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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.
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There are five general ways to begin a colony 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
Books and References • 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 Bushhttp://www.bushfarms.com/bees.htm
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
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