Breeding Super Bees

Breeding Super Bees
Author: S. Taber
Publisher: Peacock Press
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2000-09
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9781914934094

Steve Taber was a giant of the craft. He brought a wide experience in practical beekeeping to the problems of breeding. This volume brings together in one place a life times of experience

Queen Rearing and Bee Breeding

Queen Rearing and Bee Breeding
Author: Harry Hyde Laidlaw
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1997
Genre: Bee culture
ISBN: 9781878075086

"Written for beekeepers who know little about genetics and geneticists who know little about beekeeping." Chapter topics are: Brief history of queen rearing, The queen, The production of queen cells, Mating the virgin queens, The care of queens, Controlled mating, Genetics, Selective breeding, The genetic basis of disease resistance, Bibliography, Remarks, Whimsy and Index.

Queen Bee

Queen Bee
Author: David Richard Woodward
Publisher:
Total Pages: 137
Release: 2007
Genre: Bee culture
ISBN: 9780473119331

Beekeeping at Buckfast

Beekeeping at Buckfast
Author: Brother Adam
Publisher: Northern Bee Books
Total Pages: 140
Release: 2020-09-23
Genre:
ISBN: 9781912271719

Brother Adam O.B.E., D.Sc. was undeniably one of the world's leading authorities on the races and strains of honeybees. His world-wide travel in search of bees and his beekeeping at Buckfast Abbey have inspired vast admiration. In this work we learn of the philosophy, the science and the practice of his life's work - honey production and bee breeding.

Natural Beekeeping

Natural Beekeeping
Author: Ross Conrad
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2013-03-08
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1603583637

Whether you are a novice looking to get started with bees, an experienced apiculturist looking for ideas to develop an integrated pest-management approach, or someone who wants to sell honey at a premium price, this is the book you’ve been waiting for. Now revised and updated with new resources and including full-color photos throughout, Natural Beekeeping offers all the latest information in a book that has already proven invaluable for organic beekeepers. The new edition offers the same holistic, sensible alternative to conventional chemical practices with a program of natural hive management, but offers new sections on a wide range of subjects, including: The basics of bee biology and anatomy Urban beekeeping Identifying and working with queens Parasitic mite control Hive diseases Also, a completely new chapter on marketing provides valuable advice for anyone who intends to sell a wide range of hive products. Other chapters include: Hive Management Genetics and Breeding The Honey Harvest The Future of Organic Beekeeping Ross Conrad brings together the best “do no harm” strategies for keeping honeybees healthy and productive with nontoxic methods of controlling mites; eliminating American foulbrood disease without the use of antibiotics; selective breeding for naturally resistant bees; and many other detailed management techniques, which are covered in a thoughtful, matter-of-fact way.

Top-Bar Beekeeping

Top-Bar Beekeeping
Author: Les Crowder
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
Total Pages: 195
Release: 2012-11-27
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1603584625

Top-Bar Beekeeping is an offering designed to encourage beekeepers around the world to keep bees naturally by providing beekeeping basics, hive management and the utilization of top-bar hives. In recent years, beekeepers have had to face tremendous challenges, from pests, such as varroa and tracheal mites, to the mysterious but even more devastating phenomenon known as Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD). Yet in backyards and on rooftops all over the world, bees are being raised successfully, even without antibiotics, miticides, or other chemical inputs. More and more organically-minded beekeepers are now using top-bar hives, in which the shape of the interior resembles a hollow log. Long lasting and completely biodegradable, a top-bar hive made of untreated wood allows bees to build comb naturally rather than simply filling prefabricated foundation frames in a typical box hive with added supers. Top-bar hives yield slightly less honey but produce more beeswax than a typical Langstroth box hive. Regular hive inspection and the removal of old combs helps to keep bees healthier and naturally disease-free. Top-Bar Beekeeping provides complete information on hive management and other aspects of using these innovative hives. All home and hobbyist beekeepers who have the time and interest in keeping bees intensively should consider the natural, low-stress methods outlined in this book. It will also appeal to home orchardists, gardeners, and permaculture practitioners who look to bees for pollination as well as honey or beeswax.