Description
| Product ID: | 9781631599552 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | CN |
| Title: | Common Sense Natural Beekeeping |
| Subtitle: | Sustainable, Bee-Friendly Techniques to Help Your Hives Survive and Thrive |
| Authors: | Author: Kim Flottum |
| Page Count: | 128 |
| Subjects: | Sustainable agriculture, Sustainable agriculture, Apiculture (beekeeping), Self-sufficiency and ‘green’ lifestyle, Apiculture (beekeeping), Green lifestyle & self-sufficiency |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Common Sense Natural Beekeeping teaches aspiring as well as experienced beekeepers how to keep their bees healthy and productive without depending on unnatural chemical or human intervention. With Common Sense Natural Beekeeping, learn to keep bees sustainably with limited chemical or human intervention. Today’s bees face unprecedented challenges. Chemical treatments for pests like the ubiquitous and deadly varroa mite have become standard even as resistance to such treatments grows and evidence suggests the chemical treatments themselves are contributing to the widely discussed Colony Collapse Disorder. Common Sense Natural Beekeeping offers beekeepers a different choice. Based on expert advice from Kim Flottom, editor emeritus of Bee Culture magazine and best-selling author of The Backyard Beekeeper, this book teaches holistic, sensible alternatives to conventional apiary practices, and includes:
Beekeepers today have myriad choices to make that affect their bees’ health and productivity. From housing to nutrition, including pests and diseases, Common Sense Natural Beekeeping introduces sustainable alternatives for natural hive management. |
| Imprint Name: | Quarry Books |
| Publisher Name: | Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-11-30 |
