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Beekeeping is an ancient practice that involves the care and management of bees for the purpose of harvesting honey and other bee products. It is a fascinating and rewarding hobby that allows us to connect with nature while also contributing to the health of our ecosystems. In order to truly understand the fascinating world of beekeeping we must delve into its rich history. The practice of beekeeping has been an integral part of human civilization...
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This antique book contains a concise yet comprehensive guide to the various ailments common to bees, with information on their causes, treatment, and prevention. Written in clear, concise language and full of interesting and practicable information, this text will prove invaluable for the bee-keeper. It comes complete with a new and specially commissioned introduction on bee-keeping.
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El hidromiel o vino de miel, obtenido mediante procesos controlados de fermentación alcohólica de miel de abejas, es una bebida que ha ganado reconocimiento e importancia en el ámbito de la apicultura en Colombia, imponiéndose como una alternativa para generar crecimiento económico y competitividad en el sector. En este libro, producto de la investigación realizada en la Universidad Nacional de Colombia, se presenta un compendio tecnológico...
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This antique book is intended for the use of those who wish to keep bees, but who lack the requisite information. This text attempts to furnish the reader with the elementary knowledge needed for such an endeavour, and does so in plain and clear language, making this a great volume for prospective bee-keepers, as well as constituting a valuable tool for existing bee-keepers. The sections of this book include: 'Proper Situation for an Apiary', 'Obtaining...
25) Beekeeping
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Fox Chapel Publishing
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[2015]
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"Learn what all the buzz is about with this guide to the fascinating and sustainable hobby of keeping bees. Plus: honey recipes for food and skin care! Beekeeping is about management, control and learning to understand the honeybee. It can also become a very enjoyable and sociable pastime -- visiting others' hives and picking up vital hints and tips is all part of the fun -- and farming and eating honey that your own bees have produced is a pure delight....
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Chronicle Books LLC
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[2014]
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"Join the growing number of urban beekeepers with this comprehensive guide -- featuring photos, honey recipes, and more -- by Brooklyn's go-to apiarist. Despite living in the most populous borough in New York City, Megan Paska has established herself as a sought-after, professional beekeeper. In The Rooftop Beekeeper , she shares essential advice, plus tips on how to get the most out of your honeybees. Paska shares her own personal experiences while...
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Modern beekeeping, influenced by new technologies and breeding methods, has increased honey production but left bee colonies weak and vulnerable to disease. With the alarming decline of the bee population raising concerns about an impending ecological crisis, many beekeepers are seeking a more sustainable way of caring for bees.
Biodynamic Beekeeping is the first book to offer practical instruction on caring for bees using biodynamic theories and...
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Have you ever wanted to take care of bees, and enjoy your very own fresh honey?
Beekeeping was once reserved only for those that had farms, and were professional beekeepers. Now, everyday people, just like yourself, are beginning to do it in their backyards, suburban areas, and even on rooftops in cities!
This new style of beekeeping is, known as 'Urban Beekeeping'.
Beekeeping can be a fun and rewarding hobby, both emotionally and financially....
29) Apicultura doméstica: Lo que necesita saber sobre la crianza de abejas y la creación de un negocio d
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Si desea descubrir la mejor manera de criar abejas y tal vez incluso crear un negocio de miel rentable a partir de esto, entonces continúe leyendo...
¿Apenas entrando en el mundo de las abejas?
¿Ha querido iniciar su propia colmena, pero se ha confundido por la información conflictiva de Internet?
¿Busca una fuente autorizada sobre cómo hacer el negocio de las abejas y ganar dinero mientras está en ello?
¡Entonces, Apicultura doméstica:...
30) Beekeeping for Beginners: The Beekeeper's Guide to learn how to Build your Successful Beehives fr
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Is accurate, well-detailed bee work a desire for you? What you need to know and do for the first time, and subsequently, this book will tell. This book is intended for those who are just about to acquire skills, who voluntarily agree to be an apprentice to bees in a conditional time period from zero to (how it turns out) years when there is nobody to consult with anyone other than the book . Take a sneak peek at a few of the details inside: Buying...
31) Backyard Beekeeping: What You Need to Know About Raising Bees and Creating a Profitable Honey Busine
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Are you looking for a handbook to guide you through how to best raise bees in your backyard and even turn beekeeping into a profitable business? Then keep reading... Do you know why some honey tastes better than others even if they're harvested in the same area? If you think that successful beekeepers own some secret techniques, you are right. But if somebody else could do it and uncover the way to successful beekeeping, you can do it too. Have you...
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In 2008, Charlotte unexpectedly and suddenly became a beekeeper. She's humorously captured anecdotes about stings and successes, interwoven with gentle observations and life reflections. Vivid color photographs provide glimpses of this fascinating insect's world, and the interplay between humans and bees. You don't have to be a beekeeper to enjoy this collection. It is ideal for beekeepers of all experience levels, wanna-bees, nature lovers and enthusiasts,...
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PLANTS AND BEEKEEPING an account of those plants, wild and cultivated, of value to the hive bee, and for honey production in the British Isles by F. N. HOWES, D. Sc. PREFACE: There has been a marked increase of interest in beekeeping and the production of honey throughout the country in recent years. This may have been initiated by the Second World War, with the consequent shortage of sweetening materials, and partly by other considerations, such...
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In the summer of 2016 retired broadcaster Paul Ashton made an astounding discovery at a car boot sale in Sussex. He found a copy of Sherlock Holmes's Practical Handbook of Bee Culture, and bought it for £2. No other copy of this legendary volume – the only book Holmes wrote – has ever come to light. The Handbook is the journal kept by Holmes from 1904 to 1912. 1904 was the year he retired from active investigation and moved to a farmhouse in...
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Since 2002 author and columnist, Ed Colby has amused, inspired and occasionally educated beekeepers with his monthly Bottom Board column in Bee Culture magazine. With a blend of humor and pathos, he shares not only his remarkable adventures with God's favorite insect but also reflects on friendship, love, death and the fickle winds of fate.
"A Beekeeper's Life" is a collection of 60 of these essays. This is a book sure to amuse and inform fans, beekeepers,...
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My Misspent Youth is an incisive collection that marked the start of a new millennium and became a cult classic, from the editor of Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed and the author of The Unspeakable
An essayist in the tradition of Joan Didion, Meghan Daum is one of the most celebrated nonfiction writers of her generation, widely recognized for her fresh, provocative approach with which she unearths the hidden fault lines in the American landscape.
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In this book, we are going to follow one colony of bees through their year of gathering pollen, to see what they find, and how they use it. We will look at the plants, which make the pollen too, and the different aspects of the relationship that pollen creates between, flower and bee. With the help of a microscope, we can examine something of the variety of pollen forms, and see how those can affect the bees as they collect them. The cycle of the...
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A beginning apiarist's comprehensive guide to keeping bees at home, from basic bee biology to the necessary tools, and more.
Discover the secrets of successful hobby beekeeping with advice from a world-renowned honey bee expert. Dr. Norman Gary shares his extensive beekeeping expertise in this entertaining and authoritative guide. Honey Bee Hobbyist, 2nd Edition will help you decide whether hobby beekeeping is right for you and will introduce you...
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Originally published in 1908. One of the earliest books on bee keeping and the natural history of the honey bee. Contents Include: The Ancients and the Honey Bee; The Isle of Honey; Bee Masters in the Middle Ages; The Commonwealth of the Hive; Early Work in the Bee City; Genesis of the Queen; The Bride Widow; The Sovereign Worker Bee; A Romance of Anatomy; Mystery of the Swarm; The Comb Builders; Where the Bee Sucks; The Drone; After the Feast; The...
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