Storey's Guide to Keeping Honey Bees by Bonney, Richard E. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Page Title page Copyright page Dedication Contents Acknowledgments Preface 1 Beginning Beekeeping

Seven Basic Tips for Getting Started Dimensions of Beekeeping The Beekeeper’s Commitment Time Commitment Financial Considerations Stings Legal Considerations Finding Resources

2 Origin and History of Beekeeping

Honey Bee Evolution History of Beekeeping

3 A Bee’s Life

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

The Colony and Your Community Weather Issues Forage Availability

5 Getting Equipped

Hive Design and Dimensions Hive Materials Supers Frames and Foundation How to Make a Frame with Pins Bottom Board Queen Excluder Covers Hive Stand Hive Scale Feeders Pollen Trap Tools of the Trade Beekeeper Garb

6 Enter the Bees

Smoker Basics Package Bees Managing Package Bees Installing a Nucleus Colony Starting with an Established Colony Swarm! A Wild or Feral Colony

7 Managing Honey Bee Colonies

Working a Colony The Beekeeper as Manager A Colony’s Yearly Life Cycle Population Cycle The Apicultural Calendar Late-Season Management Requeening Managing Nutrition

8 Taking the Crop

The Honey Crop Harvesting the Crop Processing the Crop Storing the Crop Chunk and Comb Honey Other Bee Products

9 Pollination

Unique Challenges Small-Scale Pollination Is Pollination for You?

10 Diseases and Pests of the Honey Bee

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

Glossary Model Beekeeping Ordinance Sample Pollination Contract Resources

A Sampling of U.S. Beekeeping Supply Houses Sources of Beekeeping Information

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