First Lessons in Beekeeping

Name: First Lessons in Beekeeping
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ISBN: 9780915698127

ISBN-10: 0915698129

ISBN-13: 9780915698127

Edition: 1st 2007

Authors: Keith S. Delaplane

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"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."

Book details

Edition: 1st
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Dadant & Sons
Binding: Perfect
Pages: 166
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.924
Language: English

Preface to the 2007 Edition	p. V
The Place of Honey Bees in the World	p. 1
Apis mellifera mellifera	p. 2
Apis mellifera ligustica	p. 3
Apis mellifera caucasica	p. 3
Apis mellifera carnica	p. 4
Russian bees	p. 4
Apis mellifera scutellata	p. 5
The place of beekeeping in the world	p. 5
The Honey Bees' World	p. 11
Social life	p. 11
The biology of individuals	p. 12
Some things in common	p. 13
The biology of workers	p. 17
The biology of queens	p. 18
The biology of drones	p. 20
The biology of the colony	p. 22
The grand objectives	p. 22
Overwintering	p. 22
Spring and the reproductive cycle	p. 23
Queen supersedure	p. 25
Foraging regulation and recruitment	p. 25
The Bee Hive and Its Accessories	p. 29
Bottom board	p. 30
Hive bodies	p. 32
Queen excluder	p. 33
Honey supers	p. 34
Foundation	p. 34
Frames	p. 35
Inner and outer covers	p. 40
Feeders	p. 40
Boardman feeder	p. 41
Division board feeder	p. 42
Plastic food bags	p. 42
Pails with perforated lids	p. 43
Smoker	p. 44
Hive tool	p. 44
Veil	p. 44
Gloves	p. 45
Bee suit	p. 46
Getting Started	p. 47
Apiary locations	p. 47
Four ways to get started	p. 48
Working a colony	p. 49
Installing package bees	p. 50
Installation	p. 50
Three-week check	p. 57
Installing swarms	p. 59
Installing nucleus colonies	p. 61
Buying established colonies	p. 62
Management for Honey Production and Pollination	p. 65
Early season build-up	p. 65
Requeening	p. 66
Swarm management	p. 69
Supering for the nectar flow	p. 73
Other considerations in honey production	p. 74
Working with Africanized bees	p. 75
Honey plants	p. 78
Pollination	p. 83
Products of the Bee Hive	p. 85
Processing honey	p. 85
Honey moisture	p. 85
Harvesting honey	p. 86
Post-harvest dehydration	p. 86
Extracting honey	p. 88
Comb honey	p. 92
Beeswax	p. 95
Pollen	p. 96
Off-Season Management	p. 99
Optimum colony configuration	p. 99
Achieving optimum colony configuration	p. 100
Weather protection	p. 102
Warm winter days	p. 103
Honey Bee Disorders, Parasites, and Nest Invaders	p. 105
Integrated pest management	p. 106
Diseases of Brood	p. 107
American foulbrood	p. 107
European foulbrood	p. 111
Chalkbrood	p. 113
Sacbrood	p. 116
Diseases of adults	p. 116
Nosema	p. 116
Viruses	p. 117
Parasitic mites	p. 118
Tracheal mites	p. 118
Varroa mites	p. 121
Nest scavengers	p. 126
Wax moths	p. 126
Small hive beetles	p. 129
Non-infectious disorders	p. 134
Queenlessness	p. 134
Robbing	p. 135
Visible mutations	p. 136
Predators, vertebrate or otherwise	p. 137
Pesticides	p. 141
Epilogue	p. 145
Glossary	p. 148
Index	p. 163
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