Increase Essentials; Second Edition. Larry Connor. 2014. Wicwas Press.
Book Review by Pam Hepp

If you found Dave Clark's presentation about OTS (On-the-Spot) Queen rearing interesting, try reading Increase Essentials by Larry Connor.  He, like Dave, explains the biology of developing queens and ways beekeepers can use the natural instincts of the bees to rear queens.

One way to keep mite loads low and at the same time increase the number of colonies you have to make honey or to sell, is to make nucs, lots of nucs. There are many ways to do this and several are included in Larry Connor’s Increase Essentials. In the context of describing the processes for making nucs, lots of nucs, Larry also covers the related topics of swarms, colony management all year ‘round, queen care, bee nutrition, and other ‘essentials’.