Better Beekeeping
Better Beekeeping

Author: Kim Flottum

Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA

Published: 2011-08-01

Total Pages: 177

ISBN-13: 1610580281

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“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

Ultimate Beekeeping Guide
Ultimate Beekeeping Guide

Author: Owen Hayes

Publisher: Erland Publishing

Published: 2024-10-05

Total Pages: 149

ISBN-13: 1965739067

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Are you curious about starting your own profitable beekeeping business? Look no further! Introducing: “Ultimate Beekeeping Guide” packed with all knowledge, tips, tools, strategies and hacks you need to build, manage and profit from your own bee colony. This comprehensive beekeeping book includes step-by-step instructions to ensure your success in the rewarding world of beekeeping. ◆Key Features of Ultimate Beekeeping Guide: Comprehensive: This is not a short guide; it is very comprehensive and deals with all aspects of beekeeping. It will make you understand the significance of bees in our ecosystem, and the many benefits of this rewarding hobby. Getting started: This section is primarily for beginners on beekeepers, it starts with the basics of beekeeping, from selecting the right species of bees to sourcing the first colony. It also includes legal consideration and permit details. Beehive Construction: This section deals with the beehive construction and learn about different types of beehives. We have added step-by-step guides to build and set up your own hive using essential tools and materials. Colony Care Management: It is very much important to master the art of installing your bee colony. After reading this section thoroughly, you will be quipped with all knowledge for seasonal hive management ad regular inspection techniques to ensure a thriving hive. Harvesting: As the name suggests this section deals in harvesting tips and hacks. You will learn about harvesting honey and beeswax, processing and storing your products, and creating beeswax- based items. Bee keeping Business: If you have interest in bee keeping then we will provide you with marketing strategies and ideas to set up your own bee business. We will provide selling tips, methods to scale up your beekeeping operation and ideas to diversify your products. Trouble shooting: We have added expert advice on managing bee health, enhancing hive productivity and addressing the common problem with effective treatment methods. This book will be your ultimate resource and companion in the beekeeping business. It will help you to become a successful beekeeper. Whether you aim to produce honey for yourself or you want to transform it into a profitable venture, “Ultimate Beekeeping Guide” will support you at every step. This book can also be thoughtful gift for beekeepers. ★From Buzz to Bottles OF Honey! ★Let’s Start the Beekeeping Adventure!

The Australian Beekeeping Manual
The Australian Beekeeping Manual

Author: Robert Owen

Publisher: Exisle Publishing

Published: 2020-11

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 1775594734

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The Australian Beekeeping Manual is the most comprehensive reference for both novice and experienced beekeepers in Australia. The accessible yet detailed text, supported by over 350 full-colour photographs and illustrations, covers all the key areas, including the beekeeping equipment needed, how to obtain bees, where to locate them in the garden, and the basics of colony management. There are also in-depth chapters on the lifecycle of the honey bee, extracting honey, creating a bee-friendly garden, entering honey in competitions, pests and diseases, native bees, and rearing queens. A feature of this 2nd edition is the addition of a new chapter on the Flow Hive. The result is an invaluable beekeeping resource that will be referred to time and again, and which can be taken out to the hive for use as an immediate step-by-step guide or read at leisure.

Keeping Bees with a Smile
Keeping Bees with a Smile

Author: Fedor Lazutin

Publisher: New Society Publishers

Published: 2020-04-07

Total Pages: 402

ISBN-13: 1550927205

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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.

Basics of ... Beekeeping
Basics of ... Beekeeping

Author: Lorenzo Lorraine Langstroth

Publisher: Basics of

Published: 2014-06-22

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 9780692240670

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This classic work has been greatly enhanced and extended with both photographs and images to illustrate the many facets of Beekeeping. A guide for the aspiring apiarist. All you need to know to get started in beekeeping. In this updated edition, a compilation of advice from Langstroth, Quinby, Huber, and a number of contemporary contributors, you will find everything you need to know about Honeybees, Apiculture, Honey and Pollen, the Hive, the Apiary, Breeding, Pasturage, Feeding, Swarming, Replacing the Queen, Enemies of Bees, Colony Collapse Disorder, and the mysterious Behavior of Bees. Well illustrated.

Top-Bar Beekeeping
Top-Bar Beekeeping

Author: Les Crowder

Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing

Published: 2012-11-27

Total Pages: 195

ISBN-13: 1603584625

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Top-Bar Beekeeping is an offering designed to encourage beekeepers around the world to keep bees naturally by providing beekeeping basics, hive management and the utilization of top-bar hives. In recent years, beekeepers have had to face tremendous challenges, from pests, such as varroa and tracheal mites, to the mysterious but even more devastating phenomenon known as Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD). Yet in backyards and on rooftops all over the world, bees are being raised successfully, even without antibiotics, miticides, or other chemical inputs. More and more organically-minded beekeepers are now using top-bar hives, in which the shape of the interior resembles a hollow log. Long lasting and completely biodegradable, a top-bar hive made of untreated wood allows bees to build comb naturally rather than simply filling prefabricated foundation frames in a typical box hive with added supers. Top-bar hives yield slightly less honey but produce more beeswax than a typical Langstroth box hive. Regular hive inspection and the removal of old combs helps to keep bees healthier and naturally disease-free. Top-Bar Beekeeping provides complete information on hive management and other aspects of using these innovative hives. All home and hobbyist beekeepers who have the time and interest in keeping bees intensively should consider the natural, low-stress methods outlined in this book. It will also appeal to home orchardists, gardeners, and permaculture practitioners who look to bees for pollination as well as honey or beeswax.

The Beekeeper's Bible
The Beekeeper's Bible

Author:

Publisher: HarperCollins UK

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 419

ISBN-13: 0007279892

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This comprehensive beekeeping guide covers all the practicalities and will teach you everything there is to know about caring for bees and safe hive management, with clear instructions and step-by-step illustrations.

A Practical Manual of Beekeeping
A Practical Manual of Beekeeping

Author: David Cramp

Publisher: How To Books

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781905862238

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A fascinating hobby; a remunerative business; or a globetrotting career? Which type of beekeeper do you want to be? It is entirely up to you: beekeeping can provide it all.Beekeeping can provide anyone with an interesting and useful hobby or a lucrative and rewarding business. It is recognised as a vital agricultural industry and can therefore also offer you a globe trotting career. The whole subject is, however, often shrouded in mystery and loaded with jargon, leaving many people unaware of its true potential or how to start. This book strips away all the mystery and explains step by step how - from day one - you can start beekeeping as a hobby; how you can progress to running a beekeeping business; or how you can start a career as a beekeeper which can quite easily take you all over the world. No other guide explains in such detail the true potential and accessibility of beekeeping or of being a beekeeper. Contents: List of illustrations; List of photographs; Introduction; Acknowledgements; 1. Honey-bees and human beings; 2. Understanding the honey-bee colony; 3. Using the products of the hive and bees; 4. Obtaining equipment and bees; 5. Starting with bees; 6. The active season: spring; 7. The active season: summer and autumn 8. Dealing with problems; 9. Overwintering your bees: autumn to spring; 10. Controlling diseases and pests; 11. Rearing queens and breeding bees; 12. Exploring products and career possibilities; Weights and measures ready-reckoner; Further reading; International beekeeping organizations; Beekeeping charities; Beekeeping journals;Beekeeping supply companies; Index.

Homegrown Honey Bees
Homegrown Honey Bees

Author: Alethea Morrison

Publisher: Storey Publishing

Published: 2013-01-29

Total Pages: 161

ISBN-13: 1603429948

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Discover the joys of harvesting honey from your own backyard. Alethea Morrison outlines what you’ll need to know to make it through the first year, while stunning macrophotography by Mars Vilaubi brings the inner workings of the hive to life. With in-depth discussions of allergies, colony hierarchy, bee behavior, and more, this approachably informative guide bursts with enthusiastic encouragement. Keep your own bees, and enjoy the sweet buzz.