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Herten 2016, HC., 318 pages, 182 illustrations. With separate 19-page appendix entitled “Recommendations for testing honey bee colony performance.” In Part 1, genetic background, special features of honey bees and their breeding are described. Part 2 deals with testing honey bee colony performance, such as the establishment of test colonies, their assessment and keeping a breed registry, with particular emphasis on the identification of resilient colonies. Part 3 treats the estimation of breeding values and their practical application in honey bee breeding. Part 4 describes the characteristic check of potential breeding colonies, to be performed wherever breeding involves “natural populations” (geographical races). The licensing of selected queens and drones is detailed in Part 5, whereas Part 6 delineates the organisation of breeding activities and the successful cooperation of honey bee breeders within the framework of breeding programmes. In German.