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The Backyard Beekeeper, 5th Edition: An Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Keeping Bees in Your Yard and Garden – Natural beekeeping techniques – New Varroa mite and American foulbrood treatments – Introduction to technologies for recordkeeping and maintenance

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The Backyard Beekeeper, 5th Edition is your complete honey bee resource, loaded with essential information for beginning and maintaining healthy hives.
Enjoy the time-honored tradition of beekeeping in your own backyard or urban rooftop with this accessible resource for...

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Product ID:9780760385821
Product Form:Paperback / softback
Country of Manufacture:GB
Title:The Backyard Beekeeper, 5th Edition
Subtitle:An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Keeping Bees in Your Yard and Garden – Natural beekeeping techniques – New Varroa mite and American foulbrood treatments – Introduction to technologies for recordkeeping and maintenance
Authors:Author: Kim Flottum
Page Count:256
Subjects:Sustainable agriculture, Sustainable agriculture, Apiculture (beekeeping), Self-sufficiency and ‘green’ lifestyle, Apiculture (beekeeping), Green lifestyle & self-sufficiency
Description:Select Guide Rating
The Backyard Beekeeper, 5th Edition is your complete honey bee resource, loaded with essential information for beginning and maintaining healthy hives.
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 new treatments for and updated info on the battle with Varroa mites
  • How to deal with 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 the expert advice of Bee Culture editor emeritus Kim Flottum, your bees will be healthy, happy, and more productive.
Imprint Name:Quarry Books
Publisher Name:Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
Country of Publication:GB
Publishing Date:2024-02-29