Low Technology Institute

We are collecting bee-breeding resources. Please submit them to info@lowtechinstitute.org or visit the corresponding page on the forum. They’ll appear here when I get a few together. It will be updated occasionally, so please be patient if your submission doesn’t appear immediately. PDF format is appreciated.

General Beekeeping

• 1918 First Lessons In Beekeeping (Dadant)
• 2007 Beekeeping Basics (Penn State Extension)

Queen-Rearing

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Colony Splitting

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Genetics

• 2013 Genetic aspects of a small scale honeybee breeding program (Williams)

Varroa Mites

• 2006 “Survival of mite infested honey bee colonies” (Fries et al.)
• 2010 “Biology and control of Varroa destructor” (Rosenkranz et al.)
• 2010 “Breeding Resistence to Varroa in N America” (Rinderer et al.)
• 2010 “Breeding Resistence to Varroa in Europe” (Büchler et al.)
• 2017 “Varroa sensitive hygiene contributes to naturally selected varroa resistance” (Panziera et al.)
• 2019 “Darwinian Black Box Selection For Resistence” (Blacquière et al.)