1. Where Do HoneyBees Come From?

3. There are five general ways to begin a colony of bees.

4. Start with a swarm.

5. Start with a nuc colony.

6. Start with an established hive.

7. Start with a hive from a structural removal.

8. Start with a package of bees.

9.  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.

10. Hive Products Honey Propolis Wax Pollen Bees

12. 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

13. 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.htmhttp://www.bushfarms.com/bees.htm Books and References

14. Olivarez Honey Bees, Inc. 1750 Dayton Rd Chico, CA 95928 Strachan Apiaries 2522 Tierra Buena Rd. Yuba City, CA 95993-9654Strachan Apiaries 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. 319 Navasota, TX 77868The R. Weaver Apiaries Inc. Rossman Apiaries Inc. GA Hwy 33 North PO Box 909 Moultrie, Georgia 31776-0909Rossman Apiaries Inc.

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