The Backyard Beekeeper, 4th Edition: An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Keeping Bees in Your Yard and Garden
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Learn everything you need to know to start your colony with this straightforward, highly visual guide for beginning beekeepers.
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Featuring more than 120 color photos, Beginning Beekeeping will teach any beginner how to foster and maintain healthy, vibrant colonies. You’ll learn how to set up a colony and attract bees, how to incorporate best practices and techniques for keeping colonies strong, and how to troubleshoot and treat a broad range of common hive issues. Along the way, you’ll learn how to harvest your honey and keep your bees healthy and happy.
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Included in Beginning Beekeeping:
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·      Practical information on how a hive works, how and where to set up hives for maximum success, buying and installing bees, feeding bees, and more, with recommendations for both urban and rural settings
·      Effective treatment recommendations for dealing with common hive pests and diseases including mites, foulbrood, and colony collapse disorder (CCD), with recommendations for both conventional and organic treatments
·      Tips for dealing with common hive issues such as swarming, robbing, absconding, as well as guidance for managing aggressive hives and tips for keeping a queenright colony
·      Instructions for enjoying rich, bountiful honey harvests, and instructions for processing and storing the honey and wax from your hives, as well how to make products from your harvest
·      Seasonal guidance to ensure your hives return healthy and strong each and every year
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If you’re new to beekeeping, Beginning Beekeeping is the perfect companion to get you started!
Country | USA |
Brand | DK |
Manufacturer | DK |
Binding | Paperback |
ItemPartNumber | 9781465454539 |
Color | White |
ReleaseDate | 2017-03-14 |
UnitCount | 1 |
Format | Illustrated |
EANs | 9781465454539 |