Table of Contents
About this book
Section 1: Concepts
Breeding
The Whole Bee Concept
Queen Rearing Concepts
Queen Rearing Method Names
A Few Good Queens
Quality of Emergency Queens
Timing
Section 2: Equipment
Equipment you will need
Swarm Box/Starter Hive
Grafting Tools
Cell Bars
Cell Cups
Easel
Mating Nucs
Calendar
Brush
Hairclip Queen Catcher
Marking Pens
Marking Tube
Queen Muff
Section 3: Method
Overview
Setup the Cell Starter
Find the Larvae to Graft From
Grafting
Put the Cells in the Starter
Setting up a Cell Finisher
Setting up Mating Nucs
Checking the Mating Nucs
Section 4: Management
Weekly Management
Managing Mating Nucs
Shipping Queens
Queen Banks
Winding Down in the Fall
Things I don’t currently do
Synopsis
Conclusion
Appendices
Glossary
Acronyms
Index
About the Author