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Author : Pam Gregory
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780900147302
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (473 download)
Download or read book Healthy Bees are Happy Bees written by Pam Gregory and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Doug Somerville
Publisher : NSW Agriculture
ISBN 13 : 1742566790
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (425 download)
Download or read book Healthy Bees: Managing pests, diseases and other disorders of the honey bee written by Doug Somerville and published by NSW Agriculture . This book was released on 2015-02-20 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of this book is to provide bee-keepers with a guide to the common pests and diseases of bees. Healthy Bees covers seasonal factors that affect the health of the colony, nutrition, non-infectious disorders, diseases, exotic pests, and strategies to prevent them. Clear photographs to help you recognise and identify pests and diseases, and videos demonstrate collecting samples from your hive. Contents Introduction CHAPTER 1: The honey bee Introduction Lifecycle of the honey bee Castes of bees and their roles in the colony Genetics Inbreeding Sex hormones in the hive CHAPTER 2: Colony size Introduction Colony size varies with seasons Nectar flow and brood rearing Managing bees in winter Managing bees in spring CHAPTER 3: Nutrition Food for bees Feeding sugar to honey bees Plants as poisons CHAPTER 4: Effects of seasons and location Seasons Location CHAPTER 5: Disease and disorder Health of bees is important Non-infectious disorders Causes of disease CHAPTER 6: Strategies to prevent disease Be alert Inspect the hive Comb replacement program Barrier system Best practice CHAPTER 7: Diseases of the honey bee brood American foulbrood European foulbrood Chalkbrood Sacbrood Kashmir bee virus Black queen cell virus Prepare a larval smear for diagnosis CHAPTER 8: Diseases of adult honey bees Nosema disease Chronic bee paralysis virus (CBPV) CHAPTER 9: Hive pests Small hive beetle (SHB) Wax moth Other pests CHAPTER 10: Exotic pests Varroa mite Sugar shaking to detect external parasites Tracheal mite Tropilaelaps mite Predatory hornets Large hive beetles CHAPTER 11: Surveillance and response to exotic pests and disease Surveillance Response to surveillance alert CHAPTER 12: Honey bees and the law Introduction Beekeeper registration Abandoned or neglected hives The legal requirement to notify Biosecurity Code of Practice Bonus Chapter: Testing for Hygienic Behaviour Liquid Nitrogen-Killed Brood Test Appendix 1: Glossary Appendix 2: The pollen story Not all pollen is equal No pollen and the colony dies Pollen substitutes Sugar syrup, brood rearing, pollen foraging References Appendix 3: Competencies supported by this publication
Author : Claire Waring
Publisher : Teach Yourself
ISBN 13 : 1473611784
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (736 download)
Download or read book Get Started in Urban Beekeeping written by Claire Waring and published by Teach Yourself. This book was released on 2016-05-05 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by two of the UK's most well-known and respected experts in the beekeeping community, this is the definitive, and most authoritative, guide to keeping bees in a city environment. Straightforward, up-to-date, and systematically organized, this book covers everything you might need, whether you're already an urban beekeeper or just starting out. It gives practical and clear information on the essentials that all apiarists need (whether in or out of the city), while covering in detail the particular requirements of urban bees. Specifically designed to be interactive, and easy to use, this at a glance title also features write-in checklists, interactive boxes in which you can record key information and dates, and a calendar that tells you what to do when and reminds you to carry out regular beekeeping tasks.
Author : Fedor Lazutin
Publisher : New Society Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1550927205
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (59 download)
Download or read book Keeping Bees with a Smile written by Fedor Lazutin and published by New Society Publishers. This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The updated bestselling guide to laid-back beekeeping for all, naturally! Are you a beginner beekeeper curious about bees or a practicing beekeeper looking for natural alternatives that work? Then this book is for you! In the second edition of the bestselling beekeeping guide Keeping Bees with a Smile , Fedor Lazutin, one of Europe's most successful natural beekeepers, shares the bee-friendly approach to apiculture that is fun, healthful, rewarding, and accessible to all. This new edition includes dozens of color photographs, new hive management techniques, and an updated version of "Lazutin hive" plans. Additional coverage includes: Keeping bees naturally without interfering in their lives Starting an apiary for free by attracting local bee swarms Building low-maintenance hives that mimic how bees live in nature Keeping colonies healthy and strong without any drugs, sugar, or gimmickry Helping bees to overwinter successfully even in harsh climates Enhancing local nectar plant resources Producing truly natural honey without robbing the bees Reversing the global bee decline... right in your backyard! Keeping Bees with a Smile is an invaluable resource for apiculture beginners and professionals alike, complete with plans for making bee-friendly, well-insulated horizontal hives with extra-deep frames, plus other fascinating beekeeping advice you won't find anywhere else.
Author : Thomas D. Seeley
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691166765
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)
Download or read book The Lives of Bees written by Thomas D. Seeley and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2019-05-28 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seeley, a world authority on honey bees, sheds light on why wild honey bees are still thriving while those living in managed colonies are in crisis. Drawing on the latest science as well as insights from his own pioneering fieldwork, he describes in extraordinary detail how honey bees live in nature and shows how this differs significantly from their lives under the management of beekeepers. Seeley presents an entirely new approach to beekeeping--Darwinian Beekeeping--which enables honey bees to use the toolkit of survival skills their species has acquired over the past thirty million years, and to evolve solutions to the new challenges they face today. He shows beekeepers how to use the principles of natural selection to guide their practices, and he offers a new vision of how beekeeping can better align with the natural habits of honey bees.
Author : Matthias Thun
Publisher : Floris Books
ISBN 13 : 1782506861
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (825 download)
Download or read book Biodynamic Beekeeping written by Matthias Thun and published by Floris Books. This book was released on 2020-09-17 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern beekeeping, influenced by new technologies and breeding methods, has increased honey production but left bee colonies weak and vulnerable to disease. With the alarming decline of the bee population raising concerns about an impending ecological crisis, many beekeepers are seeking a more sustainable way of caring for bees. Biodynamic Beekeeping is the first book to offer practical instruction on caring for bees using biodynamic theories and methods. By considering the influence of the movement of the stars and the planets on the bees' natural habits, biodynamics encourages beekeepers to be more in tune with their bees indicating, for example, the best days on which to inspect colonies or gather honey. This fascinating book offers beekeepers detailed advice and instruction on how to work more holistically, including: the challenges and advantages of breeding queen bees how to artificially induce swarming to propagae colonies how to use biodynamic ashing techniques to combat varroa mites instructions for making winter-feed according to current biodynamic thinking
Author : Bill Summers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781908904690
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (46 download)
Download or read book Beekeeping with Zest written by Bill Summers and published by . This book was released on 2015-02-13 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bee Keeping with ZEST by Bill Summers This is a book like no other on the subject of honey bees. It addresses the author s belief and that of his colleague (Dave Durrant) that the welfare of honey bees in a traditional hive fails to provide for their needs as biological systems. This realisation led to the design of the ZEST hive which does do so. It deploys a longitudinal external envelope, with top bee entry and trickle ventilation, made from lightweight insulated building blocks and plastic lattice frames within which the bees draw out their wild honeycomb. The former is DIY from builders merchants and the latter available in boxes of 12. The external envelope is not just a lightweight insulated one, but is sufficiently heavy to provide the bees with a thermal lag of an envelope that is easily thermo-regulated to 35deg, the fundamental requirement of their brood. From the honey bee perspective the ZEST hive overcomes all the problems of other hive designs and frame types. An unintended consequence of the ZEST hive design has been to eliminate varroa. The ZEST is functionally free of it. This is witnessed by the hive debris. The cause seems to be the smaller natural cell size and natural warmth of the hive envelope, both of which speed the biological process of honey bee pupation. The time available for the varroa to mature in the pupating cells is reduced. Their numbers fall to zero rather than rises exponentially. This book and its thesis will prove to be seminal in the drive to solve the problems of honey bee health in all its aspects and manifestations. There has been a recent doubling of beekeepers in the country caused by the ecologically minded seeking to assist honey bees in a better environment. This can be applauded. This book is to assist them and their bees. The ZEST hive is democratic. Anyone can have one. It is cheap, appropriate and amenable to a more self-sufficient way of life. It is a living sustainable system, not a product. It can be entirely D.I.Y. No one owns it. It can be free. Take it. Use it. Have fun. The ZEST hive does a great deal more with a great deal less.
Author : Rob McFarland
Publisher : Page Street Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1624141579
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (241 download)
Download or read book Save the Bees with Natural Backyard Hives written by Rob McFarland and published by Page Street Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-10 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Save the Bees with Natural, Chemical-Free Beekeeping Rob and Chelsea McFarland first started caring for bees, then founded the nonprofit HoneyLove, to meet a need often heard today - we've got to save the bees. For more than two decades, honeybee colonies have steadily declined around the world. Bees and other pollinators are one of the most critical components of our food supply - if they disappear, so do we. You can make a difference by becoming a natural, treatment-free beekeeper right in your backyard. Save the Bees offers different, easy and healthier ways to keep your own hive! Rob and Chelsea share all the wisdom from this ancient practice in a way that is fresh, modern and easy for anyone to do. Along the way, they bust up some common bee myths: - You don't need to spend thousands of dollars on equipment. They tell you the most essential tools you need to get started and what you can make yourself. - You don't need any chemicals, pesticides or supplements to keep your bees healthy. Rob and Chelsea tell you how to recognize and maintain a healthy hive and how to save a failing one. The treatment-free way is not just a way to keep bees; it's the best way - good for you, the bees and the world. Save the Bees breaks down the complexity of beekeeping so you can learn step-by-step how to acquire a colony, care for it and reap the reward - that incredibly delicious, all-natural, chemical-free, unprocessed, sweet, sweet honey. Not to mention you'll be welcomed into the quirky, amazing and fun family of beekeepers around the world. So get on board and let's save some bees.
Author : Peter Grayman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781070607931
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (79 download)
Download or read book My Happy Bees written by Peter Grayman and published by . This book was released on 2019-05-28 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dear reader, in front of you, is the second edition of the book. It is not like any other beekeeping book. This is not a textbook or a practical guide in the usual interpretation. In this little book, I have outlined only the most important findings based on my learnings and experiences. The ones that, in my opinion, helped my bees and me find happiness in life.The information contained in the book will be useful for both experienced and novice beekeepers. Everyone will discover for themselves interesting "goodies". For instance: the way I have changed the quality of bees life, the way I have protected them from exposure to electrical fields, and what methods of Varroa mite fight I applied to. Among other things, you will learn my completely new method of dividing the family of bees into two equal parts without losing the bees flying for a nectar (flight bees). You will learn how I harvest honey, how I brew a tasty and useful feed for bees, how and where I place hives and a lot of other practical information, which is important not only for bees but also can become a business springboard for the enterprising reader...Besides all this, I suggest an unusual idea, an unusual reason for conducting beekeeping. This idea is fundamentally changing the relationship between beekeeper and bee, filling their relationship with mutual love and respect. Gives the beekeeper an opportunity to feel involved in bee magic. Fills beekeeper heart with meaning and the joy of being alive. This feeling warms the heart and pleases the soul. And this wonderful sensation can settle in your heart as well. This is beautiful, isn't it?!I believe that when this idea prevails among beekeepers, our world, our Earth as a whole will be happier and kinder.I will be elated if my practical findings prove to be useful and will bring prosperity to you and your bees. The more cheerful bees are, the more harmony and love occur in our World. Make your bees glad and join with them in a Song of Love and a Song of Joy.Welcome to my Happy Bees.What's new in this edition?Two new chapters were added in the book: about my new method of splitting the bees' family and about my method the fight against Varroa Mite. In addition, the presentation of the actual material has been significantly expanded and improved. The book has become more detailed and better understandable. Corrected and reworked the translation of the book.I invite you to read my book.Best regards, Peter Grayman.
Author : Thor Hanson
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 0465098800
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (65 download)
Download or read book Buzz written by Thor Hanson and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2018-07-10 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As seen on PBS's American Spring LIVE, the award-winning author of The Triumph of Seeds and Feathers presents a natural and cultural history of bees: the buzzing wee beasties that make the world go round. Bees are like oxygen: ubiquitous, essential, and, for the most part, unseen. While we might overlook them, they lie at the heart of relationships that bind the human and natural worlds. In Buzz, the beloved Thor Hanson takes us on a journey that begins 125 million years ago, when a wasp first dared to feed pollen to its young. From honeybees and bumbles to lesser-known diggers, miners, leafcutters, and masons, bees have long been central to our harvests, our mythologies, and our very existence. They've given us sweetness and light, the beauty of flowers, and as much as a third of the foodstuffs we eat. And, alarmingly, they are at risk of disappearing. As informative and enchanting as the waggle dance of a honeybee, Buzz shows us why all bees are wonders to celebrate and protect. Read this book and you'll never overlook them again.
Author : Douglas Sommerville
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781742566009
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (66 download)
Download or read book AgGuide written by Douglas Sommerville and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Randy Carl Lynn
Publisher : Christian Veterinary Mission
ISBN 13 : 1886532141
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (865 download)
Download or read book Raising Healthy Honey Bees written by Randy Carl Lynn and published by Christian Veterinary Mission. This book was released on 2003 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kim Flottum
Publisher : Quarto Publishing Group USA
ISBN 13 : 1610580281
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (15 download)
Download or read book Better Beekeeping written by Kim Flottum and published by Quarto Publishing Group USA. This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The most lucid call to action ever written about land-based beekeeping” from the author of The Backyard Beekeeper (Tammy Horn, author of Bees in America and Beeconomy). Backyard beekeepers everywhere agree: a successful colony is a thing of beauty. Thousands of beekeepers have started beekeeping thanks to Kim Flottum’s first book, The Backyard Beekeeper, and they have added to their repertoire of skills with The Backyard Beekeeper’s Honey Handbook. Now, Better Beekeeping answers the question, “What do I do now that I’m a beekeeper?” This book takes serious beekeepers past the beginning stages and learning curves and offers solutions and rewards for keeping bees a better way. Better queens, better winters, better food, and better bees await any beekeeper willing to take on the challenge of having the right number of bees, of the right age, in the right place, in the right condition, at the right time. “There are numerous beekeeping books on the shelves that instruct on ‘how to,’ but Better Beekeeping is a book that explores ‘why to,’ which is essential for this ever-changing world of beekeeping today.” —Jennifer Berry, research coordinator at the University of Georgia’s Honey Bee Research Lab, commercial queen, and columnist for Bee Culture magazine
Author : David Wiscombe
Publisher : John Wiley and Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119975689
Total Pages : 533 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (199 download)
Download or read book Beekeeping For Dummies written by David Wiscombe and published by John Wiley and Sons. This book was released on 2011-09-20 with total page 533 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fast and easy way to start and maintain a hive Beekeeping For Dummies is a practical, step-by-step beginner's guide to beekeeping. It gives you plain-English guidance on everything you need to know to start your own beehive, from buying the right equipment, sourcing bees, and locating your hive to maintaining a healthy colony and harvesting honey. Plus, you'll get the latest information on the causes and effects of bee disease, colony collapse disorder, and the impact the sudden disappearance of the honeybee has on our environment and economy. Here, you'll get trusted information on beekeeping in the UK, specifically written to address climate, buying equipment, locating hives, the local impact of colony collapse disorder and ways to avoid or minimise the risk to your hive, seasonal beekeeping tasks, local beekeeping associations, and updated content on urban beekeeping. Understand the anatomy of your bees Learn techniques and tips for harvesting, bottling, packaging, and selling honey Discover the benefits of beekeeping Learn techniques on obtaining and hiving your bees If you're a beginner beekeeper, taking a beekeeping course, or just have an interest in the plight of the honeybee, Beekeeping For Dummies has you covered!
Author : Randy Stevens
Publisher : Chronos Publishing LLC
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (661 download)
Download or read book Beekeeping Collection written by Randy Stevens and published by Chronos Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2020-06-24 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, there has substantial growth in beekeeping. In addition to making a valuable contribution to the world, beekeeping is a meditative and relaxing activity. With your own little apiary, you can have direct access to top-quality honey and bee products, all of which have astonishing health benefits. This beekeeping collection contains Beekeeping For Beginners and Advanced Beekeeping. Here’s a select sample of what you’ll discover in Beekeeping for Beginners: ● Step by step instructions for setting up and cultivating your bee colonies ● Drones, workers, and queen, oh my! Understanding bee colony dynamics for a happy hive ● Gardening for bees – finding your bee’s favorite plants for productive colonies ● A complete list of considerations and expectations to determine if beekeeping is for you ● Building your beehive with effective design and straightforward construction ● Protecting your hive from common threats and keeping them healthy ● How to find the necessary support to avoid costly mistakes And much more. Thanks to “Advanced Beekeeping”, you will discover: ● The full spectrum of bee products and their unique health benefits ● 8 simple tips to raising your bees in the most natural way ● Answers to 10 most common questions about biodynamic beekeeping, and how to implement it in 6 easy steps ● Tools and techniques for providing your bees with the best housing there is ● How to provide a healthy, stress-free environment for bees with the help of nature ● How to keep your bee colonies happy and safe without interfering with their natural strategies ● Secrets of preparing simple and effective medicines and cosmetics using everything your little friends will have to offer ● 8 proven steps that will help you start earning money from beekeeping And much more. You too can feel the buzz of excitement when you join the ranks of the planet’s heroes. Just click “Add to cart” above and start your beekeeping adventure and beekeeping business right from your backyard!
Author : Peter Grayman
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 : 9781983234583
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (345 download)
Download or read book My Happy Bees. Simple and Effective Techniques of My Practical Beekeeping. How Did I Make the Bees Happy written by Peter Grayman and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-06-24 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is not like other books about beekeeping. In the book, in a descriptive form, some aspects of my practical experience in beekeeping are outlined, as well as some methods and tricks that are inherently fundamental to the well-being of a bee family. My methods and techniques were confirmed by time and my own practical implementation.I hope this book will be useful primarily for those who are at the beginning of the path and who are just planning to become a beekeeper. I am sure that experienced beekeepers will also find their "goodies" in this book.The book is small, but important information is tightly packed. There are no words from "water" in this book. All words are important to understanding.I offer you an unusual idea, an unusual reason for starting a beekeeping business. You will learn my bee breeding philosophy. You will find out what really helps me make the bees happy.Among other things, you will learn how I changed the quality of life of bees, why and for what I use "metal" paint. You will learn my new method of bees' family dividing exactly 1/2, without losing bees that fly for nectar (flight bees). You will learn how I harvest honey, how I set hives and many another useful practical information.An attentive and inquisitive reader will find in the book extremely valuable information that is important not only for the bees but also can become a business springboard for the reader ...Let your bees be happy, and the world is around you be better.Make your bees happy, and they will open the joy of Life for you!I wish happiness, goodness, and health for you and your bees.Best regards, Peter Grayman.
Author : Ron Miksha
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781412006279
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (62 download)
Download or read book Bad Beekeeping written by Ron Miksha and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A million pounds of honey. Produced by a billion bees! This memoir reconstructs the life of a young man from Pennsylvania as he drops into the bald prairie badlands of southern Saskatchewan. He buys a honey ranch and keeps the bees that make the honey. But he also spends winters in Florida swamps, nurse-maid to ten thousand dainty queen bees. From the dusty Canadian prairie to the thick palmetto swamps of the American south, the reader meets with simple folks who shape the protagonist's character - including a Cree rancher with three sons playing NHL hockey, a Hutterite preacher who yearns to roam the globe, a reclusive bee-eating homesteader, and a grey-headed widow who grows grapefruit, plays a nasty game of scrabble, and lives with four vicious dogs. Encompassing a ten-year period, this true story evolves from the earnest inexperience of the young man as he learns an art and builds a business. Carefully researched natural biology runs counterpoint to human social activities. Bee craft serves as the setting for expositions that contrast American and Canadian lifestyles, while exemplifying the harsh reality of a man working with and against the physical environment.
