# Beekeeping

* Beekeeping A Guide to Bees, Beekeeping and Associated Practices
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## An Introduction to Beekeeping

* Why Keep Bees
* Starting Out Right With Bees

### Types of Beekeepers

* Residential Beekeeping
* Hobby Beekeeping
* Sideline Beekeeping
* Commercial Beekeeping

## Types of Bees

* Bumblebees
* Solitary Bees
* Semi-Social Bees
* Honey Bees

### Races

* Races

### Castes

   * Queen
   * Drone
   * Worker

### Anatomy

   * Anatomy of the Queen
   * Anatomy of the Worker
   * Anatomy of the Drone
   * Anatomy of the Larva and Pupa
* Social Life

### Communication

   * Dance Language
   * Pheromones

### Behavior

   * Fanning
   * Flight
   * Guard
   * Robbing
   * Swarming
* Color and Object Recognition
* Learning

## Hives for honeybees
### Langstroth Hive
#### Bottom Board

   * Slatted Bottom Board
   * Screened Bottom Board

#### Covers

   * Telescopic Cover
   * Garden Cover
   * Inner Cover
   * Migratory Cover

#### Entrance Modifier

   * Entrance Reducer
   * Mouse Guard

#### Feeders

   * Entrance Feeder
   * Hive Top Feeder
   * Frame Feeder

#### Frames

   * Foundation

#### Hive Bodies

   * Brood Nest
   * Supers
   * Comb Honey Supers

#### Other Hive Parts

   * Hive Stand
   * Queen Excluder
   * Sticky Board

### Top Bar Hives

   * Kenya Top Bar Hive
   * Tanzania Top Bar Hives
   * Top Bars

### Other Hive Designs

   * Beegum Hive (antiquated)
   * Natural Hive
   * Observation Hive
   * Skep Hives (antiquated)
   * Tile Hive (antiquated)
   * WBC Hive (traditional but now uncommon British Hive)
   * British National (or Modified National)
   * Smith Hive
   * Commercial (and Modified Commercial)
   * Dadant
   * Warre/People's Hive and variants

### Obtaining Hive Parts

   * Buying New
   * Buying Used
   * Building

## Tools and Equipment
### Hive Manipulation

   * Hive Tool
   * Frame Grip

### Bee Manipulation

   * Bee Brush
   * Smoker
   * Bee Blower

### Protective Gear

   * Veil
   * Bee Suit
   * Bee Gloves

### Build Up and Maintenance

   * Embedders
   * Frame Cleaner
   * Foundation Press

## First Steps with Bees
### Obtaining Bees
#### Packaged Bees

   * Caring for a Package of Bees
   * Hiving a Packages

#### Nucs and Existing Hives

   * Moving Hives
   * Hiving Nucs

#### Swarms and Feral Hives

   * Swarm Baiting
   * Swarms Capture
   * Hiving Swarms
   * Collecting Feral Hives
   * Hiving Feral Hives

### Acquiring Queen Bees

   * Introducing the Queen
   * Handling the Queen

## Hive Management
### Standard Hive Management

   * Opening the Hive for the First Time
   * Locating the Queen

### Advanced Hive Management

   * Swarm Prevention
   * Producing Comb Honey
   * Marking the Queen
   * Queen Rearing

### Seasonal Management

   * Spring Management
   * Summer Management
   * Fall Management
   * Winter Management

## Hive Products
### Honey

* Varieties of Honey

#### Forms of Honey

   * Extracted Honey
   * Comb Honey
   * Chunk Honey
   * Creamed Honey
   * Adulterated Honey

#### Processing Honey

   * Extracting Honey
   * Packaging Honey
   * Selling Honey

#### Using Honey

   * Food Recipes
   * Mead Making

#### Honey Tools

   * Uncapping Tools
   * Comb Cutter
   * Honey Extractor
   * Honey Press
   * Refractometer

### Beeswax

* Cosmetic Formulas
* Candle Making

#### Wax Tools

   * Wax Melting
   * Wax Processing

### Royal Jelly
## Special Practices
### Bee Manipulation

   * Biological Beekeeping
   * Small Cell Regression

### Hive Manipulations

   * Joining Hives
   * Splitting Hives
   * Migratory Beekeeping

## Disease and Pests
### Parasites

   * Tracheal Mite (Acarine Disease)
   * Varroa Mites

### Disease

   * Acute Bee Paralysis (ABP)
   * Amoeba
   * Chronic Paralysis Virus (CPV)
   * Dysentery
   * Kashmir Bee Virus (KBV)
   * Nosema
   * Septicemia

### Brood Disease

   * American Foul Brood (AFB)
   * Chalkbrood
   * European Foul Brood (EFB)
   * Sacbrood
   * Stonebrood

### Chemicals

   * Pesticides

### Pests

   * Bears
   * Birds
   * Hive Beetle
   * Mice
   * Skunks
   * Vandals
   * Wax Moth

## Plants for Bees

* Pollination Process
* Plants for Honey Bees
* Plants for Bumblebees
* Plants for Solitary Bees

## Special Interest

* Africanized Honey Bee
* Allergies
* Gaining Support of Friends and Neighbors
* Phobia

### History

   * Evolution of the Honey Bee
   * Impact of Man
   * Historical Beekeeping Practices

## Appendices

* Beekeeping Glossary
* Beekeeper’s Guide to Essential Oils
* Beekeeping Clubs and Associations
* Frequently Asked Questions
* Images and Illustrations
* Manufacturers and Resources
* Other Reference Material
* Recipes for the Bees

## Acknowledgments and Book Information

* Book Contributors
* Editing Guidelines and Information