Breeding and selection
Queen rearing, grafting, splits, strain selection, instrumental insemination and stock improvement.
Honey bee genetics: inheritance, heritability, mite-resistant stocks and breeding better bees in the US
Honey bee genetics for US beekeepers: the csd gene, polyandry, heritability, VSH, Pol-line, Russian and Minnesota Hygienic bees, and how to breed better stock.
Instrumental insemination of honey bee queens: protocol, equipment, success rates and US rules
Instrumental insemination of honey bee queens in the US: step-by-step protocol, doses, CO2, courses and costs in $, success rates, frozen semen and USDA rules.
Raising queen bees: grafting, cell builders, the day-by-day schedule, mating nucs and mite-resistant stock
How to raise queen bees in the US: larva age for grafting, cell builders, a day-by-day schedule, mating nucs, regional timing, Africanized areas, state rules.
Honey bee swarming: signs, swarm prevention, splits, catching swarms and Africanized bees
Swarm prevention for US beekeepers: why bees swarm, swarm cell signs, splits, Demaree and checkerboarding, catching swarms, regional seasons and state rules.