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This ebook is designed to provide the reader with a good overall insight into Bees, Beekeeping and Honey.
Bees play a vital role in pollination of crops, it’s important to improve diversity of bee populations and ensure there are enough of them to withstand any future threats. Besides pollination, bees provide us with wonderful natural honey too and for many people this is their main reason for keeping bees.
Bees occur all over the world and honey has been farmed from bees for thousands of years. To most people, a bee is thought of as something that lives in a hive, produces honey and can sting you. In reality this only describes some bees; many people also confuse bees with other insects such as wasps and hornets.
Pages: 106
Pictures: 46
ISBN: 978-0-9943737-5-5
Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1 SCOPE AND NATURE OF BEES AND BEEKEEPING
Locating a hive
Types of bees
CHAPTER 2 BEE BIOLOGY
Bee physiology
Castes and their roles
CHAPTER 3 EQUIPMENT, MATERIALS, OBTAINING BEES
Obtaining bees
CHAPTER 4 THE HIVE – TYPES, CONSTRUCTION, INSPECTION
The hive
Choosing the right hive
Inspecting hives
CHAPTER 5 WORKING BEES: SEASONAL HUSBANDRY AND HARVESTING
Seasonal tasks
Honey production
Working with the different bee species
CHAPTER 6 BEE HEALTH MANAGEMENT
Pests
Diseases
Viruses
CHAPTER 7 BEES IN THE LANDSCAPE
Attracting bees to your garden
CHAPTER 8 USING HONEY AND BEE PRODUCTS
Cooking with honey
Salads and dressings
Savouries, sides and main meals
Sweets and desserts
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