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Author Linton, Frank, 1945- author.

Title The observation hive handbook : studying honey bees at home / Frank Linton.

Publication Info. Ithaca : Comstock Publishing Associates, a division of Cornell University Press, 2017.

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Description 1 online resource
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Benefits of observing honey bees at home -- Preparing for and selecting an observation hive -- Installing your observation hive -- Working an observation hive -- Maintaining your observation hive -- Observation hives in public spaces -- Bee photography and your observation hive -- Things to try with your observation hive.
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Summary This book will guide you in selecting an observation hive and choosing a site for it, modifying the hive and the site as needed, installing the hive, working with the hive, and maintaining the hive. It will prepare you to take a temporary portable observation hive to a market, fair, or school. Most important, it describes and illustrates the many ways you can use your observation hive to learn more about honey bees and how to care for them.
Subject Bee culture -- Study and teaching.
Beehives -- Study and teaching.
Honeybee -- Study and teaching.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / General.
NATURE / Animals / Insects & Spiders.
Bee culture -- Study and teaching. (OCoLC)fst00829558
Other Form: Print version: Linton, Frank, 1945- Observation hive handbook. Ithaca : Comstock Publishing Associates, a division of Cornell University Press, 2017 9781501709579 (DLC) 2017010758
ISBN 9781501709579 (electronic bk.)
1501709577 (electronic bk.)
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