The beekeeper's handbook / Diana Sammataro and Alphonse Avitabile, foreword by Dewey M. Caron.

By: Sammataro, D [author.]Contributor(s): Avitabile, Alphonse [author.] | Caron, Dewey M. (Dewey Maurice) [writer of foreword.]Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Ithaca [New York] : Comstock Publishing Associates, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2021Edition: 5th editionDescription: pages cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781501752612Subject(s): Bee culture -- Handbooks, manuals, etcGenre/Form: Handbooks and manuals.DDC classification: 638/.1 LOC classification: SF523 | .Sa4 2021

Contents:

Understanding bees -- Colony activities -- Beekeeping equipment -- Obtaining and preparing for bees -- Working bees -- Package bees -- Feeding bees -- Winter/Spring management -- Summer/Fall management -- Queens and queen rearing -- Special management problems -- Products of the hive -- Pathogens and parasites of honey bees -- Pests of honey bees -- Pollination.

Summary: "This guide to the hobby and profession of beekeeping provides step-by-step instructions accompanied by illustrations for setting up an apiary, handling bees, and working throughout the season to maintain a healthy colony of bees and a generous supply of honey. This fifth edition has undergone substantial changes that reflect the most recent findings of scientists and beekeepers"-- Provided by publisher.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"This guide to the hobby and profession of beekeeping provides step-by-step instructions accompanied by illustrations for setting up an apiary, handling bees, and working throughout the season to maintain a healthy colony of bees and a generous supply of honey. This fifth edition has undergone substantial changes that reflect the most recent findings of scientists and beekeepers"-- Provided by publisher.

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