Bee breeding technology

Author: Liu Xianshu
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Publishing Date: 2002-01-01
Features: This book describes the general principles of honeybee trait inheritance, clarifies the genetic and reproductive physiological characteristics of honeybees, introduces the morphological, biological, and economic characteristics of major honeybee breeds worldwide, and analyzes the uniqueness of honeybee breeding work. It focuses on introducing various technical aspects of honeybee breeding, including introduction of breeds, artificial swarm splitting, artificial queen rearing, artificial insemination, inbreeding, hybridization, selection, propagation, and conservation. The book also covers conventional breeding methods such as purebred improvement, pure line selection, and hybrid breeding. Additionally, it provides a specialized discussion on the production and sales of commercial queen bees based on the practical conditions of beekeeping production in China. Through this book, readers can comprehensively understand and master the basic principles and techniques of honeybee breeding, enabling them to better carry out honeybee breeding and superior variety propagation. The book is rich in content, easy to understand, highly practical, and is suitable for reading and reference by beekeeping producers, honeybee breeders, and students and teachers of relevant majors in colleges and universities.