Where Do HoneyBees

Come From?

There are five general ways to begin a

colony of bees.

Start with a swarm.

Start with a nuc colony.

Start with an established hive.

Start with a hive from a structural removal.

Start with a package of bees.

Start with a Swarm.Start with a Nuc hive.Start with an established hive.Start with a Colony from a structural

removal.

Start with a package of bees.

Hive Products• Honey

• Propolis

• Wax

• Pollen

• Bees

Beekeeping Math

Caste Hatch Cap Emerge

Queen 3½ days 8 days +-1 16 days +-1 Laying 28 days +-5

Worker 3½ days 9 days +-1 20 days +-1 Foraging 42 days +-7

Drone 3½ days 10 days +-1 24 days +-1 Flying to DCA

38 days +-5

• Queen Rearing and Bee Breeding (1997) by Harry LaidlawJr. and Robert Page Jr., Wicwas Press, Cheshire, Connecticut.

• Successful Queen Rearing by Dr. Marla Spivak and Gary Reuter

• Contemporary Queen Rearing (1979) by Harry Laidlaw Jr., Dadant and Sons, Hamilton, Illinois.

• Breeding Queens (1997) by Gilles Fert, O.P.I.D.A., Argentan, France.

• Rearing Queen Honey Bees by Roger Morse

• Fifty Years Among the Bees - by C.C. Miller

• BushBees – Michael Bush http://www.bushfarms.com/bees.htm

Books and References

• Olivarez Honey Bees, Inc.1750 Dayton RdChico, CA  95928

• Strachan Apiaries2522 Tierra Buena Rd. Yuba City, CA  95993-9654

• CF Koehnen and Sons• 3131 Highway 45 • Glenn, California 95943•  • Ebert Honey Company• 14808 S. 102nd Ave. E.• Lynnville, Iowa 50153•  • VP Queen Bees— P.O. Box 99—• Frederick, MD 21705•  • Bjorn Apiaries• 696 Potts Hill Rd.• Lewisberry, Pa. 1733•  • BeeWeaver Apiaries• 6301 Highland Hills Dr, • Austin , Texas 78731•  • The R. Weaver Apiaries Inc.

16495 C.R. 319Navasota, TX 77868

• Rossman Apiaries Inc.GA Hwy 33 NorthPO Box 909Moultrie, Georgia 31776-0909

Any Questions???