Description

The Backyard Beekeeper, now in its 4th edition, makes the time-honored and complex tradition of beekeeping an enjoyable and accessible backyard pastime for urban and rural beekeepers of all skill levels.

More than a guide to beekeeping, this handbook features expert advice for:

  • Setting up and caring for your own colonies
  • Selecting the best location to place your new bee colonies for their safety and yours
  • The most practical and nontoxic ways to care for your bees
  • Swarm control
  • Using top bar hives
  • Harvesting the products of a beehive and collecting and using honey
  • Bee problems and treatments


What’s New?

  • Information for urban bees and beekeepers
  • Using your smoker the right way
  • Better pest management
  • Providing consistent and abundant good food
  • Keeping your hives healthy


With this complete resource and the expert advice of Bee Culture editor Kim Flottum, your bees will be healthy, happy, and more productive.

The Backyard Beekeeper, 4th Edition: An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Keeping Bees in Your Yard and Garden

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    Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
    Publication Date: 04/01/2018
    ISBN13: 9781631593321, 978-1631593321
    ISBN10: 1631593323

    Number of Pages: 240

    Non Fiction , Technology, Engineering & Agriculture , Education

    Description

    The Backyard Beekeeper, now in its 4th edition, makes the time-honored and complex tradition of beekeeping an enjoyable and accessible backyard pastime for urban and rural beekeepers of all skill levels.

    More than a guide to beekeeping, this handbook features expert advice for:

    • Setting up and caring for your own colonies
    • Selecting the best location to place your new bee colonies for their safety and yours
    • The most practical and nontoxic ways to care for your bees
    • Swarm control
    • Using top bar hives
    • Harvesting the products of a beehive and collecting and using honey
    • Bee problems and treatments


    What’s New?

    • Information for urban bees and beekeepers
    • Using your smoker the right way
    • Better pest management
    • Providing consistent and abundant good food
    • Keeping your hives healthy


    With this complete resource and the expert advice of Bee Culture editor Kim Flottum, your bees will be healthy, happy, and more productive.

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