how to keep bees and develop your full potential as an apiarist /
David Cramp.
1st ed.
Oxford :
Spring Hill,
2008.
xiv, 304 pages :
illustrations ;
21 cm
New Zealand author.
Reprinted 2009, 2010.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-281) and index.
Honey bees and human beings -- Understanding the honey-bee colony -- Using the products of the hive and bees -- Obtaining equipment and bees -- Starting with bees -- The active season: spring -- The active season: summer and autumn -- Dealing with problems -- Overwintering your bees: autumn to spring -- Controlling diseases and pests -- Rearing queens and breeding bees -- Exploring products and career possibilities.
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Beekeeping can provide you with an interesting and useful hobby or a lucrative and rewarding business. It is recognised as a vital agricultural industry and can therefore also offer you a globe trotting career. This book helps you to find out how to start and develop beekeeping as a business.