Save the bees with natural backyard hives the easy and treatment-free way to attract and keep healthy bees
The husband-and-wife team behind the nonprofit HoneyLove make the case that beekeeping ought to be treated as more than a hobby or money-making enterprise. It is an entrance into a complex and sometimes fierce world that must be engaged and understood on its own terms.
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Salem, MA :
Page Street Publishing Co.,
2015.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: The bees chose us
- Principles of treatment-free beekeeping and how it will save the bees
- Beekeeping basics: Getting started is easy and fun
- Acquiring honeybees is simple
- Getting to know your superorganisms
- Bee success: How to inspect your bees, fix common problems and set up your hive for prosperity
- How to save a failing hive
- Nectar flow, beebread and what to feed your bees
- How to prepare hives for winter
- Honey harvest
- Urban beekeeping basics for tiny and giant backyards
- The art of beekeeping.
