The Australian beekeeping manual
Owen, Robert, 1949-2020
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The Australian Beekeeping Manual is the most comprehensive reference for both novice and experienced beekeepers in Australia. The accessible yet detailed text, supported by over 350 full-colour photographs and illustrations, covers all the key areas, including the beekeeping equipment needed, how to obtain bees, where to locate them in the garden, and the basics of colony management. There are also in-depth chapters on the lifecycle of the honey bee, extracting honey, creating a bee-friendly garden, entering honey in competitions, pests and diseases, native bees, and rearing queens. A feature of this 2nd edition is the addition of a new chapter on the Flow Hive. The result is an invaluable beekeeping resource that will be referred to time and again, and which can be taken out to the hive for use as an immediate step-by-step guide or read at leisure.
Main title:
The Australian beekeeping manual / Robert Owen.
Author:
Edition:
2nd edition.
Imprint:
Chatswood, NSW : Exisle Publishing, 2020.
Collation:
[viii], 360 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), map ; 25 cm.
Notes:
First published 2015.Includes index and glossary."New flow hive chapter" -- cover."Includes over 350 detailed instructional photographs and illustrations" -- cover.Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Life history of the honey bee -- Basic equipment and protective clothing -- Constructing hives -- Frames and how to build them -- Your first bees -- Locating your bees -- Spring and summer management -- Autum and winter management -- Extracting -- Preparing honey for sale and competitions -- Rearing queens -- Sustainable beekeeping -- The bee-friendy garden -- Native bees -- Diseases of the honey bee -- Parasites of the honey bee -- Pests of the honey bee -- Other problems of the honey bee -- Other types of bees and wasps -- Flow hive.
ISBN:
9781925820928
Dewey class:
638.10994
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
381658
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Adult Non Fiction - Animals | 638.10994 OWE | Available |