First Lessons in Beekeeping

Keith Delaplane

ISBN 10: 0915698129 / ISBN 13: 9780915698127

Published by Dadant & Sons, 2007

About this Item

2009 Reprint of original 1934 edition. Paperback, 171pp. The Dadant family, originally from France, is one the first families of beekeeping in America. Charles Dadant (1817-1902) is considered one of the founding fathers of modern beekeeping. He was always seeking a better way to keep bees. Just as he had begun with the old European eke, he quickly abandoned that kind of beekeeping for the modern Langstroth hive concept. Bee hives have often been designed and built without regard for the needs and habits of the honey bee colony. Probably the best design for a colony was the large hive developed by Charles Dadant. It provided a large, deep brood chamber with plenty of room in which the queen could lay, and shallower supers for honey storage. However, the price and promotion of smaller hives offered for sale during the period from about 1885 to 1900 made them more popular. Charles son, Camille Pierre Dadant, authored First Lessons in Beekeeping, a standard and still important work on this subject. Dadant's book and its succeeding editions have been America's first stop for beginning beekeepers for over 90 years. Lavishing illustrated with photographs.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: First Lessons in Beekeeping
• Publisher: Dadant & Sons
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0915698129
• ISBN 13: 9780915698127
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good

About this title

Synopsis

First Lessons in Beekeeping introduces the prospective beekeeper to the basics of beekeeping through easy-to-understand text and numerous color photos on honey bee biology, beekeeping equipment, management, honey production and processing, as well as disease diagnosis and treatment. In the preface to this book, author Keith Delaplane says of his first book on beekeeping, "Its pages opened to me a golden world of honey bees and beekeeping and guided my stumbling steps that first spring season. My story is but one of thousands who have passed through the door opened by Dadant's little book."

About the Author

Keith S. Delaplane is Professor of Entomology and head of honey bee research and extension lab at the University of Georgia. He has a long association with honey bees, beginning when his father bought him a beginner's kit when he was 13. Dr. Delaplane has authored, co-authored, or edited over 200 publications, including four books, one public television series, and over 30 original research articles. He is a recipient of the Exceptional Service award by the Apiary Inspectors of America; James I. Hambleton Award for Research by the Eastern Apicultural Society; and the D.W. Brooks and Walter B. Hill Awards for Service by the University of Georgia.