[PDF] Raising Healthy Honey Bees eBook

Author : Phil Lester
Publisher : Victoria University Press
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 26,48 MB
Release : 2021-02-23
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1776563743

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Phil Lester's first book, The Vulgar Wasp, was about one of the world's most hated insects. His second is about just the opposite &– the honey bee, arguably one of our best-loved six-legged creatures. People have revered honey bees for centuries. Today we celebrate them with toys, postage stamps and campaigns to raise awareness; we dress up in large bee suits to protest the use of pesticides; we've even sent bees into space and watched as they adjusted to microgravity.Bees are one of the world's most efficient pollinators. Their work is vital to the success of many food crops, and hence to the world's economy. So we need to take seriously any threats to their health &– including parasites, pathogens, predators and pesticides &– and, guided by evidence at every turn, find a way to minimise harm and keep bees thriving. As Healthy Bee, Sick Bee shows, this is no small task.In this book, entomologist Phil Lester explores the wonderfully complex and sometimes brutally efficient life history of honey bees, and the problems they face in New Zealand and around the globe. What causes a beehive to collapse? Are pesticides as big a problem as they appear? What can we do to improve the health

Author : Gilles Fert
Publisher :
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 46,59 MB
Release : 2019-11
Category :
ISBN : 9780984287383

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Raise your own superior queens and you¿ll never have to buy bees again! ¿I was told this is the best queen-rearing book in the world, so I spent two years preparing the English edition, and it turned out awesome. I was able to triple the size of my apiaries in one season by following Fert¿s invaluable guidance.¿ - Dr. Leo Sharashkin, Editor. Detailed, easy to understand practical advice. Simple techniques clearly explained and illustrated. Multiple methods to choose from, whether you raise one queen or a thousand. Successful breeding, mating, and introduction. Multiply your honeybee colonies and overwinter them successfully in any climate. Make bee packages, and produce royal jelly. Over 150 full-color photos, drawings, and diagrams. Internationally renowned author with over 30 years experience. Your beekeeping will never be the same after reading this book.

Author : Thomas D. Seeley
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 19,32 MB
Release : 2019-05-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0691166765

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Seeley, a world authority on honey bees, sheds light on why wild honey bees are still thriving while those living in managed colonies are in crisis. Drawing on the latest science as well as insights from his own pioneering fieldwork, he describes in extraordinary detail how honey bees live in nature and shows how this differs significantly from their lives under the management of beekeepers. Seeley presents an entirely new approach to beekeeping--Darwinian Beekeeping--which enables honey bees to use the toolkit of survival skills their species has acquired over the past thirty million years, and to evolve solutions to the new challenges they face today. He shows beekeepers how to use the principles of natural selection to guide their practices, and he offers a new vision of how beekeeping can better align with the natural habits of honey bees.

Author : Alethea Morrison
Publisher : Storey Publishing, LLC
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 39,48 MB
Release : 2013-02-15
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 160342881X

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Discover the joys of harvesting honey from your own backyard. Alethea Morrison outlines what you’ll need to know to make it through the first year, while stunning macrophotography by Mars Vilaubi brings the inner workings of the hive to life. With in-depth discussions of allergies, colony hierarchy, bee behavior, and more, this approachably informative guide bursts with enthusiastic encouragement. Keep your own bees, and enjoy the sweet buzz.

Author : Doug Somerville
Publisher : NSW Agriculture
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 47,48 MB
Release : 2015-02-20
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1742566790

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The aim of this book is to provide bee-keepers with a guide to the common pests and diseases of bees. Healthy Bees covers seasonal factors that affect the health of the colony, nutrition, non-infectious disorders, diseases, exotic pests, and strategies to prevent them. Clear photographs to help you recognise and identify pests and diseases, and videos demonstrate collecting samples from your hive. Contents Introduction CHAPTER 1: The honey bee Introduction Lifecycle of the honey bee Castes of bees and their roles in the colony Genetics Inbreeding Sex hormones in the hive CHAPTER 2: Colony size Introduction Colony size varies with seasons Nectar flow and brood rearing Managing bees in winter Managing bees in spring CHAPTER 3: Nutrition Food for bees Feeding sugar to honey bees Plants as poisons CHAPTER 4: Effects of seasons and location Seasons Location CHAPTER 5: Disease and disorder Health of bees is important Non-infectious disorders Causes of disease CHAPTER 6: Strategies to prevent disease Be alert Inspect the hive Comb replacement program Barrier system Best practice CHAPTER 7: Diseases of the honey bee brood American foulbrood European foulbrood Chalkbrood Sacbrood Kashmir bee virus Black queen cell virus Prepare a larval smear for diagnosis CHAPTER 8: Diseases of adult honey bees Nosema disease Chronic bee paralysis virus (CBPV) CHAPTER 9: Hive pests Small hive beetle (SHB) Wax moth Other pests CHAPTER 10: Exotic pests Varroa mite Sugar shaking to detect external parasites Tracheal mite Tropilaelaps mite Predatory hornets Large hive beetles CHAPTER 11: Surveillance and response to exotic pests and disease Surveillance Response to surveillance alert CHAPTER 12: Honey bees and the law Introduction Beekeeper registration Abandoned or neglected hives The legal requirement to notify Biosecurity Code of Practice Bonus Chapter: Testing for Hygienic Behaviour Liquid Nitrogen-Killed Brood Test Appendix 1: Glossary Appendix 2: The pollen story Not all pollen is equal No pollen and the colony dies Pollen substitutes Sugar syrup, brood rearing, pollen foraging References Appendix 3: Competencies supported by this publication

Author : Christina L. Evans
Publisher : Nova Science Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,16 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Honeybee
ISBN : 9781634843775

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Wherever flowering plants flourish, pollinating bees, birds, butterflies, bats, and other animals are hard at work, providing vital but often unnoticed services. But many pollinators are in serious decline in the United States and worldwide. Preventing continued losses of our country's pollinators requires immediate national attention, as pollinators play a critical role in maintaining diverse ecosystems and in supporting agricultural production. Some three-fourths of all native plants in the world require pollination by an animal, most often an insect, and most often a native bee. Pollinators, most often honey bees, are also responsible for one in every three bites of food we take, and increase our nation's crop values each year by more than 15 billion dollars. Unabated, these losses of our pollinators threaten agricultural production, the maintenance of natural plant communities, and the important services provided by those ecosystems, such as carbon cycling, flood and erosion control, and recreation. This book discusses national strategies and research action plans to improve the health of honey bees and other pollinators.

Author : Warren Thao
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 45,54 MB
Release : 2021-05-24
Category :
ISBN :

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Wouldn't it be incredible to raise your own honey bees, have a new inventory of nectar, and bring a large number of sound pollinators into your yard? Backyard Beekeeping Made Simple For Beginners is a basic, bit by bit direct that assists you with learning the essentials of present day beekeeping. You (and your honey bees) will be humming with charm. From picking the correct hive and bringing your honey bees home to enduring winter and gathering nectar, experienced Warren Thao takes you on a simple to-finish venture your first year of beekeeping and past. Backyard Beekeeping Made Simple For Beginners incorporates: Simply the essentials―Learn all you require to know to start your first Challenges to beekeeping ― Downsides tо raising bumble bees. Keeping a hеаlthу Hive ― Benefit of assessing your hive a few time during the year. Gathering Honey аnd Honey Tуреѕ ―How to collect hоnеу іn ѕеvеrаl fоrmѕ. Start your beekeeping the privilege way―and abstain from getting stung by mistakes―with Backyard Beekeeping Made Simple For Beginners.

Author : Malcolm T. Sanford
Publisher : Storey Publishing, LLC
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 19,92 MB
Release : 2018-07-10
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 161212979X

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This trusted handbook is a must-have for novice and seasoned beekeepers alike. Now totally redesigned and featuring color photos and graphics, the second edition also includes up-to-date information on honey bee health. The go-to reference presents comprehensive yet accessible information on everything from planning hives and installing a colony to preventing disease and managing productive hives that will bear bountiful honey harvests year after year. This publication conforms to the EPUB Accessibility specification at WCAG 2.0 Level AA.