Malcolm T Sanford, Richard E Bonney
Storey's Guide to Keeping Honey Bees, 2nd Edition
Honey Production, Pollination, Health
Malcolm T Sanford, Richard E Bonney
Storey's Guide to Keeping Honey Bees, 2nd Edition
Honey Production, Pollination, Health
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Whether you have a single rooftop hive, a few bee boxes in your backyard, or a large-scale apiary, this is the only reference you'll need. Learn how to properly house your bees in all seasons, manage your colony's nutrition, maintain an effective pollination schedule, prevent and treat mites and disease, introduce a new queen to the hive, capture a swarm, and harvest and store your honey crop.
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Whether you have a single rooftop hive, a few bee boxes in your backyard, or a large-scale apiary, this is the only reference you'll need. Learn how to properly house your bees in all seasons, manage your colony's nutrition, maintain an effective pollination schedule, prevent and treat mites and disease, introduce a new queen to the hive, capture a swarm, and harvest and store your honey crop.
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- Verlag: Storey Publishing
- Seitenzahl: 224
- Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juli 2018
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 239mm x 175mm x 18mm
- Gewicht: 612g
- ISBN-13: 9781612129839
- ISBN-10: 1612129838
- Artikelnr.: 48698203
- Herstellerkennzeichnung
- Libri GmbH
- Europaallee 1
- 36244 Bad Hersfeld
- 06621 890
- Verlag: Storey Publishing
- Seitenzahl: 224
- Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juli 2018
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 239mm x 175mm x 18mm
- Gewicht: 612g
- ISBN-13: 9781612129839
- ISBN-10: 1612129838
- Artikelnr.: 48698203
- Herstellerkennzeichnung
- Libri GmbH
- Europaallee 1
- 36244 Bad Hersfeld
- 06621 890
Dr. Malcolm T. Sanford is professor emeritus at the University of Florida. He has been published extensively in the apiculture press including the journals Bee Culture and American Bee Journal. He has been the author of The Apis Newsletter for more than 20 years at Ohio State University and the University of Florida, writing on beekeeping management, and is the coordinator of the Apis Information Resource Center. He has been a beekeeping management consultant in Egypt, Italy, France, Chile, Ecuador, Iraq, and Mexico. He lives in Gainesville, Florida. Veteran beekeeper Richard E. Bonney, author of Hive Management, Beekeeping, and co-author of Storey’s Guide to Keeping Honey Bees, was the longtime owner of Charlemont Apiaries in Charlemont, Massachusetts.
Acknowledgments
Preface
1 Beginning Beekeeping
Seven Basic Tips for Getting Started • Dimensions of Beekeeping • The
Beekeeper’s Commitment • Financial Considerations • Stings • Legal
Considerations • Finding Resources
2 Origin and History of Beekeeping
Honey Bee Evolution • History of Beekeeping
3 A Bee’s Life
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
The Colony and Your Community • Weather Issues • Forage Availability
5 Getting Equipped
Hive Design and Dimensions • Hive Materials • Supers • Frames and
Foundation • Bottom Board • Queen Excluder • Covers • Hive Stand • Hive
Scale • Feeders • Pollen Trap • Tools of the Trade • Beekeeper Garb
6 Enter the Bees
Smoker Basics • Package Bees • Installing a Nucleus Colony • Starting with
an Established Colony • Swarm! • A Wild or Feral Colony
7 Managing Honey Bee Colonies
Working a Colony • The Beekeeper as Manager • A Colony’s Yearly Life Cycle
• Population Cycle • The Apicultural Calendar • Late-Season Management •
Requeening • Managing Nutrition • Cooking for the Bees
8 Taking the Crop
The Honey Crop • Harvesting the Crop • Processing the Crop • Storing the
Crop • Chunk and Comb Honey • Other Bee Products
9 Pollination
Unique Challenges • Small-Scale Pollination • Is Pollination for You?
10 Diseases and Pests of the Honey Bee
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
11 Additional Strategies
Beehive Design • Alternative Management Practices • Toward a Honey Bee–
Friendly Future
Glossary
Model Beekeeping Ordinance
Sample Pollination Contract
Resources
A Sampling of U.S. Beekeeping Supply Houses • Sources of Beekeeping
Information
Metric Conversion Charts
Index
Preface
1 Beginning Beekeeping
Seven Basic Tips for Getting Started • Dimensions of Beekeeping • The
Beekeeper’s Commitment • Financial Considerations • Stings • Legal
Considerations • Finding Resources
2 Origin and History of Beekeeping
Honey Bee Evolution • History of Beekeeping
3 A Bee’s Life
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
The Colony and Your Community • Weather Issues • Forage Availability
5 Getting Equipped
Hive Design and Dimensions • Hive Materials • Supers • Frames and
Foundation • Bottom Board • Queen Excluder • Covers • Hive Stand • Hive
Scale • Feeders • Pollen Trap • Tools of the Trade • Beekeeper Garb
6 Enter the Bees
Smoker Basics • Package Bees • Installing a Nucleus Colony • Starting with
an Established Colony • Swarm! • A Wild or Feral Colony
7 Managing Honey Bee Colonies
Working a Colony • The Beekeeper as Manager • A Colony’s Yearly Life Cycle
• Population Cycle • The Apicultural Calendar • Late-Season Management •
Requeening • Managing Nutrition • Cooking for the Bees
8 Taking the Crop
The Honey Crop • Harvesting the Crop • Processing the Crop • Storing the
Crop • Chunk and Comb Honey • Other Bee Products
9 Pollination
Unique Challenges • Small-Scale Pollination • Is Pollination for You?
10 Diseases and Pests of the Honey Bee
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
11 Additional Strategies
Beehive Design • Alternative Management Practices • Toward a Honey Bee–
Friendly Future
Glossary
Model Beekeeping Ordinance
Sample Pollination Contract
Resources
A Sampling of U.S. Beekeeping Supply Houses • Sources of Beekeeping
Information
Metric Conversion Charts
Index
Acknowledgments
Preface
1 Beginning Beekeeping
Seven Basic Tips for Getting Started • Dimensions of Beekeeping • The
Beekeeper’s Commitment • Financial Considerations • Stings • Legal
Considerations • Finding Resources
2 Origin and History of Beekeeping
Honey Bee Evolution • History of Beekeeping
3 A Bee’s Life
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
The Colony and Your Community • Weather Issues • Forage Availability
5 Getting Equipped
Hive Design and Dimensions • Hive Materials • Supers • Frames and
Foundation • Bottom Board • Queen Excluder • Covers • Hive Stand • Hive
Scale • Feeders • Pollen Trap • Tools of the Trade • Beekeeper Garb
6 Enter the Bees
Smoker Basics • Package Bees • Installing a Nucleus Colony • Starting with
an Established Colony • Swarm! • A Wild or Feral Colony
7 Managing Honey Bee Colonies
Working a Colony • The Beekeeper as Manager • A Colony’s Yearly Life Cycle
• Population Cycle • The Apicultural Calendar • Late-Season Management •
Requeening • Managing Nutrition • Cooking for the Bees
8 Taking the Crop
The Honey Crop • Harvesting the Crop • Processing the Crop • Storing the
Crop • Chunk and Comb Honey • Other Bee Products
9 Pollination
Unique Challenges • Small-Scale Pollination • Is Pollination for You?
10 Diseases and Pests of the Honey Bee
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
11 Additional Strategies
Beehive Design • Alternative Management Practices • Toward a Honey Bee–
Friendly Future
Glossary
Model Beekeeping Ordinance
Sample Pollination Contract
Resources
A Sampling of U.S. Beekeeping Supply Houses • Sources of Beekeeping
Information
Metric Conversion Charts
Index
Preface
1 Beginning Beekeeping
Seven Basic Tips for Getting Started • Dimensions of Beekeeping • The
Beekeeper’s Commitment • Financial Considerations • Stings • Legal
Considerations • Finding Resources
2 Origin and History of Beekeeping
Honey Bee Evolution • History of Beekeeping
3 A Bee’s Life
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
The Colony and Your Community • Weather Issues • Forage Availability
5 Getting Equipped
Hive Design and Dimensions • Hive Materials • Supers • Frames and
Foundation • Bottom Board • Queen Excluder • Covers • Hive Stand • Hive
Scale • Feeders • Pollen Trap • Tools of the Trade • Beekeeper Garb
6 Enter the Bees
Smoker Basics • Package Bees • Installing a Nucleus Colony • Starting with
an Established Colony • Swarm! • A Wild or Feral Colony
7 Managing Honey Bee Colonies
Working a Colony • The Beekeeper as Manager • A Colony’s Yearly Life Cycle
• Population Cycle • The Apicultural Calendar • Late-Season Management •
Requeening • Managing Nutrition • Cooking for the Bees
8 Taking the Crop
The Honey Crop • Harvesting the Crop • Processing the Crop • Storing the
Crop • Chunk and Comb Honey • Other Bee Products
9 Pollination
Unique Challenges • Small-Scale Pollination • Is Pollination for You?
10 Diseases and Pests of the Honey Bee
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
11 Additional Strategies
Beehive Design • Alternative Management Practices • Toward a Honey Bee–
Friendly Future
Glossary
Model Beekeeping Ordinance
Sample Pollination Contract
Resources
A Sampling of U.S. Beekeeping Supply Houses • Sources of Beekeeping
Information
Metric Conversion Charts
Index