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Natural Beekeeping: Organic Approaches to Modern Apiculture (Paperback)

by Ross Conrad (Author)
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  • Paperback: 240 pages
  • Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing Co (1 Oct 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1933392088
  • ISBN-13: 978-1933392080
  • Product Dimensions: 25.1 x 20.1 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 51,897 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Ross Conrad brings together the best organic and natural approaches to keeping honeybees healthy and productive. Readers will learn about non-toxic methods of controlling mites, breeding strategies, and many other tips and techniques for maintaining healthy hives. Specific concepts and detailed management techniques are covered in a matter-of-fact, easy to-implement way. The various chemicals used in beekeeping have, for the past decades, held Varroa Destructor, a mite, and other major pests at bay. However, chemical resistance is building and evolution threatens to overtake the best that laboratory chemists have to offer. In fact, there is evidence that chemical treatments are making the problem worse. "Natural Beekeeping" flips the script on traditional approaches by proposing a program of selective breeding and natural hive management. "Natural Beekeeping" describes opportunities for the seasoned professional to modify existing operations, increase profits, and eliminate the use of chemical treatments. Beginners will need no other book to guide them. Whether you are an experienced apiculturist 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've been waiting for.


About the Author

Ross Conrad learned his craft from the late Charles Mraz,
world-renowned beekeeper and founder of Champlain Valley Apiaries in
Vermont. Former president of the Vermont Beekeepers Association, Conrad has
written numerous articles on organic farming, natural healing, and health
issues.

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5.0 out of 5 stars organic methods, 25 Aug 2008
By N. Khwaja "lucky7" (highlands) - See all my reviews
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This is one of the best bee books ever written!

We read up on a number before undertaking a beekeeping course. the author's approach is organic and holistic and the care of the bee is first and foremost. Varroa and various other mites/diseases are entirely avoidable if the surroundings are right.....

Read and bee changed.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book to start your organic beekeeping, 27 Sep 2009
By Nicki Penaluna "Nicki" (South West france) - See all my reviews
This is a fascinating book on the methods of keeping bees organically. I learned so much and now need to go back and read it again to absorb what I have forgotten. It is the most referenced book on my 'bee' shelf.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Natural Beekeeping - Excellent and Encouraging, 8 Aug 2009
By Charles Sanderson "Astigabay" (Bristol, UK) - See all my reviews
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With all the troubles besetting our hives, and agriculture at large, its encouraging to read the work of somebody that believes that we don't have to resort to harmful approaches. Ross Conrad provides a good explanation for why we should consider an organic approach and then takes us through all aspects of the process of beekeeping/bee farming. There is a 5 page afterword about Colony Collapse Disorder. Conrad notes that he and others practicing Natural or Organic Apiculture don't appear to have been as severely impacted.

He has a readable style and the book is full of first hand experience.
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3.0 out of 5 stars an ok book on beekeeping
As an experienced bee keeper I found some of the suggestion not great, but all very interesting
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