Apiculture (beekeeping) Books
HarperCollins Publishers Collins Beekeepers Bible
Book SynopsisThe most comprehensive beekeeping resource ever published.This ultimate guide covers all the practical essentials and will teach you everything about caring for bees and safe hive management, with clear instructions and step-by-step illustrations. It also contains a wealth of information about the culinary, medicinal, cosmetic and domestic uses of honey, beeswax and pollen.So much more than just a practical handbook, this beautiful almanac is also a fascinating read, overflowing with charming bee trivia, fascinating folklore, an engaging history of beekeeping and much more besides. Discover bees in literature, learn how to craft beeswax candles, preserve fine wood with your own home-made furniture polish, or indulge your skin with lavender and beeswax hand cream. Enjoy over 100 glorious honey recipes for cakes and breads, sauces and marinades, drinks and even flavoured spirits!Fully illustrated with practical photography, stunning illustrations and unique etchings, this is an invaluable handbook as well as a beautiful addition to your coffee table, whether you''re an active beekeeper with buzzing hives, or an armchair enthusiast who daydreams about harvesting your own honey.The plight of the honeybee has been widely reported, as numbers fall at an alarming rate. But its vital role in crop pollination and global agricultural means that the survival of the honeybee is essential; if it is to endure into the next century, we must take it seriously now. The Collins Beekeeper''s Bible does just that, bestowing readers with all there is to know about bees, in the hope that it will help secure the future of this fascinating insect.CONTENTS INCLUDEo History of honey and beekeepingo Building a beehive & staying safeo Caring for your bees pests & diseaseso Growing flowers for beeso Collecting your honeyo Household uses for honey and beeswaxo Homeopathic, medicinal and cosmetic uses for honey and polleno Home craftso Recipes for home-made food and drinks featuring honeyTrade Review'This paving slab of a book should be on the shelf of every country person… detailed, well written and joyful to the eye' Country Life ‘A beautiful and practical guide to the world of bees and beekeeping.’ The Daily Telegraph’s Gardening section
£29.75
Chelsea Green Publishing Co Top-Bar Beekeeping: Organic Practices for
Book SynopsisTop-Bar Beekeeping is an offering designed to encourage beekeepers around the world to keep bees naturally by providing beekeeping basics, hive management and the utilization of top-bar hives. In recent years, beekeepers have had to face tremendous challenges, from pests, such as varroa and tracheal mites, to the mysterious but even more devastating phenomenon known as Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD). Yet in backyards and on rooftops all over the world, bees are being raised successfully, even without antibiotics, miticides, or other chemical inputs. More and more organically-minded beekeepers are now using top-bar hives, in which the shape of the interior resembles a hollow log. Long lasting and completely biodegradable, a top-bar hive made of untreated wood allows bees to build comb naturally rather than simply filling prefabricated foundation frames in a typical box hive with added supers. Top-bar hives yield slightly less honey but produce more beeswax than a typical Langstroth box hive. Regular hive inspection and the removal of old combs helps to keep bees healthier and naturally disease-free. Top-Bar Beekeeping provides complete information on hive management and other aspects of using these innovative hives. All home and hobbyist beekeepers who have the time and interest in keeping bees intensively should consider the natural, low-stress methods outlined in this book. It will also appeal to home orchardists, gardeners, and permaculture practitioners who look to bees for pollination as well as honey or beeswax.Trade Review ForeWord Reviews- "Farmers who seek a guide to hive maintenance told through a thoughtful personal narrative will benefit from the discussion of this topbar style of beekeeping. The first-person style of the book allows a window into the practices of the topbar beekeeper while conveying a wealth of knowledge and a well-researched comparison of hive practices. The book is appropriate for beginning beekeepers as well as those experienced but looking for information on natural and organic beekeeping practices. The book’s ten sections discuss optimal practices of an organic beekeeper juxtaposed with discussion of industry standard practices and their drawbacks. Each section contains stories of the authors’ successes and failures as well as diagrams and pictures to explain everything from hive design to plant species for optimal pollination. Whether the reader is looking to start their own hive or simply increase their knowledge of honeybees, the book provides interesting and detailed discussions of all aspects of raising them. Crowder and Harrell offer not only advice on how to get started, but an in-depth discussion of all aspects of keeping a hive, from bee capture, breeding, and selection to honey processing. They have crafted a book that is both informative and engaging, filled with introspective advice and practical knowledge." Publisher's Weekly- "Cave drawings show beekeepers “smoking” their hives, preparing for insect interaction. Today’s mass-produced honey relies mostly on the venerable Langstroth method of beekeeping, which has produced plenty of honey—but also has introduced plenty of chemicals into the process—through the years. Top-bar hives, named for the bars that run across their tops, are popular with bee beginners even though they produce less honey than Langstroth hives. But this account, the culmination of Crowder and Harrell’s 40 years of top-bar beekeeping adventures, shows the reader their method’s advantages: it avoids antibiotics, miticides, and other chemicals inherent to the conventional process. Crowder and his wife, Harrell, leave no comb unharvested as they take the top-bar aspirant from bee basics (stings, smoke, and hive transfers) through hive management (comb removal and feeding) to beneficial, and profitable, byproducts like beeswax. For those a bit lukewarm to the swarm, the book gives a fascinating insight into bees’ elaborate organizational and geometry skills, and it may even make one reconsider buying mass-marketed, chemical-laced honey.""Reading Top-Bar Beekeeping reminds me of the classes I took with Les Crowder several years ago. He's a man who truly knows whereof he speaks, who has the gift of communicating with his small friends, the bees, and sharing his understanding with us. . . . This is the one book on beekeeping that I will recommend to my permaculture students."--Scott Pittman, Director, Permaculture Institute USA "This is an excellent guide for hobby beekeepers who wish to keep bees using top-bar hives. Drawing on his more than 30 years of beekeeping experience in New Mexico, author Les Crowder describes in detail the special comb management techniques that this low-cost, but relatively intensive, form of beekeeping requires. Top-Bar Beekeeping also provides an eloquent appeal for beekeepers to make care, respect, and reverence the foundation of their relationships with the bees."--Thomas D. Seeley, Cornell University; author of Honeybee Democracy and The Wisdom of the Hive"This book presents practical advice, gained from first-hand experience, on the organic management of top bar hives. This book will serve as an excellent guide to the ever-growing number of beekeepers that utilizes less intrusive management schemes such as top bar hives. Thanks to Les and Heather for their efforts to provide sound advice on natural ways to keep bees."--Dr. Jeff Pettis, USDA-ARS Table of Contents1. Top-bar hives 2. The supercreature 3. Beekeeping basics 4. Hive management 5. The seasons 6. Honey, beeswax, and other products 7. Evaluating your queen 8. Problem-solving 9. Raising queens 10. Planting for bees
£18.04
Princeton University Press Following the Wild Bees
Book SynopsisTrade Review“An excellent addition to anyone’s bee library.”—Adrian Waring, Bee Craft “Anyone deeply interested in natural history will ignore this mad little volume at their peril.”—Simon Ings, New Scientist“Highly engaging.”—Gard W. Otis, American Entomologist“A must have book for all beekeepers and bee lovers.”—Scott Shalaway, Youngstown Vindicator“Delightful.”—Harvard Magazine“Following the Wild Bees just might give readers an intellectually (and physically) stimulating new outdoor activity.”—The Scientist“Seeley’s passion for the social insects blazes as he quotes historical accounts by Henry David Thoreau and describes the intricacies of the chase.”—Barbara Kiser, Nature
£14.39
Northern Bee Books The Observant Beekeeper
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£38.00
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc Beeswax Alchemy: How to Make Your Own Soap,
Book SynopsisModern beekeepers - take notice! Here we have the answer to one of the most common questions related to beekeeping: what do I do with all of this beeswax? In fact, the possibilities are seemingly endless! As beeswax has multiple holistic and decorative uses, projects can vary from beauty and health products to household items. Beeswax Alchemy is your first step towards using excess beeswax to make beautiful, useful gifts for friends, family, and even yourself. It offers a basic introduction to the art of extracting and purifying beeswax, as well as countless ideas for what to make with it. These include skin care creams, candles, and other home products like beeswax ornaments and wax fabric. So, get ready to suit up and collect some beeswax. There's so much that you can do with it - and now you know how!
£16.14
Cornell University Press The Beekeepers Handbook
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewSince the publication of the first edition of the handbook in 1973, many thousands of novice and experienced beekeepers have relied on this book as the preferred single-volume guide to bee keeping * British Journal of Entomology and Natural History *
£22.79
Fox Chapel Publishers International Know Your Bees
Book SynopsisBees play an essential role in the pollination of crops, but they face an increasing number of threats. This book provides information about 32 bee species including their size, habitat, location, nesting and eating habits, plus other interesting facts. A photograph of each species allows easy identification of these beautiful and important insects. Jack Byard is a former mechanic, jewellery craftsman and school technician. He is retired and now lives in Bradford. This is his 13th book in the popular "Know Your" series which also includes Know Your Sheep, Know Your Cattle and Know Your Pigs.
£6.95
New Society Publishers Keeping Bees with a Smile
Book SynopsisThe second edition of bestselling Keeping Bees with a Smile shows beginner and practicing beekeepers how to attract local bee swarms, keep bees healthy and productive, build simple bee-friendly hives, and harvest honey without stressing bees. Chock-full of techniques for natural beekeeping. Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsForeword— The Bee Book That Makes Sense: A Roadmap to Natural Beekeeping Part I: A Path to Natural Apiculture A Brief Introduction How It All Got StartedA Small Side Note The Industrial and Natural Approaches The Bee Colony's Intelligence The Goals of This Book The Tree Hollow as the Bees' Natural Home Some Useful Facts about Comb The Bee Colony's Developmental CycleA Year in the Life of a Bee Colony A Word or Two on Wintering The Ideal Comb: How Deep Is Deep Enough? Winter Ventilation of the Beehive Bee Races The European Dark Bee Bee Diseases Symbiosis in Nature (A Philosophical Digression) Bees and Their Enemies A Bit of History The History of the Frame Modern Systems of Industrial Beekeeping Bees in the Industrial Hive A Word or Two about Swarming "Little to Smile About" Is There a Way Out? The History of Horizontal Hives with Extra-Deep Frames The Modern Horizontal Hive The Horizontal Hive with Extra-Deep Frames Using the Extra-Deep Frame Part II: The Practice of Natural Apiculture A Description of the Horizontal Hive with 25 Extra-Deep Frames How to Keep Bees in a Horizontal Hive with Extra-Deep Frames The Central Commandments of Natural Beekeeping A Beekeeper's Tasks in Spring and Summer Fall Procedures: Pulling Honey and Preparing for Winter How to Make Extra-Deep Frames BrushstrokesHow to Capture a Swarm in a Swarm Trap Responsibility Questions and Answers Epilogue to Parts I and II Part III: The Finer Points of Natural Beekeeping Three Years Later Principles of Natural Beekeeping Revisited The Recipe for Success in Beekeeping Nectar Resources Bee Race and Colony Strength On the Mean Bees The QueenThe Vital Rhythms of a Bee Colony The Death of Bee Colonies Various Approaches to Natural Beekeeping More on SupersedureSwarming How to Collect a Swarm The Hive Entrance Spring Inspection of Bee Colonies Spring Buildup of Bee Colonies Preparing for the Main Honeyflow The Main Honeyflow and the Second Half of Summer Pulling Honey and Preparing for Winter Questions and Answers Part IV: How Bee Colonies Winter, And How to Make Wintering as Successful as PossibleIntroduction The Facts: What You Must Know about the Wintering Process of an Individual Bee and of the Colony as a Whole The Colony's Main Job During the Winter The Thermal Physics of a Wintering Colony Bee Respiration in the Winter Cluster The Role of Water in the Wintering Process The Search for the Ideal Home for a Bee Colony The Physiological Condition of a Colony as It Enters the Winter Period Winter Reserves The Location of Winter Reserves The European Dark Bee Wintering Indoors Conclusions to Part IVAfterword Afterword to the Second Edition: Natural Beekeeping Accessible to All Appendix 1: How to Make Swarm Traps and Capture Swarms Appendix 2: How to Produce, Install, and Unite Swarms Appendix 3: Nucs: What to Expect and How to Handle Them Appendix 4: Operations Throughout the Year Appendix 5: How to Build a Horizontal Hive with Extra-Deep Frames (Version 1) Appendix 6: How to Build a Horizontal Hive with Extra-Deep Frames (Version 2) Appendix 7: Lazutin Hive Plans (US Version 4— New)Appendix 8: Summary Handouts Glossary Index About the Author / Editor About New Society Publishers
£22.49
Northern Bee Books The Bee-friendly Beekeeper: A Sustainable
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£22.49
Northern Bee Books The Beekeeping Year
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£9.45
Northern Bee Books Queen Bee: Biology, Rearing and Breeding
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£22.49
Northern Bee Books Beekeeping at Buckfast Abbey
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£13.25
The Do Book Co Do Beekeeping
Book SynopsisHoney. Drizzled over a slice of fresh bread... or eaten directly from the spoon... is one of life''s great pleasures. And with beehives springing up on urban rooftops, in next door''s back garden – even schemes for adopting bees or renting hives – becoming a honey producer seems... possible. So how easy is it and what''s involved?By sharing the journey of 18-year-old beekeeper Orren Fox – who clearly remembers what it''s like to be a rookie – you''ll discover that keeping your own honeybees is easier than you think. Find out:• How and where to set up your hive• The tools & equipment needed to get started• The job of inspecting your hive• How and when to harvest your honey!With delicious honey-based recipes shared by talented and resourceful chefs and cooks, including Honey & Co., you''ll learn all about bees and their inspiring world of work and honey production. And may even be tempted to buy your first bee su
£12.50
Northern Bee Books Guide to Bees Honey The Worlds Best Selling
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£13.49
Northern Bee Books Food Safety for Beekeepers - Advice on legal
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£15.30
SteinerBooks, Inc Gifts of the Honeybees: Their Connection to
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£19.79
Northern Bee Books The Hopkins Method for Raising Queens in your
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£11.35
Laurence King Publishing Beehive Mancala
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£13.59
Quercus Publishing Bees and Their Keepers: From waggle-dancing to
Book SynopsisA beautifully illustrated and thoroughly engaging cultural history of beekeeping - packed with anecdote, humour and enriching historical detail. The perfect gift."A charming look at the history of beekeeping, from myth and folklore to our practical relationship with bees" Gardens Illustrated"An entertaining collation of bee trivia across the millennia" Daily Telegraph* Sweden's Gardening Book of the Year 2019 * Shortlisted for the August Prize 2019 * Winner of the Swedish Book Design Award for 2019Beekeeper and garden historian Lotte Möller explores the activities inside and outside the hive while charting the bees' natural order and habits. With a light touch she uses her encyclopaedic knowledge of the subject to shed light on humanity's understanding of bees and bee lore from antiquity to the present. A humorous debunking of the myths that have held for centuries is matched by a wry exploration of how and when they were replaced by fact. In her travels Möller encounters a trigger-happy Californian beekeeper raging against both killer bees and bee politics, warring beekeepers on the Danish island of Læso, and Brother Adam of Buckfast Abbey, breeder of the Buckfast queen now popular throughout Europe and beyond, as well a host of others as passionate as she about the complex world of apiculture both past and present.Translated from the Swedish by Frank Perry Trade ReviewI begin to yearn for bees of my own while reading this . . . Möller has done her research well and there is a swarm of quotes, character introductions, fact boxes and thematic strokes . . . The book is actually a history of ideas about bees, filled to the brim with thoughts and notions about man's best friend - on six legs. * Arbeterbladet *Educational and entertaining, it adds insight to how humans throughout time have co-existed with bees and it also puts the present in relief against this history spanning several thousand years . . . The book becomes solace against escalating climate angst, the inability to act, and apathy - because from history's swarm of bee-keepers emerges a strong counter-movement: an embryo of hope for the future of mankind and the planet. * Västerbottens-Kuriren *In her wonderful bee book, Lotte Möller describes how humans and bees have accompanied each other throughout history, and tells us about her own bees (which initially she feared), honey frauds, hive models, bee sex, and today's complex bee world. Beautiful, readable and bee supportive. * Allt om Trädgård *Bees and Their Keepers is an entertaining book - easy to love and learn from * Dagen *A fine balance of knowledge and humour on a high level . . . Like a diligent bee, Lotte Möller travels through the ages . . . You do not want it to end, but all of a sudden it does, and you are left with a faint humming in your head * Weekendavisen *A charming look at the history of #beekeeping, from myth and folklore to our practical relationship with bees * Gardens Illustrated *An entertaining collation of bee trivia across the millennia -- Joe Shute * Daily Telegraph *Bee keeper and garden historian Lotte Moller explores our bond with bees, meeting people who are immersed inapiculture all over the world. Beautifully illustrated and written with humour, * Garden Answers Magazine *Well-illustrated, fascinating and informative . . . Her knowledge is encyclopedic and scholarly and the complex nature of apiculture past and present is conveyed factually but in a lively anecdotal style that employs humour to great effect. -- Brian Maye * Irish Times *Möller has a strong voice, charming, funny and authoritative; so even if bees and honey really aren't your thing, it's still a pleasure to be in her company -- Liza Frank * Fortean Times *An entertaining collation of bee trivia across the millennia -- Joe Shute * Daily Telegraph *
£19.80
Northern Bee Books Asian Hornet The Beekeepers Guide to Defences
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£23.40
Rockridge Press Backyard Beekeeping: Everything You Need to Know
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£14.24
HarperCollins Publishers The Little Book of Bees
Book SynopsisBees continue to fascinate and charm us all from novice gardeners and nature-lovers to dedicated environmentalists and today, bees need our help more than ever. Discover the story of these incredible creatures, with The Little Book of Bees.Bees first appeared on Earth an incredible 130 million years ago. Since the time of the dinosaurs, evolution has taken our beloved bees on an incredible journey and today, there are 20,000 species on the planet.The Little Book of Bees is a lovely, informative book of all things bee from evolution and communication, to honey, beekeeping, and saving the bees all in a beautifully illustrated gift book.ContentsChapter One: The Story of BeesThe Evolution of the Bee ? The Bee Life Cycle ? The Bee Family Tree ? Bee Anatomy ? Bee Nesting Behaviours ? Bee FactoidsChapter Two: SuperorganismsSociality in Bees ? Bumble Bees ? Honey Bees ? Stingless BeesChapter Three: HoneyWhat is Honey? ? Types of Honey ? Practical Uses for Honey ? Honey HealthcareChapter Four: BeekeepingWhy Keep Bees? ? An Introduction to Beekeeping ? Keeping Stingless BeesChapter Five: Protecting Our Bee BuddiesWhy Are Bees in Decline? ? Supporting Our Bees in 10 Easy Steps ? Providing a Home for Bees
£11.69
Oxford University Press The Tears of Re
Book SynopsisAccording to Egyptian mythology, when the god Re cried, his tears turned into bees upon touching the ground. Beyond the realm of myth, the honey bee is a surprisingly common and significant motif in Egyptian history, playing a role in the mythology, medicine, art, and food of the ancient culture. In The Tears of Re: Beekeeping in Ancient Egypt, entomologist Gene Kritsky presents the first full-length discussion of the ways in which bees were a part of life in ancient Egypt, shedding light on one of the many mysteries of the ancient world. Kritsky delves into ancient Egypt''s complex society, revealing that bees had a significant presence in everything from death rituals to trade. In fact, beekeeping was a state-controlled industry, and in certain instances honey could even be used to pay taxes! Honey was used both to sweeten foods and treat cuts, and was sometimes used as a tribute or offering. From the presence of bees in paintings and hieroglyphs in tombs to the use of beeswax in a variety of products, bees had a significant presence in ancient Egyptian culture. Richly illustrated and engagingly written, The Tears of Re will appeal to anyone with a passion for beekeeping, Egypt, or the ancient world.Trade ReviewKritsky achieves a quality integration punctuated with excellent illustration Readers will appreciate Kritskys combination of historical range, beekeeping knowledge, and connection to the present. * Adam Ebert, Agricultural History *This concise account of beekeeping in Ancient Egypt packs a wealth of material into its 133 pages of text ... a pleasure to read, exploring myriad aspects of Ancient Egyptian life from a new perspective and with appeal to a similarly wide audience. * Susan Biddle, Beekeepers Quarterly *Kritsky has provided a comprehensive, well documented, and highly readable overview of Ancient Egyptian beekeeping. His book is full of interesting facts ... a truly astounding book that will appeal to both Egyptophiles and entomologists * O. Zuhdi, KMT *This well-illustrated book works as a guide for the amateur Egyptologist, 'with step-by-step instructions to the evidence of ancient beekeeping at different archaeological sites and in different museums'. It is a great read for those with an interest in Ancient Egypt and the detective work that has revealed its complex, highly ordered and controlled society. The amateur beekeeper will also be fascinated by this book. * Paul Bolam, History Today *Kritsky marshals [the material for this book] with a simple, supple prose ... Readable in a few hours, the book is the sort of unexpected delight one hopes to find in an old hotel, and it deserves to do well. Lets hope the, er, buzz spreads (sorry). * Richard Benson, The Independent *This fascinating study traces the history of beekeeping and honey production through pictorial evidence starting back in the Fifth Dynasty ... well researched and very accessible to the general reader. * Hilary Forrest, Ancient Egypt *an engaging and enjoyable read and would encourage anyone who has an interest in bees, beekeeping or ancient Egypt to read it. * Biologist *Kritsky has created a book that is an enjoyable, engaging read and also contributes meaningfully to our understanding of the cultural significance of the bee and apiculture in Egypt. ... Kritsky's work is an essential starting point for understanding beekeeping and discussions of bees throughout the Mediterranean world, in art, and in history. * Rachel D. Carlson, Bryn Mawr Classical Review *Richly illustrated and engagingly written, Kritsky's monograph will appeal to anyone with a passion for beekeeping, Egyptology, or the ancient world in general. It will become a compelling reference work on the subject for many years to come. * European Journal Entomology *The is subject matter will appeal to students, beekeepers interested in history, and professors teaching the development of apiculture... * Kirsten Traynor, American Entomologist *A must for anyone interested in cultural entomology. * Claire Waring, Bee Craft *Table of Contents1. Beekeeping Begins ; 2. The Delight of Re: Beekeeping During the Old Kingdom ; 3. Instability and Reunification: Beekeeping During the Middle Kingdom ; 4. The Age of Empire: Beekeeping During the New Kingdom ; 5. The Saite Period ; 6. The Greco-Roman Period ; 7. The Honey Bee Hieroglyph ; 8. The Administration and Economics of Egyptian Beekeeping ; 9. Bees and Food ; 10. Honey and Healing ; 11. Bees, Gods, and Feasts ; 12. The Magic of Beeswax ; 13. The Afterlife of Ancient Egyptian Beekeeping
£29.24
Dorling Kindersley Ltd The Bee Book
Book SynopsisFergus Chadwick grew up in rural County Durham in the UK, and from an early age his interest in nature was apparent. Spending most of his childhood chasing insects, he took up beekeeping at the age of 13, under the mentorship of local beekeeper John Simon. From that moment on, he was hooked on bees. He went on to study Biological Sciences at Somerville College, the University of Oxford, where his work on the relationship between bees and neonicotinoid pesticides (carried out at the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology) formed the basis of his dissertation. His current research focuses broadly on bee behaviour under the influence of pesticides. He is a passionate advocate of science communication and access to education. Steve Alton is an ecologist, botanist, and beekeeper's assistant who looks after Ashdown Forest, an area of heathland in Sussex best known as the home of Winnie the Pooh. Before that he worked for 13 years at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, collecting seeds for thTrade ReviewBeautifully designed with great illustrations and pictures * BBC Good Food *
£17.99
Dover Publications Inc. Langstroths Hive and the HoneyBee
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£15.19
Little, Brown Book Group Beekeeping A Practical Guide
Book SynopsisA 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.Trade ReviewThis new publication by Roger Patterson... really gives the basics for someone not knowing where or how to start beekeeping... We must remember that bees' two main objectives during the active season are pro-creation and the collection of enough stores to survive the winter. This book certainly does justice to help the new beekeeper understand these two objectives. * Bee Craft Magazine *
£10.44
John Murray Press The Hive
Book SynopsisThe story of the inspiring relationship between bees, their hive and the human world, brilliantly reviewed in hardbackTrade ReviewA light and delicious book, in an exceptionally pretty honey-coloured jacket gilded with bees, and it is written with sparkle and charm ... some of her best writing is about the deliciousness of honey, and it is hard to read her chapter of recipes without drooling. * The Tablet *Can hardly be bettered. * Guardian *Bee Wilson's little book is a small hive of treasure. It is a sweet celebration of our appreciation of the honeybee * Dumfries and Galloway Standard *Fascinating, careful, witty and intelligent ... Riveting ... Almost any paragraph chosen at random is entertaining * Prue Leith, New Statesman *Richly informative and beautifully written * The Times *Wonderfully entertaining reading. * The Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society *Erudite and elegant ... Bee Wilson writes fluently and engagingly and she manages to present a great deal of curious information in a form as easy to swallow as a spoonful of the finest Attic honey ... The book is also exceptionally pleasing to look at and hold. * Tom Fort, Sunday Telegraph *A fascinating tribute to the bee * Woman & Home *This biography is immensely detailed, intelligent, generous, sympathetic, and often entertaining...Betjeman fans...will delight in Hillier's monumental work * Literary Review *Entertaining and thoroughly worthwhile * Sunday Times *Fascinating * Humphrey Carpenter, Sunday Times *This biography is immensely detailed, intelligent, generous, sympathetic, and often entertaining...Betjeman fans...will delight in Hillier's monumental work * Literary Review *A charming, fascinating pot-pourri of all things beelike * Bookseller *Erudite, informative, accurate and a delight to read. * The Times Literary Supplement *Wilson presents the history of the honeybee in this engaging and anecdote-filled account * Publishing News *'Wilson has a fine eye for character sketches' * The Times *'For a moment you may feel, as I did, that part of Wilson's research for this book involved turning into a bee for a few days ... Amazing.' -- Nick Lezard * Guardian *'Beautifully produced and well-researched ...leaving readers to marvel'. * Good Book Guide *'There are delights and surprises on virtually every page of this gem of a book' * Sunday Telegraph *'Bee Wilson conveys a real sense of the relationship between bees and us, and her short, punchy chapters are witty and fascinating' * Easy Living *'Wilson's sprightly hymn to the honeybee ... conveys ... the marvel, complexity and ultimate unknowability that has made the beehive such a fascination * Independent *'This is the Christmas book with a real sting.' * Saga *She manages to present a great deal of information in a form as easy to swallow as a spoonful of honey. * Tom Fort, Sunday Telegraph *Buzzes with info and has the prettiest dust-jacket of the third millennium * Barry Humphries, Sunday Telegraph *Endlessly fascinating * Mail on Sunday *'A riveting read . . .this beguiling book is more a history of ideas than an actual study . . .buzzing with fascinating facts' * BBC Gardener's World Magazine *'Bee Wilson recounts all the weird and wonderful things people have believed about bees' * History Today *'Juicy reading . . .worth buying for the illustration on p. 204 alone' * The Spectator *'Bee Wilson . . .connects readers' imaginations with their salivary glands' * New Statesman *'A brilliant examination of a natural phenomenon we all take for granted' * Sunday Express *'Delightful' * Economist *'Fascinating and readable. Wilson writes with flair and wit about everything from Pliny to pollination; her love of honey in all its sheer sensuousness shines through' * Scotsman *'Can hardly be bettered . . .Principally a writer on food, Wilson none the less knows a lot about keeping honeybees, and also about their biology and natural history, waxworks and candles, and the changing shape of the beehive' * The Guardian *'Beautifully written and absorbing' * New Statesman *
£9.49
Anness Publishing Bees Honey A Hive of Knowledge and Practical
Book SynopsisThe perfect set of books for any beekeeper: a practical guide to setting up a hive, written by a best-selling expert on the subject, together with a gorgeous guide to using and cooking with honey.
£15.29
Anness Publishing The Practical Book of Beekeeping A complete howto
Book SynopsisA complete how-to manual on the satisfying art of keeping bees and their practical day-to-day care. Guides you from choosing and obtaining your bees, housing them and maintaining the hive through the year, to dealing with pests and diseases, and harvesting honey.
£9.50
Park Row Books The Honey Bus
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Cornell University Press Bees
Book SynopsisNow back in print after more than two decades, this classic and still-accurate account of the behavior patterns and sensory capacities of the honeybee remains a book "written with a simplicity, directness, and charm...."—Yale ReviewTable of ContentsForeword by Donald R. GriffinPreface to the Revised EditionPreface to the First Edition1. The Color Sense of Bees2. The Chemical Sense of Bees3. The Language of BeesBibliographyIndex
£19.19
Cornell University Press Anatomy of the Honey Bee
Book SynopsisThis book should be in the library of every student of the honey bee and bee behavior—beekeepers (both amateur and professional) as well as scientists.Trade ReviewAs a world authority on insect anatomy, Snodgrass has given us in this book a brilliant account of the anatomy of the honey bee and how it relates to the way that bees develop and how and why they function as they do in their interesting communal life. This book should be in the library of every student of the honey bee and bee behavior—beekeepers as well as scientists. The book is delightfully written and is enjoyable reading. * American Bee Journal *This is not just a technical reference book on honey bee anatomy. It is far more: it is essentially a treatise on entomology using one species as an example, and including a discussion of the fundamentals of embryology, development, and metamorphosis as well as anatomy. The subject of each chapter is approached from the broadest evolutionary point of view, and its horizon includes all the arthropods and beyond, so that the bee really typifies animal life in general. Finally, the language of the book is such that it can be read straight through with pleasure. It is a delight to follow the author through this complete examination of one insect: how it develops, how it grows, and how it operates. * Entomological News *
£30.60
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Bee Boles and Bee Houses No 204 Shire Library
Book SynopsisThe evolution of beekeeping can be traced in the changing shape of the beehive and in the various structures used to house and protect it. These range from simple recesses holding one or two straw hives in house or garden walls to large free-standing buildings which could hold up to 32 hives. The wide variety of forms reflects the wealth, occupation and idiosyncrasies of owners, the increasing knowledge of the life cycle and requirements of the honey bee and the economic climate of the day. With developments in beekeeping techniques in the nineteenth century these structures fell into disuse. Today they are often unrecognized and many are derelict or have disappeared altogether. It is hoped that this book will introduce to a wider public the various and fascinating ways in which bees were housed and will encourage the recording and preservation of those examples still to be found.Table of ContentsIntroduction / Beekeeping past and present / Skep bases and their supports / Bee boles / Bee alcoves / Bee shelters / Bee houses / Winter storage / Other structures / Further reading / Places to visit /
£6.99
New Society Publishers The Thinking Beekeeper
Book SynopsisA beginner's complete guide to keeping bees in top bar hives, and why. What's the buzz about the growing popularity of backyard beekeeping? Providing habitat for bees, pollinating your garden, and producing honey for your family are some of the compelling reasons for taking up this exciting hobby. But conventional beekeeping requires a significant investment and has a steep learning curve. The alternative? Consider beekeeping outside the box.The Thinking Beekeeper is the definitive do-it-yourself guide to natural beekeeping in top bar hives. Based on the concept of understanding and working with bees' natural systems as opposed to trying to subvert them, the advantages of this approach include: Simplicity, sustainability, and cost-effectiveness Increased safety due to less heavy lifting and hive manipulation Chemical-free colonies and healthy hives Top bar hives can be located anywhere bees have access toTrade ReviewNo matter the box you keep your bees in, if you are a new beekeeper you need solid, practical and most of all accurate information to get started. You'll find that here. And if you are keeping your bees in a top bar hive, you'll find information you need here that's not available anywhere else. Both you and your bees will benefit from Christy's approach, advice and philosophy. ---Kim Flottum, Editor Bee Culture Magazine Christy Hemenway's The Thinking Beekeeper is a very nice book. It provides a blend of the author's philosophy, ranting (about the use of chemicals in beekeeping), and clear practical advice about honey bee culture, especially regarding Top Bar Hives. There has been little written about the specifics of raising honey bees in Top Bar Hives. The bees are the same of course, but the Top Bar Hive is quite different from the traditional Langstroth Hive. At the University of Maine we had plenty of questions when we first embarked upon the use of the Top Bar Hive. NOW there is a good guide. Not only is the book informative, being accessible to all with its clear concise prose and liberal use of photos and data tables, but in addition it is enjoyable to read. ---Dr. Frank Drummond, Pollination Ecologist, University of Maine Christy's passion shines through in this delightful book, which I'm sure will inspire many people to take up top bar beekeeping. I am particularly pleased to see that she has developed her own style, while staying true to the principles of simplicity and minimal interference with the lives of the bees. Having watched Christy's progress so far, I'm sure that Gold Star Honeybees has a great future! ---Phil Chandler, author of The Barefoot Beekeeper It is great to see that top bar beekeeping is alive and well in Maine and that Christy Hemenway is passionate about her top bar hives. The top-bar hive is coming! ---Les Crowder, coauthor with Heather Harrell of Top-Bar Beekeeping Whether you're looking for another argument for keeping your own bees or are already convinced, The Thinking Beekeeper is an excellent resource. Christy knows her stuff and shares her experience and passion on every page. ---Roger Doiron, Founder, Kitchen Gardeners International The Thinking Beekeeper is a unique and exceptional resource for the beginning beekeeper. It will enable the novice to make a successful start in the craft and as he/she progresses all those instructions offer the opportunity to object to something Christy recommends. And that ladies and gentlemen is the badge of an independent practitioner and mature thinking beekeeper. ---Marty HardisonTable of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Beekeeping Basics 1. How Did We Get Here From There? 2. It's All About the Wax 3. Basic Bee Biology Part II: When To Do What — And Why 4. Your Top Bar Hive 5. On Getting Started with Your Own Top Bar Hive 6. Inspections 7. Overwintering Your Top Bar Hive 8. Treasures of the Hive 9. Bee Pests And Diseases Afterword Endnotes Glossary Appendix A: Sample Hive Inspection Diagram Appendix B: Bee Resources Index About the Author
£20.89
New Society Publishers Advanced Top Bar Beekeeping
Book SynopsisA guide for backyard beekeepers who have advanced into their second year with top bar hives. Bee populations are plummeting worldwide. Colony Collapse Disorder poses a serious threat to many plants that rely on bees for pollination, including a significant proportion of our food crops. Top bar hives are based on the concept of understanding and working with bees' natural systems, enabling top bar beekeepers to produce honey and natural wax while helping bees thrive now and in the years ahead.Advanced Top Bar Beekeeping picks up where The Thinking Beekeeper left off, providing a wealth of information for backyard beekeepers ready to take the next step with this economical, bee-friendly approach. Author Christy Hemenway shares: Guidance and techniques for the second season and beyond An in-depth analysis of the dangers climate change and conventional agriculture present to pollinators An inspiring vision of reTable of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction "Questionnaire" by Wendell Berry Part I: Year Two: What to Do? 1. Year Two: How Did We Get Here? 2. Swarming and Splitting, or...If You've Still Got Bees, You Are About to Have Even More Bees! 3. Why Are My Bees So Grouchy? Or...Is the Honeymoon Over? 4. Combining Hives for Overwinter Success 5. Honey — Sweetness and Light = Food! 6. About That Wax That It's All About 7. Year Two: Your Best Resource Is Natural Beeswax Comb Part II: Smoke and Mirrors 8. What Is Really Going on with Bees? Or...Is It Time to Redefine the Crisis Vocabulary? 9. Are We Really Still Putting Chemicals in the Beehive? 10. Wait a Minute: Wasn't Nicotine a Bad Thing? 11. OMGs!! GMOs!! ABCDEs!! M-O-U-S-E!! 12. The Shamrock Afterword Glossary Index About the Author A Note About the Publisher
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Northern Bee Books Honey Marketing
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Northern Bee Books Swarming and Its Control and Prevention
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Northern Bee Books Beekeeping Study Notes for the BBKA Examinations Volume 1 modules 1 2 and 3 Modules 1 2 3
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Northern Bee Books Brother Adam In Search of the Best Strains of Bees And the Results of the Evaluations of the Crosses and Races
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Northern Bee Books Breeding the Honeybee A Contribution to the Science of Beebreeding
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Northern Bee Books Oilseed Rape and Bees
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Northern Bee Books Bees at the Bottom of the Garden Revised
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Building Beehives For Dummies
Book SynopsisBuilding Beehives For Dummies (9781119544388) was previously published as Building Beehives For Dummies (9781118312940). While this version features a new Dummies cover and design, the content is the same as the prior release and should not be considered a new or updated product. The easy way to build your own beehives and beekeeping equipment Building Beehives For Dummiesis the follow-up book to the bestsellingBeekeeping For Dummies. It provides everything you need to learn how to build some of the world's most popular hives and beekeeping accessories. For each design the book includes a detailed materials list (what lumber, hardware and fasteners you'll need), step-by-step building instructions, and illustrative drawings that show how the components all fit together. There are over a dozen plans in all, including the traditional Langstroth hive, the eight frame garden hive, designs for elevated hive stands, the Warre hive, screened bottom board, the Kenya top-bar hive, four-frameTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 About This Book 1 Conventions Used in This Book 2 What You’re Not to Read 3 Foolish Assumptions 3 How This Book Is Organized 3 Part 1: The Buzz on Beehives 4 Part 2: The World’s Most Popular Beehive Designs 4 Part 3: Sweet Beehive Accessories 4 Part 4: The Part of Tens 5 Icons Used in This Book 5 Beyond the Book 5 Where to Go from Here 6 Part 1: The Buzz On Beehives 7 Chapter 1: Getting Sweet on Building Your Own Beehives 9 Bee-ing in the Know about Bees 10 Honeybees’ most important job: Pollination 10 The products of the honeybee 11 The main players in a beehive 12 Appreciating the Benefits of Building a Beehive Rather than Buying One 14 Have fun and feel self-satisfaction 14 Enhance your commitment to beekeeping, and better understand your bees’ home 14 Modify designs to better meet your needs 14 Enjoy better quality than store-bought kits 15 Go green and recycle 15 Make building a family affair 15 Sell your handiwork 15 Making Plans for Your Own Beehive 15 Setting Up Your Workshop 16 Assembling Tools and Materials 16 Getting a Handle on Carpentry Skills 17 Constructing Hives and Accessories 17 Chapter 2: Comb Sweet Comb: Beehive Basics 21 Knowing What Bees Need in a Hive 21 Shelter and safety 21 The ability to expand 22 Dry and well-ventilated conditions 22 A nearby source of water 22 Understanding the Anatomy of a Beehive 23 Elevated hive stand 24 Bottom board 25 Entrance reducer 25 Deep hive bodies 25 Honey super 25 Frames 26 Inner cover 27 Outer cover 27 Looking at Locale 28 Following regional laws and requirements 28 Bee-ing sweet to your neighbors 28 Picking the perfect location 29 Making a Beeline to the Hive That’s Best for Your Needs 31 A hive for learning and teaching 32 Hives for pollinating your garden 32 A hive for harvesting honey 32 Hives to match your building skills 32 Hives for selling 33 A handy table to help you decide the hive to build 33 Chapter 3: Gathering Basic Tools and Materials 35 Bee-ing Safe Before You Begin 35 Protecting yourself with safety gear 36 Following safety practices 38 Oops! Planning for emergencies 38 Talking about Tools 39 A few essential hand tools 39 The right saws and blades 42 Gadgets that are nice to have but not essential 43 Looking at Lumber 45 Choosing lumber 45 Sizing up lumber 47 Getting the scoop on plywood 48 The Buzz on Other Building Materials 49 Fixating on fasteners 49 Rifling through roofing materials 50 Selecting screening materials 51 Protecting Your Beehives with Paint and More 51 Estimating the Amounts and Costs of Materials 52 Chapter 4: Fine-Tuning Your Carpentry Skills 55 Always Adhering to the “Bee Space” 55 Measuring and Marking Lumber 56 Cutting Lumber 58 What’s Up with This Joint? 59 Butt joints 59 Rabbet cuts and dado joints 60 Finger joints 61 Working with Flashing and Wire 63 Cutting and bending metal flashing 63 Cutting and shaping wire hardware cloth 64 Assembling the Parts of Your Hive 65 Going with glue 65 Being square 65 Nailing and screwing everything together 66 Part 2: The World’s Most Popular Beehive Designs 67 Chapter 5: The Kenya Top Bar Hive 69 Vital Stats 71 Materials List 72 Cut List 72 Elevated hive stand 73 Hive body 74 Top bars 75 Ventilated roof 76 Assembling the Hive 77 Chapter 6: The Five-Frame Nuc Hive 81 Vital Stats 82 Materials List 83 Cut List 83 Bottom board 84 Hive body 85 Inner hive cover 86 Outer hive cover 88 Assembling the Hive 89 Chapter 7: The Four-Frame Observation Hive 95 Vital Stats 97 Materials List 97 Cut List 98 Hive body and top 98 Bottom board 100 Assembling the Hive 100 Chapter 8: The Warré Hive 105 Vital Stats 107 Materials List 107 Cut List 108 Hive bottom and stand 109 Hive boxes 110 Top bars 111 Quilt box 112 Ventilated roof 112 Assembling the Hive 114 Chapter 9: The British National Hive 119 Vital Stats 120 Materials List 121 Cut List 122 Floor 122 Brood chamber 124 Shallow honey supers 125 Making tricky cuts for hand and drip rails 126 Deep and shallow frames 127 Making tricky cuts for side bars 130 Making tricky cuts for top bars 130 Crown board 131 Roof 132 Assembling the Hive 134 Chapter 10: The Langstroth Hive 141 Vital Stats 142 Materials List 143 Cut List 144 Bottom board (ten-frame version) 145 Bottom board (eight-frame version) 147 Deep hive bodies (ten-frame version) 147 Deep hive bodies (eight-frame version) 149 Medium super (ten-frame version) 149 Medium super (eight-frame version) 150 Inner hive cover (ten-frame version) 151 Inner hive cover (eight-frame version) 153 Outer hive cover (ten-frame version) 153 Outer hive cover (eight-frame version) 155 Assembling the Hive 156 Part 3: Sweet Beehive Accessories 161 Chapter 11: The Frame Jig 163 Vital Stats 164 Materials List 164 Cut List 165 Assembling the Frame Jig 166 Chapter 12: The Double Screened Inner Cover 169 Vital Stats 170 Materials List 171 Cut List 171 Double screened inner cover for the ten-frame Langstroth hive 172 Double screened inner cover for the eight-frame Langstroth hive 174 Double screened inner cover for the nuc hive 175 Double screened inner cover for the British National hive 175 Assembling the Inner Cover 176 Chapter 13: The Elevated Hive Stand 179 Vital Stats 180 Materials List 180 Cut List 181 Assembling the Elevated Hive Stand 182 Chapter 14: The IPM Screened Bottom Board 185 Vital Stats 186 Materials List 187 Cut List 188 Assembling the IPM Screened Bottom Board 190 Chapter 15: The Hive-Top Feeder 193 Vital Stats 194 Materials List 195 Cut List 195 Feeder for a ten-frame Langstroth hive 196 Feeder for an eight-frame Langstroth hive 198 Assembling the Hive-Top Feeder 199 Chapter 16: The Solar Wax Melter 203 Vital Stats 204 Materials List 204 Cut List 205 Floor assembly 205 Inclined side panels 206 Glazed top assembly 207 Assembling the Solar Wax Melter 208 Chapter 17: Langstroth Frames 213 Vital Stats 214 Materials List 215 Cut List 216 Deep frames 216 Medium frames 217 Shallow frames 217 Making tricky cuts for side bars 219 Making tricky cuts for top bars 220 Assembling Langstroth Frames 222 Part 4: The Part Of Tens 225 Chapter 18: Ten (Or So) Tips for Extending the Life of Your Equipment 227 Don’t Go Cheap on Materials 227 Keep a Build Log 228 Establish an Inspection Routine 228 Prepare Your Hives for Winter 229 Do Some Spring Cleaning 229 Make Yearly Exterior Touch-Ups 230 Repair the Roof 231 Replace Rotting Wood 231 Elevate Your Hives 231 Provide Proper Ventilation 232 Guard against Bears with an Electric Fence 233 Chapter 19: Ten (Or So) Ways to Trick Out Your Hives 235 Use Decorative Handles and Embellishments 236 Add Metal Frame Rests 237 Employ Exotic Woods 238 Paint Creatively 239 Shingle the Sides 240 Add a Front Porch 241 Make Your Inner Cover Transparent 241 Cut an Observation Window in the Hive Body 242 Use Alternate Roof Materials 243 Make Architectural Alterations to Your Roof 243 Mount a Webcam to Your Hive 243 Chapter 20: Ten Fun Facts about Beehives 245 Discovering the First Recorded Depiction of a Beehive 245 Unearthing the World’s Oldest Beehives 246 Recounting a Brief History of Beehives around the Globe 246 Bee-ing the Beehive State 247 Studying Beehives in Outer Space 247 Finding the Largest Beehive in the World 248 Using Beehives for Design Inspiration 248 Creating Beehives for Bumblebees 248 Moving a Beehive without Confusing Your Bees 249 Transporting Migratory Beehives 249 Index 251
£16.14
John Wiley & Sons Inc Honey For Dummies
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 About This Book 1 Foolish Assumptions 3 Icons Used in This Book 3 Beyond the Book 4 Where to Go from Here 4 Part 1: Honey, Give Me the Lowdown 7 Chapter 1: Dipping into Honey’s History and Its Importance Today 9 Introducing Discoscapa apicula — the World’s Oldest Bee? 10 Raising Bees in Ancient Egypt 11 Embalming with Honey and More 12 Discovering the World’s Oldest Beehives 13 In Praise of Honey 14 Islam 15 Hinduism 15 Judaism 15 Buddhism 15 Christianity 15 Sikhism 15 Finding Honey in Literature and Folklore 16 Honey Bees Come to America 17 Honey Today: Celebrity Status 18 Chapter 2: Looking at How Honey is Made and Harvested 19 Gathering Their Groceries 19 Understanding the Composition of Honey 23 Harvesting Honey: From Bee to Bottle 24 It’s all about timing 25 Driving the bees out of the honey supers 27 Removing the honey from the comb 27 Chapter 3: Appreciating the Different Styles of Honey 29 Walkin’ Talkin’ Honeycomb 30 Savoring Liquid Gold — Extracted Honey 31 Getting Chunky with Chunk Honey 31 Whipping Your Honey 32 What’s the Story on Honey Straws? 34 Part 2: Nutrition, Health, and Honey 37 Chapter 4: All About Apitherapy 39 Bee Venom 40 Bee Pollen 42 Royal Jelly 43 Propolis 44 Beeswax 44 Enjoying the Many Benefits of Honey 45 Cuts, burns, and scratches 46 Fixing sore throats and coughs 46 Getting the honey glow 47 Chapter 5: Making Honey Remedies at Home 49 Mixing Up Some Honey-Based Hair and Skincare Products 50 Honey-Based Elixirs 61 Part 3: Honey Varietals 69 Chapter 6: Discovering the World’s Top Honey Producers 71 1 China (500,000 tons) 72 2 Iran (112,000 tons) 72 3 Turkey (110,000 tons) 73 4 India (85,000 tons) 73 5 United States (81,000 tons) 74 1 North Dakota (19,000 tons) 74 2 South Dakota (19,000 tons) 75 3 Montana (7,000 tons) 75 4 California (6,850 tons) 75 5 Florida (5,950 tons) 76 6 Minnesota (3,905 tons) 76 7 Texas (3,700 tons) 76 8 Michigan (2,650 tons) 77 9 Idaho (1,650 tons) 77 10 Wisconsin (1,500 tons) 77 6 Russian Federation (70,000 tons) 78 7 Ukraine (66,500 tons) 78 8 Mexico (57,000 tons) 79 9 Brazil (42,400 tons) 79 10 New Zealand (23,000 tons) 80 Chapter 7: Getting to Know 50 Varietals of Honey 81 Learning about Varietal Honeys 82 1 Acacia 82 2 Ailanthus 83 3 Alfalfa 83 4 Avocado 84 5 Basswood 85 6 Bell Heather 85 7 Blackberry 86 8 Black mangrove 86 9 Blueberry Blossom 87 10 Borage 87 11 Buckwheat 88 12 Chestnut 89 13 Coriander 89 14 Cranberry Blossom 90 15 Dandelion 90 16 Eucalyptus 91 17 Fireweed 91 18 Gallberry 92 19 Goldenrod 92 20 Honeydew 93 21 Honeysuckle 94 22 Huajillo (pronounced wa-HE-yo) 94 23 Japanese Knotweed 95 24 Kamahi (pronounced car-MY) 95 25 Kiawe (pronounced kee-AH-vay) 96 26 Kudzu 96 27 Lavender 97 28 Leatherwood 98 29 Ling Heather 98 30 Litchee 99 31 Macadamia 99 32 Manuka 100 33 Meadowfoam 101 34 Mesquite 101 35 Ohi’a Lehua 102 36 Orange Blossom 102 37 Rapeseed 103 38 Raspberry 103 39 Rhododendron 104 40 Rosemary 105 41 Sage 105 42 Saw Palmetto 106 43 Star thistle/Knapweed 106 44 Strawberry tree 107 45 Sunflower 107 46 Thyme 108 47 Tulip poplar 108 48 Tupelo 109 49 Ulmo 110 50 Yellow Sweet Clover 110 A Word about Wildflower Honey 111 Chapter 8: All That Glistens is Not Liquid Gold 113 Laundering Honey 114 Transshipping Honey 115 Removing Pollen to Conceal the Honey’s Origin 117 Blending Honeys 118 Cutting Honey 119 Intervention of Humans 120 Part 4: Becoming a Honey Tasting Expert 121 Chapter 9: Thinking Like a Honey Sommelier 123 Differentiating Taste and Flavor 124 Taste sensations 124 Flavor sensations 124 Other taste sensations 125 Are You a Supertaster? 126 The Nose Remembers 128 Describing What You Taste 128 Tuning Up Your Taste Buds and Sharpening Your Sniffer 129 Training your sense of taste 129 Refining your sense of flavor 131 Chapter 10: Knowing How to Taste Honey 133 Looking, Smelling, and Tasting: Sensory Analysis 134 Creating the Right Environment for Tasting 135 Making certain you are fresh and rested 135 Staying healthy 136 Fasting before tasting 136 Avoiding extraneous smells 136 Setting Up For Honey Tasting 137 Picking honeys to sample 138 Gathering your tasting tools 138 Getting organized using a tasting mat 139 Picking a palette cleanser 140 Writing Tasting Notes 140 Starting with a basic look-see 140 Determining liquid or solid 141 Discovering undesirable stuff 142 Evaluating clarity 142 Defining the Color of Honey 142 Smelling Your Honey 143 Profiling Honey Characteristics 145 Using the Aroma and Flavor Chart 146 Trigeminals 147 Determining the Honey’s “Finish” 148 Talking About Texture 148 Chapter 11: Taking the Terror Out Of Terroir 151 Capturing the Flavors of Local Foods 152 Ensuring quality standards 152 Certifying and protecting honeys 154 Influencing Nectar 155 Getting the Dirt on Honey (Geology) 156 Honey and Geography 157 Knowing What Weather Has to Do with It 157 Rain, rain don’t go away 157 Here comes the sun! 158 Chapter 12: Looking at What Can Go Wrong With Honey 159 Recognizing Defects 160 Burnt honey 160 The brood factor 160 Medico mayhem 160 Smoky stuff 161 Just one word — plastics! 161 Metal madness 161 Crossing Crystallization Defects 162 Incomplete crystallization 162 Crystal striping 162 Separation of honey 162 Knowing Why a Honey Tastes Like Beer 163 Part 5: Hey, Honey, Let’s Party 165 Chapter 13: Shopping for Your Honey 167 Knowing Where to Shop 167 Go straight to the source 168 Farm stands and farmers markets 168 Gourmet markets 169 Cheese shops 170 Deciphering Labels 170 Nutrition labels 171 True Source 173 Gluten-free 174 Vegan 174 Raw, natural, organic, all natural —Descriptors that mean nothing 174 GMO 175 Fair Trade Honey 176 Chapter 14: Brewing Honey Wine (Mead) 177 Discovering Mead’s Long History 178 Introducing Seven Types of Mead 179 Traditional mead 179 Sack mead 179 Hydromel 180 Bochet mead 180 Metheglin 180 Sack metheglin 180 Mead made with fruit juices 180 Getting the Necessary Mead-Making Equipment 181 Understanding Useful Mead-Making Terms 184 Chapter 15: Cooking with Honey 201 Chapter 16: Baking with Honey 223 Swapping Out Sugar for Honey 223 Checking Out Some Recipes 225 Chapter 17: Using Honey for Thirst-Quenching and Celebratory Beverages 243 Making Honey-Inspired Beverages 243 Mixing Honey-Based Cocktails 247 Gin 247 Tequila 248 Vodka 250 Scotch whisky 250 Whiskey (bourbon or rye) 253 Rum 255 Chapter 18: Pairing Honey with Cheese and Other Foods 257 Pairing Honey with Cheese 258 Understanding the dynamics of honey and cheese 259 It’s a matter of taste 259 Conjuring Creative Pairings 261 Choosing complementary duos 261 Considering that opposites attract 261 Taking texture into account 261 Staying local 262 Just go for it! 262 Considering Classic Pairings of Honey and Food 262 Chapter 19: Honey, Let’s Have a Party 265 Planning the Party 265 Deciding on the theme 266 Setting the mood 266 Assembling the Right Stuff 268 Developing Your Menu 268 Creating Honey Grazing Boards 270 Piloting Tasting Flights 270 Including Fun Honey Games 272 Trio tasting game 272 Honey spelling game 273 Show Friends How It Went 273 Part 6: The Part of Tens 275 Chapter 20: Ten Great Honey Festivals 277 Oregon Honey Festival, Ashland, Oregon 278 Philadelphia Honey Festival 278 NYC Honey Week, Rockaway Beach 278 Honey Bee Fest, New York 278 Sweet Bee’s Honey Festival, New York 279 Vermont’s Golden Honey Festival 279 Arizona Honeybee Festival, Phoenix 279 Michigan Honey Festival 279 Tennessee Honey Festival 280 Uvalde Honey Festival, Texas 280 Chapter 21: More Than Ten Frequently Asked Questions about Honey 281 What’s the best way to store honey once the jar has been opened? 282 Does honey ever spoil or go bad? 282 Why does my honey look like it has two different layers? 282 My honey has crystallized; can I get the honey liquid again? 283 What’s organic honey? 283 What’s the difference between Grade A and Grade B honey? 283 What accounts for the different colors and flavors of honey? 284 Why do honey bees make honey? 284 Is it true that eating local honey will relieve pollen-related allergies? 285 What does “raw” honey mean? 285 How can I test my honey for authenticity? 285 Why does honey from the same local beekeeper taste different sometimes? 286 Why shouldn’t you feed honey to a baby? 286 How many flowers must honey bees visit to make one pound of honey? 286 How much honey does a worker honey bee make in her lifetime? 286 What famous Scottish liqueur is made with honey? 287 What’s the U.S per capita consumption of honey? 287 How many honey-producing colonies of bees are there in the United States? 287 Do all bees make honey? 287 Chapter 22: Ten Honeys for your Bucket List 289 The Most Expensive Honey in the World: Elvish 289 Most Sacred Honey: Sidr 290 Most-Difficult-to-Get Honey: Pitcairn Island 290 Most International Awards: Sourwood 291 Most Bitter Honey: Strawberry Tree Honey 291 Psychedelic Mad Honey: Deli Bal 292 Most Unique Texture: Ling Heather Honey 292 Volcanic Honey: Wenchi 293 Silkiest Honey: Ulmo Honey 293 Most Buttery Honey: Kamahi 294 Part 7: Appendixes 295 Appendix A: Glossary 297 Appendix B: Helpful Honey Resources 305 Index 317
£15.29
John Wiley & Sons Inc Beekeeping For Dummies UK Edition
Book SynopsisThe fast and easy way to start and maintain a hive Beekeeping For Dummies is a practical, step-by-step beginner''s guide to beekeeping. It gives you plain-English guidance on everything you need to know to start your own beehive, from buying the right equipment, sourcing bees, and locating your hive to maintaining a healthy colony and harvesting honey. Plus, you''ll get the latest information on the causes and effects of bee disease, colony collapse disorder, and the impact the sudden disappearance of the honeybee has on our environment and economy. Here, you''ll get trusted information on beekeeping in the UK, specifically written to address climate, buying equipment, locating hives, the local impact of colony collapse disorder and ways to avoid or minimise the risk to your hive, seasonal beekeeping tasks, local beekeeping associations, and updated content on urban beekeeping. Understand the anatomy of your bees Learn techniques andTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 About This Book 1 How This Book Is Organised 2 Part I: Getting Hooked on Honey Bees 2 Part II: Starting Your Adventure 2 Part III: Looking Inside Your Hive 3 Part IV: Common Problems and Simple Solutions 3 Part V: Sweet Rewards 4 Part VI: The Part of Tens 4 Icons Used in This Book 4 Where to Go from Here 5 Part I: Getting Hooked on Honey Bees 7 Chapter 1: To Bee or Not to Bee? 9 Discovering the Benefits of Beekeeping 10 Harvesting liquid gold: Honey 11 Bees as pollinators: Their vital role in ensuring our food supply 11 Helping the bees; helping the environment 13 Passing on your knowledge 13 Good for your wellbeing; good for your health 13 Determining Your Beekeeping Potential 15 Environmental considerations 15 Being responsible and considering others 16 Costs and equipment 16 Time and commitment 17 Beekeeper personality traits 17 Overcoming Fear of Stings 17 Knowing what to do if you’re stung 19 Building up a tolerance 19 Watching for allergic reactions 20 Chapter 2: Life Inside the Honey Bee Hive 21 Basic Body Parts 21 Skeleton 22 Head 22 Thorax 24 Abdomen 25 The Amazing Language of Bees 25 Pheromones 25 Shall we dance? 26 Dividing Honey Bees into Three Castes 27 Her majesty, the queen 27 The industrious little worker bee 30 The woeful drone 34 The Honey Bee Life-Cycle 35 Egg 36 Larva 37 Pupa 37 Part II: Starting Your Adventure 41 Chapter 3: Locating Your Hive 43 Getting Over ‘Buzz Off!’: Consulting Family and Neighbours 43 Location, Location, Location: Where to Keep Your Hives 45 Providing for your thirsty bees 47 Understanding why your honey varies in colour and flavour 49 Knowing When to Start Your Adventure 50 Chapter 4: Stocking Up on Basic Beekeeping Equipment 51 Finding Out about the Modified National Hive 52 Knowing the Basic Parts of the Hive 53 Hive stand 54 Floor 55 Entrance block 55 Brood chamber 56 Queen excluder 58 Super 58 Frames 59 Foundation 61 Crown board 65 Roof 66 Ordering Hive Parts 66 Preparing for assembly 67 Adding on Feeders 68 Miller and Ashforth rapid feeders 68 Bucket feeder 69 Frame feeder 71 Stocking Up on Your Personal Beekeeping Equipment 72 Smoker 72 Hive tool 73 Covering Up with Bee-Proof Clothing 74 Veils 74 Gloves 75 Really Helpful Accessories 76 Elevated hive stand 76 Frame rest 78 Bee brush 78 Other necessities 79 Chapter 5: Obtaining and Hiving Your Bees 81 Determining the Kind of Bee You Want 81 Deciding How to Obtain Your Initial Bee Colony 83 Picking a reputable bee supplier 84 Deciding when to place your order 84 Buying a nucleus colony 85 Transferring your nucleus to a hive 86 Purchasing an established colony 87 Capturing a wild swarm of bees 88 Ordering package bees 88 Meeting and Greeting: The Day Your Bees Arrive 89 Bringing home your bees 90 Feeding your bees 90 Buzzing with Excitement: Putting Your Bees into the Hive 91 Part III: Looking Inside Your Hive 97 Chapter 6: Opening Your Hive 99 Setting an Inspection Schedule 99 Preparing to Visit Your Hive 100 Making ‘non-scents’ a part of personal hygiene 101 Getting dressed up and ready to go 101 Lighting your smoker 102 Opening the Hive 104 Removing the crown board 106 The Hive’s Open! Now What? 107 Chapter 7: What to Look for when You’re Inspecting 109 Exploring Basic Inspection Techniques: Examining a Full Colony 109 Removing the first frame 110 Working your way through the hive 112 Holding up frames for inspection 112 Understanding what to look for every time 113 Replacing frames 117 Closing the hive 118 Establishing a Colony from a Nucleus 119 Managing your nucleus 119 Starting your Colony with a Package of Bees 121 Checking in: A week after hiving your bees 121 The second and third weeks 124 Weeks four to eight 125 Chapter 8: Your Work throughout the Seasons 129 Lazy, Hazy Days of Summer 129 Your summer to-do list 130 Your summer time commitment 130 Falling Leaves Point to Autumn Tasks 131 Your autumn to-do list 131 Making one hive from two 133 Your autumn time commitment 134 Clustering in a Winter Wonderland 134 Your winter to-do list 135 Your winter time commitment 136 Spring Is in the Air: Starting Your Second Season 137 Your spring to-do list 137 Making two hives from one 138 Your spring time commitment 140 Administering spring medication 141 Reversing hive bodies 141 Part IV: Common Problems and Simple Solutions 145 Chapter 9: Heading Off Potential Problems 147 Avoiding Absconding 147 Swarming 148 Absconding 156 Where Did the Queen Go? 157 Letting nature take its course 157 Ordering a replacement queen 158 Introducing a new queen to the hive 158 Avoiding Chilled Brood 160 Dealing with the Dreaded Robbing Frenzies 161 Knowing the difference between normal and abnormal (robbing) behaviour 161 Putting a stop to a robbing attack 162 Preventing robbing in the first place 162 Ridding Your Hive of the Laying Worker Phenomenon 163 How to know if you have laying workers 163 Getting rid of laying workers 164 Preventing Pesticide Poisoning 166 Chapter 10: Treating Diseases and Considering Colony Collapse Disorder 169 Medicating when Necessary 170 Knowing the Big Six Bee Diseases 170 American foulbrood (AFB) 171 European foulbrood (EFB) 172 Nosema 172 Chalkbrood 173 Sacbrood 174 Stonebrood 174 A handy chart 174 Shedding Some Light on Colony Collapse Disorder and Vanishing Hives 177 Unlocking the mystery of the Mary Celeste hives 177 Discovering more about CCD 178 Exploring Potential Causes of CCD 179 The mobile phone theory 179 Pollinating insect research 179 A Final Word 181 Chapter 11: Buzz Off! Dealing with Honey Bee Pests 183 Preventing Parasitic Mites 183 Varroa mites 183 Controlling Varroa the natural way 192 Acarine (Tracheal mites) 193 Wax Moths 196 Ants, Ants and More Ants 197 Keeping Out Mice 198 Dealing with Birds that Have a Taste for Bees 199 Pest Control in a Nutshell 199 Chapter 12: Raising Your Own Queens 201 Why Raising Queens Makes You Proud 201 Accentuating the Positive: Choosing Good Traits 202 What Makes a Queen a Queen 204 Buzzing with love: Queen mating 205 Creating Demand: Making a Queenless Nuc 206 Queen Rearing: The Miller Method 207 Using an Artificial Swarm to Raise Queens 211 The Doolittle Method: Grafting 212 Tools and equipment 212 How it’s done 214 Trying Out the Jenter System 216 How it’s done 216 Providing nuptial housing 219 Finding a Home for Your Queens 220 Part V: Sweet Rewards 223 Chapter 13: Getting Ready for the Golden Harvest 225 Choosing Extracted, Comb, Chunk or Soft-Set Honey 226 Using the Right Equipment for the Job 228 Honey extractors 228 Uncapping knife 229 Honey strainers 229 Other handy gadgets for extracting honey 230 Comb honey equipment 233 Honey containers 233 Planning Your Honey Harvest Set-Up 233 Labelling and Selling Your Honey 235 Creating an attractive label 235 Finding places to market your honey 237 Chapter 14: Honey, I’m Home: Harvest Time 239 Knowing When to Harvest 240 Getting the Bees Out of the Honey Supers 241 Shakin’ ’em out 242 Using a bee escape 242 Fume board and bee repellent 244 Food of the Gods: Honey Extraction 246 Cleaning Up after Extracting 249 Controlling wax moths 249 Harvesting wax 250 Part VI: The Part of Tens 253 Chapter 15: Ten Fun Things to Do with Bees 255 Starting an Observation Hive 255 Planting Flowers for Your Bees 257 Brewing Mead: The Nectar of the Gods 259 Getting Creative with Propolis 262 Propolis tincture 263 Propolis ointment 263 Making Candles and Polish from Beeswax 263 Beeswax candles 264 Beeswax furniture polish 264 Beauty and the Bees 265 Beeswax lip balm 265 Beeswax and olive oil salve 265 Getting up Close with a Microscope 266 Chapter 16: Ten Frequently Asked Questions about Bee Behaviour 267 Chapter 17: Ten Delicious Honey Recipes 271 Appendix A: Helpful Resources 279 Honey Bee Websites 279 Apiservices 279 Bee Master Forum 279 BeeHoo 280 British Beekeepers Association 280 Bush Farm 280 Cornwall Honey 280 David A. Cushman 280 The Beespace 281 Vita (Europe) 281 Bee Organisations and Conferences 281 Apimondia: International Federation of Beekeepers’ Associations 281 The BBKA Spring Convention 282 Bee Diseases Insurance Ltd (BDI) 282 Bee Improvement and Bee Breeders Association (BIBBA) 282 International Bee Research Association 283 The National Bee Unit of the Central Science Laboratory 283 The National Honey Show 283 The National Farmers Union 284 Bee Journals and Magazines 284 American Bee Journal 284 BBKA News 284 Bee Craft 285 Bee Culture 285 The Beekeepers Quarterly 285 Bee World 285 Beekeeping Supplies and Equipment 285 The Bee Shop 286 B. J. Sherriff 286 Brunel Microscopes Ltd 286 Compak 287 Giordan 287 Maisemore Apiaries Ltd 288 Modern Beekeeping 288 National Bee Supplies 288 Swienty Beekeeping Equipment 289 E. H. Thorne 289 Appendix B: Glossary 291 Index 297
£17.09
Arcturus Publishing Ltd Keeping Bees
Book SynopsisPacked with practical and professional advice, this beautiful hardback guide is an invaluable companion for anyone wanting to try their hand at keeping bees, beautifully illustrated in full-colour. Today, more than ever, we are aware of how much bees are an integral part of our environment, in their role as a primary pollinator. They are increasingly threatened and we fail to attend to their wellbeing at our peril. However, by keeping your own honeybees you can contribute to their survival as well as ensuring a constant supply of tasty, nutritious honey. This handy guide is packed with practical and professional advice, telling you all you need to know about this richly rewarding hobby. Find out everything from choosing a breed and positioning of your hive to maintaining a healthy colony at all times of year. You can also learn about extracting honey and other products such as royal jelly and propolis, and how to prevent and control bee diseases. Topi
£11.69
Sirius Entertainment Keeping Bees
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Beekeeping for Gardeners
Book SynopsisA comprehensive gardener''s guide to sustainable beekeeping.Beekeeping has changed. While once it was a hobby that pursued the rich rewards of honey and wax, many new beekeepers now instead seek the gratification of knowing that they are aiding the survival of one of the world''s most important creatures. Keeping bees today is as much about providing the right habitats and resources to help pollinators thrive as it is about chasing every drop of golden honey.This beautifully illustrated guide to the ancient hobby of beekeeping shows today''s gardeners how to create beautiful gardens that are richly rewarding for people and bees alike. Flowers, shrubs, trees and vegetable plots can provide colourful beauty and delicious produce as well as vital pollen and nectar when bees need it the most. There are lists of the top-performing plants and how and where to grow them, including window boxes, lawns, borders, wild gardens and even ponds.Beekeeping for Gar
£18.00
