Edition |
Second edition. |
Description |
1 online resource : color illustrations |
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data file rda |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Bees and beekeeping -- The colony -- The hive -- The history of bees -- The beekeeping year -- Queens and drones -- Swarms -- Bee and colony health -- Plants and hive products -- Getting started. |
Summary |
The number of people interested and active in keeping bees at an amateur level has continued to increase over the past few years in both rural and urban situations. This guide, aimed at beginning beekeepers, and the only one to be endorsed by the BBKA provides an authoritative text, along with clear photographs and illustrations. Each chapter is accompanied by anecdotes, answers to frequently asked questions and fascinating facts about bees and honey. The new edition includes new step-by-step sequences to illustrate procedures such as containing a swarm, identifying the queen, using a smoker and cleaning a hive as well as more information on different kinds of hives, disease management and many other key areas. |
Note |
Print version record. |
Subject |
Bee culture.
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Bee culture -- Great Britain.
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Green lifestyle & self-sufficiency.
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Agriculture & farming.
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Apiculture (beekeeping)
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- General.
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Bee culture. (OCoLC)fst00829545
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Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
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Added Author |
Cullum-Kenyon, Roger, author.
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British Bee-keepers' Association.
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Added Title |
British Bee-keepers' Association guide to beekeeping |
Other Form: |
Print version: Davis, Ivor (Beekeeper). BBKA guide to beekeeping. Second edition. London : Bloomsbury, 2015 9781472920898 (OCoLC)925303655 |
ISBN |
9781472920904 (electronic book) |
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1472920902 (electronic book) |
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9781472920911 |
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1472920910 |
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9781472920898 |
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1472920899 |
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