Storey's Guide to Keeping Honey Bees: Honey Production, Pollination, Health

Bonney, Richard E./ Sanford, Malcolm

ISBN 10: 1603425500 / ISBN 13: 9781603425506

Published by Storey Books, 2010

About this Item

244 pages. 8.90x5.90x0.70 inches. In Stock.

Seller Inventory # 1603425500

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Storey's Guide to Keeping Honey Bees: Honey Production, Pollination, Health
• Publisher: Storey Books
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1603425500
• ISBN 13: 9781603425506
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.42 kilograms

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Synopsis

Enjoy the sweet rewards of keeping your own honey bees. Learn how to plan a hive, acquire bees, install a colony, keep your bees healthy, and harvest honey. Full of practical advice on apiary equipment and tools, this comprehensive guide also includes an overview of colony life and honey bee anatomy.

About the Authors

Dr. Malcolm T. Sanford is professor emeritus at the University of Florida. He has been published extensively in the apiculture press including the journals Bee Culture and American Bee Journal. He has been the author of The Apis Newsletter for more than 20 years at Ohio State University and the University of Florida, writing on beekeeping management, and is the coordinator of the Apis Information Resource Center. He has been a beekeeping management consultant in Egypt, Italy, France, Chile, Ecuador, Iraq, and Mexico. He lives in Gainesville, Florida.

Veteran beekeeper Richard E. Bonney, author of Hive Management, Beekeeping, and co-author of Storey’s Guide to Keeping Honey Bees, was the longtime owner of Charlemont Apiaries in Charlemont, Massachusetts.