Natural beekeeping
By: Ross Conrad.
Publisher: Chelsea Green Pub.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: White River Junction, Vt
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9781933392080
Subjects: Bee culture; Organic farming
Description: Offers a holistic, sensible alternative to conventional chemical practices with a program of natural hive management. 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 diseases (without the use of antibiotics), selective breeding for naturally resistant bees, and many other tips and techniques. Detailed management techniques are covered in a thoughtful, matter-of-fact way. Whether you're a novice looking to get started with bees, an experienced apiculturalist 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 need.
Table of contents: title: Why organic beekeeping?; title: Working with the hive; title: Hive management; title: Genetics and breeding; title: Parasitic mites; title: Other insect pests; title: Four-legged and feathered pests; title: Environmental and human threats; title: Hive diseases; title: The honey harvest; title: Organics and the evolution of beekeeping.