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نویسندگان: Howland Blackiston
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ISBN (شابک) : 9781119702597, 1119702593
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سال نشر: 2020
تعداد صفحات: 507
زبان: English
فرمت فایل : PDF (درصورت درخواست کاربر به PDF، EPUB یا AZW3 تبدیل می شود)
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در صورت تبدیل فایل کتاب Beekeeping for dummies به فرمت های PDF، EPUB، AZW3، MOBI و یا DJVU می توانید به پشتیبان اطلاع دهید تا فایل مورد نظر را تبدیل نمایند.
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Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Foreword Introduction About This Book Foolish Assumptions Icons Used in This Book Beyond the Book Where to Go from Here Part 1 Taking Flight with Beekeeping Chapter 1 To Bee, or Not to Bee? Discovering the Benefits of Beekeeping Harvesting liquid gold: Honey Bees as pollinators: Their vital role to our food supply Being part of the bigger picture: Save the bees! Getting an education: And passing it on! Improving your health: Bee therapies and stress relief Determining Your Beekeeping Potential Environmental considerations Zoning and legal restrictions Costs and equipment Time and commitment Beekeeper personality traits Allergies Deciding Which Beekeeping Approach to Follow Medicated beekeeping Natural beekeeping Organic beekeeping Combining approaches Chapter 2 Getting to Know Your Honey Bees Basic Body Parts Skeleton Head Thorax Abdomen The Amazing Language of Bees Pheromones Shall we dance? Getting to Know the Male and the Two Female Castes Her majesty, the queen The industrious little worker bee House bees Field bees The woeful drone The Honey Bee Life Cycle Egg Larva Pupa Other Stinging Insects Bumblebee Carpenter bee Mason bee Wasp Yellow jacket Bald-faced hornet Part 2 Starting Your Adventure Chapter 3 Alleviating Apprehensions and Making Decisions Overcoming Sting Phobia Knowing what to do if you’re stung Watching for allergic reactions Building up a tolerance Understanding Local Laws and Ordinances Easing the Minds of Family and Neighbors Location, Location, Location: Where to Keep Your Hives Knowing what makes a perfect bee yard Urban considerations Understanding the correlation between geographical area and honey flavors Knowing When to Start Your Adventure Chapter 4 Selecting a Hive That’s Perfect for You The Langstroth Hive The Kenyan Top Bar Hive The Apimaye Insulated Hive The Flow Hive The Warré (People’s) Hive The Five-Frame Nuc Hive The Observation Hive Make a Beeline to the Best Beehive Hives for harvesting honey Hives for pollinating your garden A hive for learning and teaching Chapter 5 Basic Equipment for Beekeepers Starting Out with the Langstroth Hive Knowing the Basic Woodenware Parts of the Langstroth Hive Hive stand Bottom board Entrance reducer Deep-hive body Queen excluder Shallow or medium honey super Frames Foundation Inner cover Outer cover Knowing the Basic Parts of a Top Bar Hive The top bar Everything else Ordering Hive Parts Startup hive kits Setting up shop Adding on Feeders Hive-top feeder Entrance feeder Pail feeder Baggie feeder Frame feeder Top Bar hive feeders Fundamental Tools Smoker Hive tool and frame lifter Bee-Proof Clothing Veils Gloves Really Helpful Accessories Elevated hive stand Frame rest Bee brush Slatted rack Screened bottom board Beekeeper’s toolbox Chapter 6 Obtaining and Installing Your Bees Determining the Kind of Bee You Want Deciding How to Obtain Your Initial Bee Colony Ordering package bees Buying a “nuc” colony Purchasing an established colony Capturing a wild swarm of bees Picking a Reputable Bee Supplier Deciding When to Place Your Order The Day Your Girls Arrive Bringing home your bees Recipe for sugar syrup Putting Your Bees into the Hive Hiving steps for Langstroth type hives and Steps 1–7 for Top Bar hives Hiving Steps 8–14 for Top Bar hives Watching your bees come and go from their new home Part 3 Time for a Peek Chapter 7 Opening Your Hive Establishing Visiting Hours Setting an Inspection Schedule Preparing to Visit Your Langstroth or Top Bar Hive Making “non-scents” a part of personal hygiene Getting dressed up and ready to go Lighting Your Smoker Opening a Langstroth Hive Removing the hive-top feeder Removing the inner cover Opening a Top Bar Hive The Hive’s Open! Now What? Chapter 8 What to Expect When You’re Inspecting Keeping a Journal Inspecting a Langstroth Hive Removing the first frame of your Langstroth hive Working your way through the Langstroth hive Holding up frames for inspection Knowing when it’s time for more smoke Replacing Langstroth frames Closing the Langstroth hive Inspecting a Top Bar Hive Working your way through the Top Bar hive Top Bar comb management Looking into Top Bar cells Replacing the top bars and closing the hive Understanding What to Always Look For Checking for your queen Storing food; raising brood Inspecting the brood pattern Recognizing foodstuffs Your New Colony’s First Eight Weeks Checking in: A week after hiving your bees The second and third weeks Weeks four through eight Chapter 9 Different Seasons, Different Activities Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer Your summer to-do list Your summertime commitment Falling Leaves Point to Autumn Chores Your autumn to-do list Your autumn time commitment Clustering in a Winter Wonderland Your winter to-do list Your wintertime commitment Spring Is in the Air (Starting Your Second Season) Your spring to-do list Your springtime commitment Administering spring medication Reversing hive bodies Managing Top Bar Hives in the Spring Finding the cluster Preventing the urge to swarm Expanding the brood nest The Beekeeper’s Calendar Part 4 Common Problems and Simple Solutions Chapter 10 Anticipating and Preventing Potential Problems Running Away (to Join the Circus?) Swarming Absconding Where Did the Queen Go? Letting nature take its course Ordering a replacement queen Introducing a new queen to the hive Avoiding Chilled Brood Dealing with the Dreaded Robbing Frenzies Knowing the difference between normal and abnormal (robbing) behavior Putting a stop to a robbing attack Preventing robbing in the first place Ridding Your Hive of the Laying Worker Phenomenon How to know if you have laying workers Getting rid of laying workers Preventing Pesticide Poisoning The “Killer Bee” Phenomenon What are “killer bees”? Bee prepared! Chapter 11 Colony Collapse Disorder What Is CCD? What to Do If You Suspect CCD Why All the Fuss? What’s Causing CCD? The cellphone theory It may be the perfect storm Answers to FAQs What You Can Do to Help Chapter 12 Keeping Your Bees Healthy Understanding the Importance of Good Nutrition What bees eat The need for good gut health Taking steps to ensure good nutrition Medicating or Not? Knowing the Big-Six Bee Diseases American foulbrood (AFB) European foulbrood (EFB) Chalkbrood Sacbrood Stonebrood Nosema A handy chart Chapter 13 Heading Off Honey-Bee Pests Parasitic Problems Varroa mites Tracheal mites Zombie (Phonid) flies Other Unwelcome Pests Wax moths Small hive beetle Ants, ants, and more ants Bear alert! Raccoons and skunks Keeping out Mrs. Mouse Some birds have a taste for bees Pest Control at a Glance Chapter 14 Raising Your Own Queens Why Raising Queens Is the Bee’s Knees Understanding Genetics Dominant and recessive genes Inbreeding versus outcrossing Accentuate the positive What Makes a Queen a Queen Talking about the Birds and Bees for Honey Bees Creating Demand: Making a Queenless Nuc Queen-Rearing Method 1: Go with the Flow If the queen cells are capped If the queen cells are open Mind the timeline Queen-Rearing Method 2: The Miller Method Queen-Rearing Method 3: The Doolittle Method, also Known as Grafting Tools and equipment How it’s done Providing nuptial housing Finding Homes for Your Queens Evaluating the Results The Queen Rearer’s Calendar Marking Your Queens Part 5 Sweet Rewards Chapter 15 Honey, I Love You Appreciating the History of Honey Understanding the Composition of Honey Healing with Honey Honey and diabetes Honey’s nutritional value Honey and children Choosing Extracted, Comb, Chunk, or Whipped Honey Extracted honey Comb honey Chunk honey Whipped honey Honeydew honey Taking the Terror out of Terroir Customizing your honey Honey from around the world The Commercialization of Honey Is it the real deal? Raw versus regular honey Organic or not? Your own honey is the best Appreciating the Culinary Side of Honey The nose knows Practice makes perfect Recognizing defects in honey Pairing Honey with Food Infusing Honey with Flavors Judging Honey Honey Trivia Chapter 16 Getting Ready for the Golden Harvest Having Realistic Expectations What Flavor Do You Want? Assembling the Right Equipment to Extract Honey Honey extractors Uncapping knife Honey strainer Other handy gadgets for extracting honey Honey containers Planning Your Extracted Honey Harvest Setup Gathering Comb Honey Equipment Section comb cartridges Cut comb Branding and Selling Your Honey Creating an attractive label Finding places to market your honey Selling your honey on the web Chapter 17 Honey Harvest Day Knowing When to Harvest Bad things come to those who wait! A few pointers to keep in mind when harvesting liquid gold Getting the Bees out of the Honey Supers Shakin’ ’em out Blowin’ ’em out Using a bee escape board Fume board and bee repellent Honey Extraction from a Langstroth Frame Harvesting honey using an extractor Cleaning frames after extracting Harvesting Honey from Your Top Bar Hive Selecting the comb to harvest Getting the bees off Top Bar comb Harvesting using the crush-and-strain method Harvesting honey using a honey press Harvesting cut-comb honey Harvesting Wax Part 6 The Part of Tens Chapter 18 More than Ten Fun Things to Do with Bees Making Two Langstroth Hives from One Making One Langstroth Hive from Two Dividing a Top Bar Hive into Two Colonies Combining Two Top Bar Hive Colonies Building an Elevated Hive Stand Building materials list Cut list Planting Flowers for Your Bees Asters (aster/callistephus) Bachelor’s buttons (Centaurea) Bee balm (Monarda) Hyssop (Agastache) Malva (Malvaceae) Mint (Mentha) Nasturtium (Tropaeolum minus) Poppy (Papaver/Eschscholzia) Salvia (Salvia/farinacea-strata/ splendens/officinalis) Sunflowers (Helianthus/Tithonia) Brewing Mead: The Nectar of the Gods Create Cool Stuff with Propolis Propolis tincture Propolis ointment Propolis varnish Making Gifts from Beeswax Beeswax candles Beeswax furniture polish Beauty and the Bees Use your cappings Equipment The recipes Packaging and labeling Chapter 19 More than Ten Frequently Asked Questions about Bee Behavior Chapter 20 My Ten Favorite Honey Recipes Honey Curry Vegetable Dip Golden Cornbread Honey Picante Chicken Wings Apricot Honey Bread Asian Honey-Tea Grilled Prawns Broiled Scallops with Honey-Lime Marinade A Honey of a Chili Beef and Potato Tzimmes Chewy Honey Oatmeal Cookies Apple Honey Tart Part 7 Appendixes Appendix A Helpful Resources Honey Bee Information Websites Apiservices — Virtual beekeeping gallery The Barefoot Beekeeper Beemaster Forum Bee-Source.com Facebook — Top Bar Beekeeping Honey Bee Health Coalition Mid-Atlantic Apiculture Research and Extension Consortium (MAARAC) National Honey Board Bee Organizations and Conferences The American Apitherapy Society Inc. American Beekeeping Federation American Honey Producers Apiary Inspectors of America Apimondia: International Federation of Beekeepers’ Associations Eastern Apiculture Society Heartland Apicultural Society Inc. International Bee Research Association USDA Agricultural Research Service The Western Apiculture Society Bee Journals and Magazines American Bee Journal Bee Culture Bee World Beekeeping Supplies and Equipment Apimaye Insulated Hives Barnyard Bees Bastin Bees Bee-commerce.com BeeInventive Bee Vital Betterbee Blue Sky Bee Supply Dadant & Sons, Inc. Glorybee Inc. Healthy Bees, LLC Hive Butler Hive Tracks Hungry Bear Farms Kelley Beekeeping Mann Lake Miller Bee Supply Oliverez Pierco Pigeon Mountain Trading Company Rossman Apiaries Sacramento Beekeeping Supplies Swienty Beekeeping Equipment (EU) Thorne Beekeeping Supply (UK) Western Bee Supplies State Bee Inspectors (United States) Appendix B Beekeeper’s Checklist Appendix C Glossary Index Supplemental Images EULA