Raising Honeybee Queens: An Illustrated Guide to Success

Good book. Lots of queen and bee info Very helpful

As with any research into a new hobby you will always find some of the same info as it pertains to the basics. As you get closer to your idea of what you want from what you have read, it is clear that not everyone has the same ideas. With that being said my queen rearing will be in horizontal hives and this book is a must for any person who is looking to do the same. This book is an enjoyable read packet full of information that will be more of a go to guide as my hobby gets off the ground. My search for information dos not stop here, there is plenty to learn before jumping in with both feet.

I was fascinated the whole time I spent reading. I will be reading this again and using it as my Queen rearing bible.

Bought the book on a YouTube recommendation. Great information.

Edited by Dr. Leo Sharashkin if it wasn't a great info source, I doubt he would touch it. Check out his books too.

Very please with the book.

Well written and easy to follow methods

This book is comparable to Harry Laidlaw Jr's book "Contemporary Queen Rearing" with the exception that the book is richly illustrated with color photos and describes how to carry out several Queen rearing strategies for Vertical and also Horizontal hives. I am convinced that my Deep Frame Horizontal hives are superior to any vertical hive. My problem is that most of the information on managing bees and queen rearing is written for vertical hives. I am left trying to figure out what the key concepts are and how they can be applied to horizontal hives. "Raising Honeybee Queens" will help me tremendously.The other thing I like about Gilles' book is that Queen rearing strategies are presented for different sized beekeeping operations: Small (fewer than 20), Medium (20-200) and Large (greater than 200). These operation sizes are clearly separated from each other so I can see what I need to do this summer for my small operation without sorting this information out of the Medium and Large information and getting overwhelmed in the process.Also nice to know is that this book is written from a post Varroa mite perspective so additional information on selecting for hygienic behavior is presented. If I could only have one book on queen rearing and the choice was Laidlaw or Fert, I would pick Fert's book.