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Queen Bee

Biology, Rearing and Breeding
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This title offers everything you ever wanted to know about the biology, rearing and breeding of queen bees. Divided into three major chapters with many sub-sections, "Queen Bee" is a definitive guide to the biology and breeding of queen bees. It includes: Chapter One - Queen Bee Biology, Introduction, Castes, Anatomy & Lifecycle, Reproduction, Castes, Development, Egg Laying, Pheromones, and Diseases; Chapter Two - Queen Bee Rearing Equipment, Grafting & non-Grafting, Capture & Transport, Swarming & Nucleus Hives, and Nutrition; and, Chapter Three - Queen Bee Breeding, Genetics & Reprduction, Stock Selection & Improvement, Breeding Programmes, Instrumental Insemination, and Glossary.

Author Biography:

David Woodward has been teaching beekeeping and queen bee rearing since 1997 and manage 350 beehives at Telford Rural Polytechnic in New Zealand. Acknowledged worldwide as an expert in his field Woodward has written may articles and published numerous papers.
Release date Australia
November 18th, 2010
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Illustrations
64 full-colour & numerous b&w diagrams/tables
Pages
140
Dimensions
170x245x13
ISBN-13
9781904846352
Product ID
7845666

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