The Backyard Beekeeper, 5th Edition

An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Keeping Bees in Your Yard and Garden

Kim Flottum

• Éditeur: Quarry Books
• Année: 2024
• ISBN:
  9780760385838
• Sujet: Tecnologia e ingegneria
• Sous-sujet: Agricoltura

Enjoy the time-honored tradition of beekeeping in your own backyard or urban rooftop with this accessible resource for beekeepers of all skill levels, now in its 5th edition. More than a guide to beekeeping, The Backyard Beekeeper features expert advice for:

• Setting up and caring for your own colonies
• Selecting the best location to place your new bee colonies for their safety and yours
• The most practical and nontoxic ways to care for your bees
• Swarm control
• Using top bar hives
• Harvesting the products of a beehive and collecting and using honey
• Bee problems and treatments

New in this edition:

• Natural beekeeping techniques like insulating hives for the winter to mimic the advantages of bee homes in the wild
• Important newtreatments for and updated info on the battle with Varroa mites
• How to dealwith the new antibiotic recommendations for American foulbrood
• Introduction to new recordkeeping technology to consider

In addition to content updates to reflect the most recent research and technology in beekeeping, the book features a new design with larger, easier-to-read text, many new photos, and a more easily navigable structure. With this complete reference and theexpert advice of Bee Culture editor emeritus Kim Flottum, your bees will be healthy, happy, and more productive.