The BBKA guide to beekeeping / Ivor Davis and Roger Cullum-Kenyon.
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- ISBN: 9781472920898
- ISBN: 1472920899
- Physical Description: 216 p.: illustrations (colour) ; 25 cm
- Edition: Second edition.
- Publisher: London: Bloomsbury, 2015.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Previous edition: 2012. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Bees and beekeeping -- The colony -- The hive -- The history of bees -- The beekeeping year -- Queens and drones -- Swarms -- Bee and colony health -- Plants and hive products -- Getting started |
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Subject: | Bee culture. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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The BBKA Guide to Beekeeping, Second Edition
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Table of Contents
The BBKA Guide to Beekeeping, Second Edition
Section | Section Description | Page Number |
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Chapter 1 | Bees and beekeeping | p. 2 |
Honey bees and humans | p. 4 | |
What is a honey bee? | p. 5 | |
Solitary bees and bumblebees | p. 6 | |
Animal husbandry | p. 7 | |
The anatomy of the honey bee | p. 8 | |
Chapter 2 | The colony | p. 16 |
The queen bee | p. 17 | |
Development of the queen | p. 19 | |
Drones, mating and reproduction | p. 21 | |
Workers | p. 23 | |
Who does what in the colony? | p. 24 | |
Lifecycles, communication and pheromones | p. 25 | |
Food sharing and bee dances | p. 27 | |
Chapter 3 | The hive | p. 32 |
History and key components of the hive | p. 32 | |
Frames and foundation | p. 38 | |
Beespace | p. 39 | |
Hive materials | p. 40 | |
Types of hives | p. 41 | |
Chapter 4 | The history of bees | p. 52 |
The ancestors of the honey bees | p. 53 | |
Evolution of the European honey bee | p. 57 | |
Honey hunters | p. 58 | |
The origins of beekeeping | p. 59 | |
Myths about bees | p. 61 | |
Beekeeping distributes the honey bee | p. 62 | |
The development and history of hives | p. 64 | |
Modern frame hives and smokers | p. 65 | |
Chapter 5 | The beekeeping year | p. 68 |
Inspecting the colony | p. 69 | |
Colony numbers | p. 70 | |
Keeping records - the start of the beekeeping year | p. 71 | |
Preparing for winter | p. 73 | |
Spring and the first major inspection | p. 78 | |
Summer inspections | p. 84 | |
The end of the season | p. 87 | |
Important manipulations | p. 88 | |
Key elements and actions | p. 95 | |
Chapter 6 | Queens and drones | p. 98 |
The life of the queen | p. 99 | |
Colony replication | p. 102 | |
Drones, mating and breeding virgins | p. 104 | |
Colony characteristics | p. 109 | |
Marking and clipping queens | p. 114 | |
Chapter 7 | Swarms | p. 116 |
The swarming process | p. 117 | |
Selecting a new site | p. 118 | |
Colony replication | p. 122 | |
Triggers for swarming, prevention and control | p. 123 | |
Artificial swarms: Pagden and Snelgrove | p. 128 | |
Swarm collection and hiving a swarm | p. 137 | |
Combining two colonies | p. 136 | |
Chapter 8 | Bee and colony health | p. 142 |
The importance of hygiene | p. 143 | |
The Bailey frame change | p. 144 | |
The beekeeper's personal equipment | p. 149 | |
Pests, vandals and theft | p. 151 | |
Diseases: Bacterial, fungal and viral | p. 156 | |
Varroa destructor and associated viruses | p. 163 | |
Notifiable diseases and pests | p. 167 | |
Chapter 9 | Plants and hive products | p. 170 |
Communication between plants and bees | p. 171 | |
Nectar and pollen collection | p. 172 | |
Wax and propolis | p. 178 | |
Other products of the hive | p. 180 | |
Extracting and processing honey | p. 180 | |
Selling your honey | p. 187 | |
Chapter 10 | Getting started | p. 190 |
Bee stings | p. 191 | |
Learning beekeeping | p. 192 | |
Setting up an apiary | p. 195 | |
How to acquire bees | p. 200 | |
Basic equipment requirements | p. 202 | |
How to build a colony | p. 205 | |
Insurance and liabilities | p. 206 | |
Contacts, Glossary and Index | p. 208 |