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Title: Where Do HoneyBees Come From?


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Where Do HoneyBees Come From?
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  • There are five general ways to begin a
  • colony of bees.

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Start with a swarm.
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Start with a nuc colony.
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Start with an established hive.
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Start with a hive from a structural removal.
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Start with a package of bees.
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  • 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.

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Hive Products
  • Honey
  • Propolis
  • Wax
  • Pollen
  • Bees

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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
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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 Bush http//www.bushfarms.com/b
    ees.htm

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  • 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
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  • Ebert Honey Company
  • 14808 S. 102nd Ave. E.
  • Lynnville, Iowa 50153
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  • VP Queen Bees P.O. Box 99
  • Frederick, MD 21705
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  • Bjorn Apiaries
  • 696 Potts Hill Rd.
  • Lewisberry, Pa. 1733
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  • BeeWeaver Apiaries
  • 6301 Highland Hills Dr,

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  • Any Questions
  • ???
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