SUMMARYThis review covers the rearing of queen, drone and worker honeybees away from the colony and unattended by worker bees. The rearing of all developmental stages is dealt with according to the diet provided: brood receiving no food after removal from the hive; brood reared on natural diets; brood reared on natural diets with additives; brood reared on artificial diets. Techniques so far published have been useful in various studies on honeybee development, but no one has yet published a reliable technique for rearing workers, drones, or queens from egg to adult in the laboratory.