Bee manual : the complete step-by-step guide to keeping bees
Waring, Claire2011
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Place reservation for Bee manual : the complete step-by-step guide to keeping beesAnyone wanting to keep bees first needs to learn about the individuals, how colonies operate and how the beekeeper can work with these insects to help them thrive, carry out their pollination activities and produce a satisfying honey crop
Main title:
Bee manual : the complete step-by-step guide to keeping bees / by Claire & Adrian Waring ; foreword by Bill Turnbull
Author:
Imprint:
Somerset Haynes 2011
Collation:
169 p. colour illustrations
Contents:
The bees: Why keep bees? -- How does a bee colony work? -- The individual bee -- Different types of bee -- The equipment: Choosing a hive -- Frames and foundation -- Assembling hives and frames -- Choosing an apiary site -- Protective clothing -- Smokers, hive tools and record cards -- Colony management: Acquiring bees -- Inspecting a colony -- Finding the queen -- Swarming -- Swarm prevention and swarm control -- Colony uniting and increase -- Queen introduction -- Forage -- Supering -- The honey harvest: Extracting the honey harvest -- Uses of honey, beeswax and propolis -- Preparing for winter: Feeding -- Pests and diseases: Honey bee diseases -- Pests -- The beekeeping year
ISBN:
9780857330574 (hbk)
Dewey class:
638.1 BEE
Local class:
638.1
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
106574
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 638.1 BEE | Available |
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