Top-Bar Beekeeping

Name: Top-Bar Beekeeping
Brand: Chelsea Green Publishing Co
SKU: 9781603584616-G
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Top-Bar Beekeeping is an offering designed to encourage beekeepers around the world to keep bees naturally by providing beekeeping basics, hive management and the utilization of top-bar hives. In recent years, beekeepers have had to face tremendous challenges, from pests, such as varroa and tracheal mites, to the mysterious but even more devastating phenomenon known as Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD). Yet in backyards and on rooftops all over the world, bees are being raised successfully, even without antibiotics, miticides, or other chemical inputs. More and more organically-minded beekeepers are now using top-bar hives, in which the shape of the interior resembles a hollow log. Long lasting and completely biodegradable, a top-bar hive made of untreated wood allows bees to build comb naturally rather than simply filling prefabricated foundation frames in a typical box hive with added supers. Top-bar hives yield slightly less honey but produce more beeswax than a typical Langstroth box hive. Regular hive inspection and the removal of old combs helps to keep bees healthier and naturally disease-free. Top-Bar Beekeeping provides complete information on hive management and other aspects of using these innovative hives. All home and hobbyist beekeepers who have the time and interest in keeping bees intensively should consider the natural, low-stress methods outlined in this book. It will also appeal to home orchardists, gardeners, and permaculture practitioners who look to bees for pollination as well as honey or beeswax.

Product details

Binding:

Paperback

Edition:

illustrated

Number of Pages:

192

Release Date:

2012-08-16

Publication Date:

2012-08-16

Publisher:

Chelsea Green Publishing Co

Languages:

Original: English

ISBN10:

1603584617

ISBN13:

9781603584616

GPSR Manufacturer Reference:

[email protected]

Weight:

370 g

Height:

154 cm

Width:

235 cm

Thickness:

13 cm

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