Quality of commercially reared queen and drone honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) in Eastern Australia

Abstract

The reasons for undertaking this work were based on observations of commercial queen honey bee breeders rearing queen bees using current knowledge and technologies, followed by introduction of those queens into established honey producing hives with subsequent failures of the queens to survive or perform satisfactorily. An initial study on queen bees provided data which developed into more detailed drone studies.

Date of Award	2011
Original language	English