Keeping Bees And Making Honey
by Benjamin, AlisonFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2008-05-16
Publisher(s): F & W Media Inc
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Summary
Bees and their ecological state are frequently in the press, and public awareness of their value and importance is at an all-time high Bee keeping is becoming increasingly fashionable-- Bees targets both the lifestyle reader who is attracted to the
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. 6 |
| Understanding bees | p. 8 |
| History | p. 10 |
| Bee species | p. 12 |
| The caste system | p. 14 |
| The anatomy of a honey bee | p. 15 |
| The birth cycle | p. 16 |
| The life cycle | p. 17 |
| What to consider | p. 18 |
| Space | p. 20 |
| Children | p. 24 |
| Routine | p. 25 |
| Housing your bees | p. 28 |
| How a hive works | p. 30 |
| Different types of hives | p. 32 |
| Hive components | p. 36 |
| What you'll need | p. 40 |
| The kit | p. 42 |
| Where and when to get your bees | p. 46 |
| Getting your bees | p. 48 |
| Making your bees feel at home | p. 52 |
| Transferring your bees | p. 54 |
| What's in the hive | p. 56 |
| Pollen | p. 60 |
| Adding supers | p. 62 |
| Gardening for bees | p. 64 |
| Gardens and flowers | p. 66 |
| All about honey | p. 72 |
| How bees make honey | p. 74 |
| How much honey | p. 78 |
| How to harvest honey | p. 82 |
| How to jar honey | p. 86 |
| How to show honey | p. 87 |
| Selling your honey | p. 88 |
| Honey in folklore | p. 89 |
| Bees in winter | p. 90 |
| Preparing for winter | p. 92 |
| Second year | p. 96 |
| The start of the second year | p. 98 |
| Swarming | p. 100 |
| Bee products | p. 104 |
| Beeswax | p. 106 |
| Beeswax candles | p. 108 |
| Cosmetics | p. 110 |
| Recipes | p. 112 |
| Health and care | p. 118 |
| Prevention and cure | p. 120 |
| Glossary | p. 124 |
| Index and Picture credits | p. 126 |
| Useful addresses, links and acknowledgments | p. 128 |
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