Keeping bees and making honey / Alison Benjamin and Brian McCallum.
A guide to beekeeping, providing background information about the insects, identifying factors to consider when deciding to keep bees, discussing types of hives, where to get bees, and how to make them feel at home, and looking at gardens and flowers that attract bees, how to harvest and jar honey, how to prepare bees for winter, and other bee products.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780715328101
- ISBN: 0715328107
- Physical Description: 127 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
- Publisher: Cincinnati : David & Charles, [2008]
- Copyright: ©2008
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Includes index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Understanding bees 8 -- History 10 -- Bee species 12 -- Caste system 14 -- Anatomy of a honey bee 15 -- Birth cycle 16 -- Life cycle 17 -- What to consider 18 -- Space 20 -- Children 24 -- Routine 25 -- Housing your bees 28 -- How a hive works 30 -- Different types of hives 32 -- Hive components 36 -- Kit 42 -- Where and when to get your bees 46 -- Getting your bees 48 -- Making your bees feel at home 52 -- Transferring your bees 54 -- What's in the hive 56 -- Pollen 60 -- Adding supers 62 -- Gardening for bees 64 -- Gardens and flowers 66 -- All about honey 72 -- How bees make honey 74 -- How much honey 78 -- How to harvest honey 82 -- How to jar honey 86 -- How to show honey 87 -- Selling your honey 88 -- Honey in folklore 89 -- Bees in winter 90 -- Preparing for winter 92 -- Second year 96 -- Start of the second year 98 -- Swarming 100 -- Bee products 104 -- Beeswax 106 -- Beeswax candles 108 -- Cosmetics 110 -- Health and care 118 -- Prevention and cure 120.
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- Subject:
- Bee culture > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Genre:
- Handbooks and manuals.
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- 11 of 11 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 11 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville Main Library | 638.1 BEN (Text) | 36015000630570 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
