Description
| Product ID: | 9781603584616 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Title: | Top-Bar Beekeeping |
| Subtitle: | Organic Practices for Honeybee Health |
| Authors: | Author: Heather Harrell, Les Crowder |
| Page Count: | 192 |
| Subjects: | Animal husbandry, Animal husbandry, Apiculture (beekeeping), Self-sufficiency and ‘green’ lifestyle, Wildlife: butterflies, other insects and spiders: general interest, Apiculture (beekeeping), Green lifestyle & self-sufficiency, Wildlife: butterflies, other insects & spiders |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Regular hive inspection and the removal of old combs helps to keep bees healthier and naturally disease-free.Top-Bar Beekeeping provides complete information on hive management and other aspects of using these innovative hives. Top-Bar Beekeeping is an offering designed to encourage beekeepers around the world to keep bees naturally by providing beekeeping basics, hive management and the utilization of top-bar hives. In recent years, beekeepers have had to face tremendous challenges, from pests, such as varroa and tracheal mites, to the mysterious but even more devastating phenomenon known as Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD). Yet in backyards and on rooftops all over the world, bees are being raised successfully, even without antibiotics, miticides, or other chemical inputs. More and more organically-minded beekeepers are now using top-bar hives, in which the shape of the interior resembles a hollow log. Long lasting and completely biodegradable, a top-bar hive made of untreated wood allows bees to build comb naturally rather than simply filling prefabricated foundation frames in a typical box hive with added supers. Top-bar hives yield slightly less honey but produce more beeswax than a typical Langstroth box hive. Regular hive inspection and the removal of old combs helps to keep bees healthier and naturally disease-free. Top-Bar Beekeeping provides complete information on hive management and other aspects of using these innovative hives. All home and hobbyist beekeepers who have the time and interest in keeping bees intensively should consider the natural, low-stress methods outlined in this book. It will also appeal to home orchardists, gardeners, and permaculture practitioners who look to bees for pollination as well as honey or beeswax. |
| Imprint Name: | Chelsea Green Publishing Co |
| Publisher Name: | Chelsea Green Publishing Co |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2013-06-26 |
