New to breeding

[beecrazy101]

I live in lower Alabama and looking to start breeding next spring. This will be my second year and going to get a good head start. What is the best way to get into queen breeding and what are some good books to invest in? Thanks for any help.

[AmericasBeekeeper]

Queen Rearing Essentials by Dr. Larry Connor is good.
To use the correct term you will be a queen producer or rearer. A queen breeder has hundreds of hives with drone yards geographically isolated with various stocks and usually a PhD in Entomology with a strong background in bee genetics.

[beecrazy101]

Thanks for the reply. Yes queen producer long way from any PhD. Lol. I will check into that book.

[sfisher]

Im reading Mike bush's "Classic Queen Rearing Compendium" it covers queen rearing by Doolittle,Miller,Alley,Smith,Hopkins, and Pellett. Lots of good info in this book. Steve