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Guide to Bees and Honey (Paperback)

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Paperback: 276 pages
Publisher: Northern Bee Books (20 Mar 2008)
Language English
ISBN-10: 1904846246
ISBN-13: 978-1904846246
Product Dimensions: 21.4 x 13.8 x 2 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews)

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"If there is one book that should be on the shelf of every beekeeper, it is Ted Hooper's classic." -Beekeeping"

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Intended for both new and experienced beekeepers, this invaluable and highly illustrated volume provides answers to virtually every beekeeping question - from avoiding swarms to setting a hive up for winter."Guide to Bees and Honey" also presents expert advice for readers who plan to maintain a few hives for personal, recreational use, as well as those who want to expand an existing colony into a commercial venture.Also included in this volume is a section on the Varroa mite - a particularly nasty parasite that has proved fatal to many British hives. It explains what it does, how it spreads, and effective ways to treat and prevent infestation.

Erratum: The latest reprint of this title makes reference on pages 13 & 49 to plate 4 . This is a misprint, and the absence of this plate in no way affects the advice and guidance given in the volume.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Invaluable for the beginner and intermediate bee keeper, 31 Dec 1998

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This book has guided me in my first three years of bee keeping, helping me in establishing two out apiaries, and currently seven colonies at my home apiary. It is a great reference book plumped out with anedotes, useful alongside advice from fellow beekeepers. Peter Thomas, Near Coleford, Glos., UK

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4.0 out of 5 stars good book for beekeepers in the UK, but slightly out of date, 21 May 2007

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the best book on beekeeping i have bought BUT it does give a false impression of how easy, spontaneous and predictable beekeeping is. Only the hands on experience of owning your own hives and keeping your own bees will give you a full insight.

My only other fault with this book was despite the fact it is very extensive and probably the best book on the matket it is slightly out of date, not containing some modern beekeeping methods and although it says it is completly up to date on Varroa, it isnt and for that information the best place to go is the DEFRA website at beebase.csl.gov.uk and look at there PDF about the control of the mite, this is the primary reason I didn't give this book 5 stars.

The chapter at the back labelled "flowers for food" gives an extensive overview of the diffrent forage for the bees and is better than other books I have bought that are designed to address solely the issue of bee forage, and it is worth buying the book just for this chapter alone

In conclusion despite being slightly out of date this is the best book I have found so far on beekeeping and no beekeepers book case is complete without it.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A well thought out, complete guide to beekeeping, 22 Aug 1999

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Known as the 'bee keepers bible' this book covers a wide range of topics from honey bee biology to sucessfully managing an entire apiary. A useful guide for existing bee keepers but probably a little complex for the beginner.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Guide to Bees and Honey
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