. In fact, most new beekeepers have just one option: package bees.

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Package Essentials: Production Installation Management

Package Essentials: Production Installation Management

Package Essentials: Production Installation Management

Package Essentials: Production Installation Management

Overview

Package bees and nucleus colonies are an alternative to life-changing moments when a swarm unexpectedly enters our lives. If we start with the purchase of a nucleus hive or a package of bees, our first beekeeping work will be easier to manage. It has been extremely rewarding that one of my most popular books, Increase Essentials, is now in its second edition. While I prefer to start with a nucleus colony, they are not always available. In fact, most new beekeepers have just one option: package bees.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781878075611
Publisher: Wicwas Press
Publication date: 02/24/2020
Pages: 134
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.36(d)

Table of Contents

Foreword 5

­Introduction 7

Chapter one - ­Packages and Swarms 9

The Biology of Packages and Swarms 15

Why Use Packages? 18

Installing Packages on Used Frames 21

Chapter Two - Package Bee Production 22

Queen Production 23

Mating 33

Abundant Young Bee Production 38

Shaking Bees 40

Storage and Transportation 42

Chapter Three - Package Biology 45

Queen Production 45

Best in Stock 46

Genetically Improved, Instrumental Inseminated (II)

Breeder Queens 50

Grafting Mothers and Grafting 55

Pheromones 57

Stimulating Colony Growth 59

Conclusion 60

Chapter Four - Installing Packages 67

Two Methods to Introduce Packages 67

System 1: Queen Pheromone Release 69

System 2: Shaking Bees Directly Into the Hive 81

Chapter Five - Initial Inspections 88

The First Nine Days 88

The First Month 95

Premature Queen Replacement 98

Burr Comb Construction 101

Drones in New Package Colonies 102

Stored Honey or Syrup, Nectar 105

Feeders 105

Chapter Six - Summer, Fall,

Winter 107

Meeting Goals in Summer 107

Population Growth 108

Preparing Packages for Winter 109

Queen Status 109

Testing for Varroa Mites 111

Loss of a Package Colony 111

Chapter Seven - Problems

with Packages 114

Timing Issues 114

Queen Issues 115

Nutrition and Other Issues 116

We Can’t Make This Up! 117

Index 127

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