Richard E. Bonney

Beekeeping (eBook, ePUB)

A Practical Guide

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The acclaimed author of Hive Management describes how to acquire bees, prevent and treat diseases, and enjoy delicious honey from your own backyard. Whether you're a beginning beekeeper or one with a season or two of experience, Richard Bonney tells you how to keep bees, not just have them. This new book by the acclaimed author ofHive Managementoffers vital, up-to-date information about how to:

• Acquire bees
• Install a colony
• Manage a hive
• Take a crop of honey
• Prevent and treat Varroa and tracheal mites
• Learn about Africanized bees

Enthusiastic beekeepers of every stripe and experience level will benefit from Bonney's astonishing knowledge of the craft-from beekeeping history and honeybee biology to the complex social structure of the hive. Praise for Hive Management "Delightfully readable ... full of answers ... written in a refreshing and authoritative way that demonstrates the depth of the author's experience ... the kind of information one needs to understand beekeeping." -The Speedy Bee "This useful book is crammed with helpful hints ... [Bonney] discusses the 'hows' and, most important, the 'whys' of effective hive management." -Library Journal "Filled with hints to make beekeeping easier." -Booklist

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Storey Publishing, LLC
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. September 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781603421737
• Artikelnr.: 37937903

Autorenporträt

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.