Beekeeping- A Practical Guide

✍ Scribed by Patterson, Roger

• Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group;Constable & Robinson
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Cover; Author biography; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Dedication page; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Further Interest; Uses for Hive Products; Interest in Nature; For the Income; It's a Hobby; Honey for the Family; To Pollinate the Garden; Why Do People Keep Bees?; An Appeal on Behalf of Bees; The Perception of Beekeeping; 1. How Do You Learn?; The Internet; Leaflets and Booklets; Magazines; Conventions; Beginners' Courses; Local BKA Meetings; Beekeeping Organisations; Books; Theoretical Knowledge; Practical Experience; Information and Misinformation.;A practical book for new beekeepers and those interested in keeping their own bees, explaining everything they need to know to get started. It also covers how to make your garden attractive for bees. Published to coincide with the biggest beginners' day for beekeeping which takes place in February each year.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Author biography
Title page
Copyright page
Contents
List of Illustrations
Dedication page
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Further Interest
Uses for Hive Products
Interest in Nature
For the Income
It's a Hobby
Honey for the Family
To Pollinate the Garden
Why Do People Keep Bees?
An Appeal on Behalf of Bees
The Perception of Beekeeping
1. How Do You Learn?
The Internet
Leaflets and Booklets
Magazines
Conventions
Beginners' Courses
Local BKA Meetings
Beekeeping Organisations
Books
Theoretical Knowledge
Practical Experience
Information and Misinformation. 2. The FundamentalsHow Do You Start?
What Ability and Time Do You Need?
Developing Your Technique and Management System
Life Cycles
Workers
Drones
Queen
What Bees are in a Colony?
Water
Propolis
Honeydew
Pollen
Nectar
What Do Bees Bring into the Hive?
About Honey Bees
Stings
3. The Beehive
Siting Hives
Alternative Beekeeping
Polystyrene Hives
Other Hives
Smith
National
WBC
Beehives --
How Do You Choose?
Care of Wooden Beehives
Castellated Spacers
Hoffman
Metal or Plastic "Ends"
Spacing Frames
Comb and Wax Foundation
Assembling Frames
Assembling Hives
Roof. Crown BoardSupers
Queen Excluder
Brood Box
Floor
Parts of the Beehive
4. Bees
Queen Substance
Nasonov Gland
Pheromones
Moving Bees
General
Full Colony
Nucleus
Swarm
Obtaining Bees
Imported Bees
Mongrels
Imported Hybrids and Crosses
Native
Italian
Carniolan
Different Types of Bee
5. Essential Equipment
Hive Tool
Smoker
General
Gloves
Protective Equipment
6. Handling Bees
Prolificacy
Calmness on the Comb
Temper
Colony Assessment
Finding Queens and Seeing Eggs
Inspecting a Colony
7. Swarming
Clipping and Marking Queens
Swarm Control
8. Colony Increase. Splitting Your ColonyBait Hive
Hiving a Swarm
Swarms
9. Supering and Dealing with the Harvest
Storing Supers
Cleaning Supers
Clearing Bees From Supers
Comb Honey
Extracted Honey
Dealing with the Harvest
Supering
10. Feeding
11. Wintering
Vermin Free
Dry Hive
Food
Queen
Bees
12. Pests, Diseases and Robbing
Apiary Hygiene
Robbing
Other Pests and Diseases
Wasps
Wax Moth
Acarine
Nosema
Chalk Brood
Varroa
Foul Brood
13. Records
14. For the Future
Bee Fever
Your Local BKA
Making Equipment
Uniting
Microscopy
Harvesting Beeswax
Queen Performance. Queen IntroductionQueen Rearing and Bee Improvement
15. Beginners' Timetable
End of the Active Season
Before August
Fourth Colony Inspection Onwards
Third Colony Inspection
Second Colony Inspection
First Colony Inspection
16. Creating a Bee-Friendly Garden
17. Conclusion
Glossary
Index.

✦ Subjects

Bee culture;Bee culture--Diseases and pests;Bee culture--Equipment and supplies;Bees--Swarming;Honey plants;Honeybee;;Bee culture -- Equipment and supplies;Bees -- Swarming;Bee culture -- Diseases and pests