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Storey's guide to keeping honey bees : honey production, pollination, bee health Cover Image Book Book

Storey's guide to keeping honey bees : honey production, pollination, bee health / Malcolm T. Sanford and Richard E. Bonney.

Sanford, Malcolm T. (Malcolm Thomas), 1942- (Author). Bonney, Richard E. (Added Author).

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  • ISBN: 9781603425513
  • ISBN: 9781603425506 (trade pbk.)
  • ISBN: 1603425519
  • Physical Description: x, 244 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
  • Publisher: North Adams, MA : Storey Pub., c2010.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 422-424) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Beginning beekeeping -- Origin and history of beekeeping -- A bee's life -- Choosing hive location -- Getting equipped -- Enter the bees -- Managing honey bee colonies -- Taking the crop -- Pollination -- Diseases and pests of the honey bee.

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Acknowledgments viii
Preface ix
1 Beginning Beekeeping
1(24)
Seven Basic Tips for Getting Started
Dimensions of Beekeeping
The Beekeeper's Commitment
Time Commitment
Financial Considerations
Stings
Legal Considerations
Finding Resources
2 Origin and History of Beekeeping
25(16)
Honey Bee Evolution
History of Beekeeping
3 A Bee's Life
41(27)
What is a Honey Bee?
Inside the Colony
The Queen
The Worker
The Drone
The Varroa Mite
Activities and Behavior
Patterns of Behavior
4 Choosing Hive Location
68(12)
The Colony and Your Community
Weather Issues
Forage Availability
5 Getting Equipped
80(19)
Hive Design and Dimensions
Hive Materials
Supers
Frames and Foundation
How to Make a Frame with Pins
Bottom Board
Queen Excluder
Covers
Hive Stand
Hive Scale
Feeders
Pollen Trap
Tools of the Trade
Beekeeper Garb
6 Enter the Bees
99(20)
Smoker Basics
Package Bees
Managing Package Bees
Installing a Nucleus Colony
Starting with an Established Colony
Swarm!
A Wild or Feral Colony
7 Managing Honey Bee Colonies
119(39)
Working a Colony
The Beekeeper as Manager
A Colony's Yearly Life Cycle
Population Cycle
The Apicultural Calendar
Late-Season Management
Requeening
Managing Nutrition
8 Taking the Crop
158(22)
The Honey Crop
Harvesting the Crop
Processing the Crop
Storing the Crop
Chunk and Comb Honey
Other Bee Products
9 Pollination
180(8)
Unique Challenges
Small-Scale Pollination
Is Pollination for You?
10 Diseases and Pests of the Honey Bee
188(42)
Innate Defense Mechanisms
Brood Diseases
Adult Diseases
Parasitic Mites
Integrated Pest Management
Tolerant or Resistant Stock
Colony Collapse Disorder
Wax Moth
Small Hive Beetle
Black Bears
For More Information
Glossary
230(2)
Model Beekeeping Ordinance
232(1)
Sample Pollination Contract
233(2)
Resources
235(4)
A Sampling of U.S. Beekeeping Supply Houses
Sources of Beekeeping Information
Index 239

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