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      The Backyard Beekeeper, 4th Edition: An Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Keeping Bees in Your Yard and Garden

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      The Backyard Beekeeper, 4th Edition is your complete honey bee resource, loaded with updated information on bee problems and treatments, measuring techniques, swarm control, harvesting, and using top bar hives.
      The Backyard Beekeeper, now in its 4th edition, ...

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      Product ID:9781631593321
      Product Form:Paperback / softback
      Country of Manufacture:CN
      Title:The Backyard Beekeeper, 4th Edition
      Subtitle:An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Keeping Bees in Your Yard and Garden
      Authors:Author: Kim Flottum
      Page Count:240
      Subjects:Apiculture (beekeeping), Apiculture (beekeeping), Gardening, Gardening
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      The Backyard Beekeeper, 4th Edition is your complete honey bee resource, loaded with updated information on bee problems and treatments, measuring techniques, swarm control, harvesting, and using top bar hives.
      The Backyard Beekeeper, now in its 4th edition, makes the time-honored and complex tradition of beekeeping an enjoyable and accessible backyard pastime for urban and rural beekeepers of all skill levels.

      More than a guide to beekeeping, this handbook 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


      What’s New?

      • Information for urban bees and beekeepers
      • Using your smoker the right way
      • Better pest management
      • Providing consistent and abundant good food
      • Keeping your hives healthy

      With this complete resource and the expert advice of Bee Culture editor 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:2018-01-04

      Additional information

      Weight852 g
      Dimensions216 × 207 × 15 mm