Basics of ... Beekeeping - Softcover

Langstroth, Lorenzo Lorraine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0692240675 ISBN 13: 9780692240670

Publisher: Basics of ..., 2014

Synopsis

•This classic work has been greatly enhanced and extended with both photographs and images to illustrate the many facets of Beekeeping. A guide for the aspiring apiarist. All you need to know to get started in beekeeping. In this updated edition, a compilation of advice from Langstroth, Quinby, Huber, and a number of contemporary contributors, you will find everything you need to know about Honeybees, Apiculture, Honey and Pollen, the Hive, the Apiary, Breeding, Pasturage, Feeding, Swarming, Replacing the Queen, Enemies of Bees, Colony Collapse Disorder, and the mysterious Behavior of Bees. Well illustrated.

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About the Author

Lorenzo Lorraine Langstroth (1810 -1895) is considered "the Father of American Beekeeping." Langstroth is popularly credited with discovering the "bee space." He was the inventor of the Langstroth Hive, the most commonly used hive design today. Moses Quinby (1810-1875) is known as "the father of commercial beekeeping in the United States. He is credited with the invention of the modern bee smoker with bellows. At his peak, Quinby managed over 1,200 hives

Edition details

• Publisher: Basics of ...
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0692240675
• ISBN 13: 9780692240670
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 242