Christy Hemenway

The Thinking Beekeeper (eBook, PDF)

A Guide to Natural Beekeeping in Top Bar Hives

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

A beginner's complete guide to keeping bees in top bar hives, and why.

What's the buzz about the growing popularity of backyard beekeeping? Providing habitat for bees, pollinating your garden, and producing honey for your family are some of the compelling reasons for taking up this exciting hobby. But conventional beekeeping requires a significant investment and has a steep learning curve. The alternative? Consider beekeeping outside the box.

The Thinking Beekeeper is the definitive do-it-yourself guide to natural beekeeping in top bar hives. Based on the concept of understanding and working with bees' natural systems as opposed to trying to subvert them, the advantages of this approach include:

• Simplicity, sustainability, and cost-effectiveness
• Increased safety due to less heavy lifting and hive manipulation
• Chemical-free colonies and healthy hives

Top bar hives can be located anywhere bees have access to forage, and they make ideal urban hives.

Emphasizing the intimate connection between our food systems, bees, and the well-being of the planet, The Thinking Beekeeper will appeal to the new breed of beekeeper who is less focused on maximizing honey yield, and more on ensuring the viability of the bee population now and in the coming years.

Mother Earth News Books for Wiser Living Recommendation

"You'll find information you need here that's not available anywhere else. Both you and your bees will benefit from Christy's approach, advice, and philosophy." -Kim Flottum, editor, Bee Culture Magazine

"A unique and exceptional resource for the beginning beekeeper." -Marty Hardison, top bar beekeeper, educator and international developmental beekeeping consultant

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: New Society Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Altersempfehlung: ab 16 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781550925111
• Artikelnr.: 38324893

Autorenporträt

Christy Hemenway is the owner and founder of Gold Star Honeybees, a complete resource for all things related to beekeeping in top bar hives. A passionate advocate for bees and the pivotal role they play in our food supply, she is a highly sought-after speaker, helping audiences to understand the integral connection between bees, food, human health and the future of the planet. Christy is the author of The Thinking Beekeeper: A Guide to Natural Beekeeping in Top Bar Hives.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: Beekeeping Basics
1. How Did We Get Here From There?
2. It's All About the Wax
3. Basic Bee Biology
Part II: When To Do What ¿ And Why
4. Your Top Bar Hive
5. On Getting Started with Your Own Top Bar Hive
6. Inspections
7. Overwintering Your Top Bar Hive
8. Treasures of the Hive
9. Bee Pests And Diseases
Afterword
Endnotes
Glossary
Appendix A: Sample Hive Inspection Diagram
Appendix B: Bee Resources
Index
About the Author