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Learn natural beekeeping from Europe’s foremost beekeeping authority. Georges de Layens, inventor of the world’s most popular horizontal hive, shares a lifetime of experience on how to: get started in simplified beekeeping; choose the best hive model for you & your bees; manage your hives with just two visits per year; take advantage of horizontal…;

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Learn natural beekeeping from Europe’s foremost beekeeping authority. Georges de Layens, inventor of the world’s most popular horizontal hive, shares a lifetime of experience on how to: get started in simplified beekeeping; choose the best hive model for you & your bees; manage your hives with just two visits per year; take advantage of horizontal hives & deep frames; avoid unnecessary complications & procedures; increase an apiary with natural or artificial swarms; transfer bees from one hive model to another; enhance bees’ health drug-free; do without requeening, feeding & other chores; understand honey plants and honeyflows; make award-winning mead (foolproof formula); use foundationless frames, make wax foundation; handle traditional hives (skeps, log hives, etc.); keep bees sustainably using local strains; and MUCH more. Layens’ simple beekeeping boasts over 100 years of successful use, with 1 million hives in use today. Bee-friendly, productive, and fun, keeping bees can be easier than you ever imagined! “This is a delightful book full of wonderfully audacious ideas for U.S. beekeepers. I certainly look forward to building and trying out a horizontal movable-frame hive, inspired and guided by reading this fascinating book.” – Dr. Tom Seeley, author of Honeybee Democracy

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Modern beekeepers – take notice! Here we have the answer to one of the most common questions related to beekeeping: what do I do with all of this beeswax? In fact, the possibilities are seemingly endless! Since beeswax has multiple holistic and decorative uses, projects can vary from beeswax balms and beeswax creams, to household…;

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Quarry Books-Beeswax Alchemy
Inside you will find an introduction to beeswax’s form and functions as well as tips and techniques for transforming beeswax into useful products for home and health
Although honeybees use it to build their hives and protect their young you can use it to make everything from candles to lip balm to decorative fabric

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Today’s beekeepers face unprecedented challenges, a fact that is now front-page news with the spread of “colony collapse disorder.” Newly introduced pests like varroa and tracheal mites have made chemical treatment of hives standard practice, but pest resistance is building, which in turn creates demand for new and even more toxic chemicals. In fact, there…;

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Today’s beekeepers face unprecedented challenges, a fact that is now front-page news with the spread of “colony collapse disorder.” Newly introduced pests like varroa and tracheal mites have made chemical treatment of hives standard practice, but pest resistance is building, which in turn creates demand for new and even more toxic chemicals. In fact, there is evidence that chemical treatments are making matters worse.

It’s time for a new approach. Now revised and updated with new resources and including full-color photos throughout, Natural Beekeeping offers all the latest information in a book that has already proven invaluable for organic beekeepers. The new edition offers the same holistic, sensible alternative to conventional chemical practices with a program of natural hive management, but offers new sections on a wide range of subjects, including:

• The basics of bee biology and anatomy
• Urban beekeeping
• Identifying and working with queens
• Parasitic mite control
• Hive diseases

Also, a completely new chapter on marketing provides valuable advice for anyone who intends to sell a wide range of hive products.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 disease without the use of antibiotics; selective breeding for naturally resistant bees; and many other detailed management techniques, which are covered in a thoughtful, matter-of-fact way.

Whether you are a novice looking to get started with bees, 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.

Ships from Vermont

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The simplest, most complete book on how to set up a beehive and harvest honey in your own backyard!While many of us love honey for its sweet taste and health benefits, commercial sources can contain preservatives and other ingredients which make their honey less than pure. One way to ensure you’re getting honey in its…;

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The simplest, most complete book on how to set up a beehive and harvest honey in your own backyard!

While many of us love honey for its sweet taste and health benefits, commercial sources can contain preservatives and other ingredients which make their honey less than pure. One way to ensure you’re getting honey in its unadulterated form, and in a much more fun and educational way than buying it from a health food store, is to make it yourself. This guide aims to quickly get you up to speed on all facets of beekeeping so you can get started right away!

Here Is A Preview Of What You’ll Learn:

• Where to keep your hives when beekeeping
• Identifying the basic woodenware assembly parts for your beehive
• Adding feeders to your hive
• Selecting accessories & tools for your hive
• Obtaining the startup bee colony
• Exactly what to do the day that your bees arrive
• Creation of a 2nd bee colony from the existing beehive
• Harvesting honey
• And so much more!

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