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Hive Management: A Seasonal Guide for Beekeepers

by: Richard E. Bonney

: Hive Management: A Seasonal Guide for Beekeepers
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 638.14
EAN: 9780882666372
ISBN: 0882666371
Label: Storey Publishing, LLC
Manufacturer: Storey Publishing, LLC
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 160
Publication Date: January 02, 1991
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
Sales Rank: 18589
Studio: Storey Publishing, LLC



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The beekeeper's year begins with a late winter hive inspection and ends with 'putting the bees to bed' in the autumn. Richard Bonney believes that each beekeeping activity should be performed with an eye toward the overall well-being of the colony, as part of an integrated year-round program of hive management. Long-term success in beekeeping can only be achieved by understanding the intimate lives, behaviors, and motivations of honey bees ; the factors which govern the life of each colony. Richard Bonney explains the reasons behind common practices that many beekeepers perform without really knowing why. He also stresses when to take timely actions that will prevent problems in future seasons. Hive Management offers concise, up-to-date information on the whole range of beekeeping tasks, including: ; How to prevent, control, and capture swarms. ; What you can tell from an outside inspection of your hives. ; When and how to 'take the crop' and harvest honey. ; How to successfully requee



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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - A stellar reference book for intermediate beekeepers
A well organized, sensible and rather complete book on beekeeping. Another must reference book for ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - a must have
Hive Management written by Richard Bonney is awesome! This is not intended to be your first bee book, ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Bee Farmer
A good all round book.
The chapters lay it out for the reader, and if that reader is like me you ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Awsome Book
This book is well written and laid out in a great way to make keeping bees easier to understand. Highly ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Nice general book
This is a very readable book - Bonney puts words together well. Not a "must have" in a beekeeper's library ... Read More

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