Chapters 1 to 7 provide an overview of the Plan Bee program, background to the techniques used in the program, how they will improve your business, and the process you will follow to implement the program in your operations. Chapter 8 provides step-by-step instructions for recording your data. Chapter 9 defines all the traits and alternative methods for measuring them.
Plan Bee will support you in your breeding endeavours. You are in control of your breeding objectives: which traits you will record and select for and how often you will collect data.
This manual has been developed in consultation with industry through surveys, interviews, and workshops. It is the culmination of all this feedback. The manual will be a ‘living document’ in that it will be updated to reflect feedback from those participating in the program and lessons that the project team learns from working with the diversity of queen breeders and beekeepers.