This title includes: introduction; the natural history of the honey bee colony; colony reproduction; honey bee nutrition; approaches to bee health management; honey bee diseases and conditions; organisms affecting honey bee health; the essentials of good bee husbandry; caring for the queen; the management of swarming; keeping honey bees healthy through the year; and, useful techniques & selected reading.
Beekeeping 2014 is a beautiful sixteen-month calendar that captures the pastime of beekeeping that will appeal to anyone. This calendar gives you tips that will help you prepare your colonies for the different months and seasons. It contains quick overviews of the three schools of thought on managing your hive, the "Let-Alone" system, the "Beekeeper as Natural Food Provider" system, and the "Artificial Calendar" system, along with many more convenient tips for your beekeeping needs.
First published in 1853, The Hive and the Honey-Bee remains the definitive authority for managing hives for honey production, pollination or queen rearing. One of the first books about modern bee management, Langstroth's study is an invaluable resource and essential reading for honey farmers and apiarists.
You don't need to live on a farm to raise happy, healthy honeybees. All it takes is a small backyard and the guidance of Rob and Chelsea McFarland, founders of Honey Love, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit dedicated to protecting honeybees and educating a new generation of urban, suburban and rural beekeepers. Beekeeping is a relaxing and intriguing hobby that requires little time. It yields fresh, local honey beekeepers can keep or share, and bees help pollinate nearby gardens, trees and crops, whi...
The Business and Economics of Beekeeping - A Collection of Articles on the Profits and Marketing of Beekeeping Products
by Various
Reduction in Forage for Pollinators and Possible Remedies
Productive Bee-Keeping; Modern Methods of Production and Marketing of Honey
by Frank C. Pellett
A year in the life of New York City’s premier beekeeper, who chronicles his adventures and the quirky personalities he encounters while spreading his infinite knowledge of and passion for the remarkable honey bee “Coté’s charming and poignant essay collection delivers the entertainment and smarts required to make real change in how we look at our planet, and ourselves.”—Andrew Zimmern From the humble drone to the fittingly named worker to the queen herself—who is more a slave than a monarch—...