Natural Beekeeping (eBook)

Ross Conrad (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2013
304 Seiten
Chelsea Green Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-60358-363-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Whether you are a novice looking to get started with bees, an experienced apiculturist looking for ideas to develop an integrated pest-management approach, or someone who wants to sell honey at a premium price, this is the book you've been waiting for.Now revised and updated with new resources and including full-color photos throughout,Natural Beekeepingoffers all the latest information in a book that has already proven invaluable for organic beekeepers. The new edition offers the same holistic, sensible alternative to conventional chemical practices with a program of natural hive management, but offers new sections on a wide range of subjects, including:The basics of bee biology and anatomyUrban beekeepingIdentifying and working with queensParasitic mite controlHive diseasesAlso, a completely new chapter on marketing provides valuable advice for anyone who intends to sell a wide range of hive products.Other chapters include:Hive ManagementGenetics and BreedingThe Honey HarvestThe Future of Organic BeekeepingRoss Conrad brings together the best "e;do no harm"e; strategies for keeping honeybees healthy and productive with nontoxic methods of controlling mites; eliminating American foulbrood disease without the use of antibiotics; selective breeding for naturally resistant bees; and many other detailed management techniques, which are covered in a thoughtful, matter-of-fact way.

Inhalt

1. Why organic beekeeping?

2. Working with the hive

3. Hive management

4. Genetics and breeding

5. Parasitic mites

6. Insect pests

7. Four-legged and feathered pests

8. Environmental and human threats

9. Hive diseases

10. The honey harvest

11. Marketing

12. Organics and the evolution of beekeeping

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.3.2013
• Vorwort: Gary Paul Nabhan
• Verlagsort: White River Junction
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
• Schlagworte: beeswax • Collapse • colony • colony collapse • DIY • Do it yourself • DVD • Food • honey • honey hangover cures • honey scones • honey soap • Local food • localvore • locavore • Richard Jones • Sharon Sweeney-Lynch • the beekeepers bible
• ISBN-10: 1-60358-363-7 / 1603583637
• ISBN-13: 978-1-60358-363-3 / 9781603583633