Honey Bee Biology and Beekeeping is now fully revised and in full color, this very comprehensive guide is a must have for teachers and beekeepers both. With updated material covering over a decade of changes in the world of apiculture and hundreds of full color photos and diagrams, this book offers insights into bee behavior, current management techniques, and updated threat analysis, all in a context that will elucidate and educate.
Features many new full-color photos by Caron and Connor as well as new color drawings by Jon Zawislak.
Honey Bee Biology and Beekeeping Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- What’s in a Name
- Sociality
- What is a Honey Bee?
- Honey Bee Anatomy
- The Bee Nest
- Dance Language Communication
- Pheromone Communication
- Queens, Queens, Queens
- Foraging and Bee Botany
- Getting Started
- Basics of Management
- Fall and Winter in the Beehive
- Spring Management
- The Honey Harvest
- Honey and Other Bee Products
- Queen Mating & Rearing
- Pollination
- Bee Mites
- Diseases and Pests
About the Author:
Dewey M. Caron is a graduate of Cornell University and Emeritus Professor from the University of Delaware. He has received numerous awards and forms of recognition for his teaching and extension work during his career. Lawrence John Connor is a graduate of Michigan State University. With a background in university extension and commercial bee breeding, Connor owns and operates Wicwas Press, the major publisher of beekeeping books in North America. He is the author of four other books on bees and beekeeping: Increase Essentials, Bee Sex Essentials, Queen Rearing Essentials and Bee-sentials: A Field Guide with Robert G. Muir.
Publisher : Wicwas Press, Hardcover : 368 pages
