Contemporary Queen Rearing
Harry H. Laidlaw Jr.'s classic on small-scale queen rearing. Dadant publication.
- Author: Harry H. Laidlaw Jr.
- Publisher: Dadant & Sons
- Covers Doolittle grafting and cell-builder management
- Practical for backyard and small-commercial scale
- Methods unchanged since first publication — still relevant
What it is
Harry H. Laidlaw Jr.'s practical text on queen rearing for small to mid-scale operations. First published in 1979 and still in print because the methods — Doolittle grafting, cell-builder colonies, queen mating nucs — have not fundamentally changed. The book walks through the timing and the mechanics: when to graft relative to your cell-builder's brood cycle, how to manage emergence and mating, and the day-by-day checks that actually produce viable queens.
Who it's for
Beekeepers who want to raise their own queens — typically because they want local stock adapted to their area, or because they need more queens for splits and sales than they want to buy.
Format
Paperback. Published by Dadant & Sons.
