The secrets of bees : an insider's guide to the life of honeybees

Weiler, Michael 1956- (author.). Heaf, David, (translator.).

Record details

ISBN: 9781782505808
ISBN: 1782505806
Physical Description: print
159 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Edition: Revised edition.
Publisher: [Edinburgh, UK] : Floris Books, 2019.
Copyright: ©2006

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Machine generated contents note: I. OBSERVING BEES -- 1. Foraging -- 2. In-Flight Observations -- orientation flight of young bees -- flight of the drones -- hive swarms -- flight of the Queen -- Drone congregation areas -- 3. Swarm -- swarm cluster -- Catching a swarm -- Hiving the bees in a new home -- II. INSIDE THE HIVE -- 4. Building Comb -- Shaping space -- Beehives -- 5. Bee Development -- Egg laying -- Larvae -- Pupation -- Drone brood -- Hatching bees -- 6. Bee Life -- House bees and flying bees -- Development from the inside... -- ...To the outside -- Metamorphosis of the glands -- Interpenetration -- 7. Summer Impressions -- Bee dances -- Drone developments -- 8. Queen Development -- III. WINTER IS COMING -- 9. Maturity -- drones depart -- Wintering -- 10. Winter Inspections -- Reading the debris -- Losing a queen -- 11. Varroa Destructor -- 12. Bee Christmas -- IV. BUILD-UP -- 13. Awakening -- Cleansing flight -- 14. Surviving Spring -- Dangers -- 15. From Winter Bees to Summer Bees -- How a beekeeper can help -- 16. Preparing for the Honey Harvest -- 17. Summer Inspections -- Swarm mood -- Swarm control -- V. GIFTS FROM THE BEES -- 18. Honey -- Gathering nectar -- How bees turn nectar into honey -- 19. Pollen, Bee Bread and Royal Jelly -- Value of pollen for bees -- Pollen and people -- Royal jelly -- 20. Power of Honey for Bees and People -- Summer honey for bees -- Winter honey for bees -- Rudolf Steiner on honey -- Harvesting honey -- Storing honey -- What should honey really cost?.