Keeping Bees And Making Honey

by Benjamin, Alison

• ISBN13: 9780715328101
• ISBN10: 0715328107
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-05-16
• Publisher: F & W Media Inc

Summary

Bees and their ecological state are frequently in the press, and public awareness of their value and importance is at an all-time high Bee keeping is becoming increasingly fashionable-- Bees targets both the lifestyle reader who is attracted to the

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 6
Understanding bees	p. 8
History	p. 10
Bee species	p. 12
The caste system	p. 14
The anatomy of a honey bee	p. 15
The birth cycle	p. 16
The life cycle	p. 17
What to consider	p. 18
Space	p. 20
Children	p. 24
Routine	p. 25
Housing your bees	p. 28
How a hive works	p. 30
Different types of hives	p. 32
Hive components	p. 36
What you'll need	p. 40
The kit	p. 42
Where and when to get your bees	p. 46
Getting your bees	p. 48
Making your bees feel at home	p. 52
Transferring your bees	p. 54
What's in the hive	p. 56
Pollen	p. 60
Adding supers	p. 62
Gardening for bees	p. 64
Gardens and flowers	p. 66
All about honey	p. 72
How bees make honey	p. 74
How much honey	p. 78
How to harvest honey	p. 82
How to jar honey	p. 86
How to show honey	p. 87
Selling your honey	p. 88
Honey in folklore	p. 89
Bees in winter	p. 90
Preparing for winter	p. 92
Second year	p. 96
The start of the second year	p. 98
Swarming	p. 100
Bee products	p. 104
Beeswax	p. 106
Beeswax candles	p. 108
Cosmetics	p. 110
Recipes	p. 112
Health and care	p. 118
Prevention and cure	p. 120
Glossary	p. 124
Index and Picture credits	p. 126
Useful addresses, links and acknowledgments	p. 128
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