Storey's Guide to Keeping Honey Bees, 2nd Edition: Honey Production, Pollination, Health

by Catalina Tesar, Richard E Bonney

Overview

Since it was first published in 2010, Storey’s Guide to Keeping Honey Bees has become the go-to reference for every aspect of beekeeping, from planning hives and installing a colony to keeping bees healthy, preventing disease, and managing healthy and productive hives that will produce bountiful honey harvests year after year. The second edition of this best-selling manual features a full-color redesign, plus updated health information.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781612129785
Publisher:	Storey Books
Publication date:	07/10/2018
Series:	Belle Prater
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	70,158
Product dimensions:	6.80(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Dr. Malcolm T. Sanford is the Professor Emeritus at the University of Florida.  He has been published extensively in the apiculture press including the journals Bee Culture and American Bee Journal.  He has been the newsletter author for over twenty years at Ohio State University and the University of Florida, writing on beekeeping management.  He is the Coordinator of the Apis Information Resource Center and author of The Apis Newsletter.  He has been a beekeeping management consultant in Egypt, Italy, France, Chile, Ecuador, Iraq, and Mexico.  He lives in Florida.

Veteran beekeeper Richard E. Bonney, author of Hive Management, Beekeeping, and co-author of Storey’s Guide to Keeping Honey Bees, was the longtime owner of Charlemont Apiaries in Charlemont, Massachusetts. 

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Preface      

1 Beginning Beekeeping
Seven Basic Tips for Getting Started• Dimensions of Beekeeping• The Beekeeper’s Commitment• Time Commitment• Financial Considerations• Stings• Legal Considerations• Finding Resources

2 Origin and History of Beekeeping 
Honey Bee Evolution• History of Beekeeping

3 A Bee’s Life        
What Is a Honey Bee?• Inside the Colony• The Queen• The Worker• The Drone• The Varroa Mite• Activities and Behavior• Patterns of Behavior

4 Choosing Hive Location   
The Colony and Your Community• Weather Issues• Forage Availability

5 Getting Equipped             
Hive Design and Dimensions• Hive Materials• Supers• Frames and Foundation• How to Make a Frame with Pins• Bottom Board• Queen Excluder• Covers• Hive Stand• Hive Scale• Feeders• Pollen Trap• Tools of the Trade• Beekeeper Garb

6 Enter the Bees  
Smoker Basics• Package Bees• Managing Package Bees• Installing a Nucleus Colony• Starting with an Established Colony• Swarm!• A Wild or Feral Colony

7 Managing Honey Bee Colonies       
Working a Colony• The Beekeeper as Manager• A Colony’s Yearly Life Cycle• Population Cycle• The Apicultural Calendar• Late-Season Management• Requeening• Managing Nutrition

8 Taking the Crop
The Honey Crop• Harvesting the Crop• Processing the Crop• Storing the Crop• Chunk and Comb Honey• Other Bee Products

9 Pollination         
Unique Challenges• Small-Scale Pollination• Is Pollination for You?

10 Diseases and Pests of the Honey Bee          
Innate Defense Mechanisms• Brood Diseases• Adult Diseases• Parasitic Mites• Integrated Pest Management• Tolerant or Resistant Stock• Colony Collapse Disorder• Wax Moth• Small Hive Beetle• Black Bears• For More Information

Glossary     
Model Beekeeping Ordinance           
Sample Pollination Contract
Resources  
   A Sampling of U.S. Beekeeping Supply Houses
   Sources of Beekeeping Information
Index