Beekeeping for Beginners
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Beekeeping for Beginners by Kim Flottum
With this absolute beginner's guide, learn how to set up your backyard hives, select and raise bees, and harvest honey, with the added bonus of bringing pollinators to your yard and garden.You've decided to try beekeeping--so where do you start? Beekeeping for Beginners, adapted from the best-selling The Backyard Beekeeper, covers everything you need to know, from selecting the right kind of hives, and finding and bringing bees home to your yard, right up to the collection and enjoyment of the glorious reward--golden honey. Rewarding and environmentally beneficial, reading this complete and introductory guide is the first step in your journey to becoming a successful beekeeper, whether you decide to have one hive or twenty-five.
Renowned beekeeping expert Kim Flottum shares his vast knowledge from years of teaching beekeeping to all levels of enthusiasts for a no-fail approach to bringing a productive bee colony onto your property. Featuring diagrams and color photos, learning what you need to know to establish a vibrant bee colony is fun and easy.
The features that set Beekeeping for Beginners apart from other guides:
- Simplified approach―Aimed at the beginner, the book covers everything you need to know in uncomplicated and accessible language, accompanied by full-color illustrative photography.
- Up to date and organic―Learn details on the most current methods that make beekeeping sustainable and accessible even for the smallest yard and urban enthusiasts.
- Learn from an expert―Complete information from a trusted voice in the beekeeping community will give you the tools and knowledge you need to enjoy keeping bees with confidence.
This guide offers detailed instruction for:
- Establishing and taking care of your new bees
- Stress-free hive management
- Site selection and management
- Safety and swarm control
- Types of hives including top bar hives
- Harvesting, collecting, and processing honey
- Keeping bees and hives healthy year-round in all climates
- Urban beekeeping
- Smokers 101
- Pest and disease management
- Biodiversity and food for healthy hives
Learn everything you need to know to start your colony with this straightforward, highly visual guide for beginning beekeepers.
Kim Flottum adds more than a decade of expertise in plant science, honey bee research, and basic farming to his thirty years as editor of Bee Culture magazine, where his major job is to discover answers to the many concerns that new, intermediate, and even advanced and experienced beekeepers have. He offers beginner and advanced beekeeping classes, travels frequently to educate and speak, and contributes to a number of other books on topics such as honey bee biology and beekeeping, beekeeping business and pollination, creating and using varietal honeys, and a variety of other topics. His fundamental and advanced contributions to beekeeping knowledge are widely read in his books, magazine articles, interviews, and blogs. His magazine platform allows him to express his social commentary on a variety of themes, including genetically modified foods, pesticide abuse, and good and bad government laws in the business. He is beekeeping's foremost advocate for basic honey bee safety, such as ensuring outstanding honey bee health, providing exceptional fodder, and reducing agricultural chemical use.
| SKU | Nicht verfügbar |
| ISBN 13 | 9780760379677 |
| ISBN 10 | 076037967X |
| Titel | Beekeeping for Beginners |
| Autor | Kim Flottum |
| Serie | New Shoe Press |
| Buchzustand | Nicht verfügbar |
| Bindungsart | Paperback |
| Verlag | Quarry Books |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2022-08-16 |
| Seitenanzahl | 160 |
| Hinweis auf dem Einband | Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden. |
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