Breeding and selection
Queen rearing, grafting, splits, strain selection, instrumental insemination and stock improvement.
Honey bee genetics: inheritance, heritability, controlled mating and breeding for varroa resistance in the UK
Honey bee genetics for UK beekeepers: the csd gene, multiple mating, heritability, hygienic and VSH bees, the native black bee and how to improve your stock.
Instrumental insemination of queen bees: protocol, equipment, success rates and UK rules
Instrumental insemination of honey bee queens in the UK: step-by-step protocol, doses, CO2, equipment and prices in £, success rates, semen storage and the law.
Queen rearing: grafting, cell builders, the day-by-day timetable, mating nucs and selection in the UK
Queen rearing in the UK: larva age for grafting, the NBU queenright cell builder, a day-by-day timetable, the Miller method, Apidea mating nucs and selection.
Swarming: signs, swarm control methods, collecting a swarm and what the law says in the UK
Swarm control in the UK: why bees swarm, queen cell signs, the Pagden artificial swarm and vertical split step by step, collecting a swarm and the law.