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Storey's guide to keeping honey bees / Malcolm T. Sanford and Richard E. Bonney.
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- ISBN: 9781612129785 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9781612129839 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- Physical Description: pages cm
- Edition: 2nd edition.
- Publisher: North Adams, MA : Storey Publishing, 2018.
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| Subject: | Honeybee. Bee culture. |
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| Orford Social Library | 638/.1 | 34190000109347 | New items | Available | - |
Storey's Guide to Keeping Honey Bees, 2nd Edition : Honey Production, Pollination, Health
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Table of Contents
Storey's Guide to Keeping Honey Bees, 2nd Edition : Honey Production, Pollination, Health
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| Acknowledgments | p. viii | |
| Preface | p. ix | |
| 1 | Beginning Beekeeping | p. 1 |
| Eight 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 | p. 17 |
| Honey Bee Evolution | ||
| History of Beekeeping | ||
| 3 | A Bee's Life | p. 31 |
| 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 | p. 53 |
| The Colony and Your Community | ||
| Providing Water | ||
| Weather Issues | ||
| Forage Availability | ||
| 5 | Getting Equipped | p. 65 |
| 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 | p. 81 |
| Smoker Basics | ||
| Package Bees | ||
| Installing a Nucleus Colony | ||
| Starting with an Established Colony | ||
| Swarm! | ||
| A Wild or Feral Colony | ||
| 7 | Managing Honey Bee Colonies | p. 101 |
| 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 | p. 131 |
| The Honey Crop | ||
| Harvesting the Crop | ||
| Processing the Crop | ||
| Storing the Crop | ||
| Chunk and Comb Honey | ||
| Other Bee Products | ||
| 9 | Pollination | p. 151 |
| Unique Challenges | ||
| Small-Scale Pollination | ||
| Is Pollination for You? | ||
| 10 | Diseases and Pests of the Honey Bee | p. 159 |
| 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 | p. 189 |
| Beehive Design | ||
| Alternative Management Practices | ||
| Toward a Honey Bee-Friendly Future | ||
| Glossary | p. 196 | |
| Sample Pollination Contract | p. 198 | |
| Model Beekeeping Ordinance | p. 200 | |
| Resources | p. 201 | |
| A Sampling of U.S. Beekeeping Supply Houses | ||
| Sources of Beekeeping Information | ||
| Metric Conversion Charts | p. 206 | |
| Index | p. 207 |
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