Common Sense Natural Beekeeping Sustainable, Bee-Friendly Techniques to Help Your Hives Survive and Thrive

With Common Sense Natural Beekeeping, learn to keep bees sustainably with limited chemical or human intervention.Today's bees face unprecedented challenges. Chemical treatments for pests like the ubiquitous and deadly varroa mite have become standard even as resistance to such treatments grows and evidence suggests the chemical treatments themselves are contributing to the widely discussed Colony Collapse Disorder.Common Sense Natural Beekeeping offers beekeepers a different choice. Based on expert advice from Kim Flottom, editor emeritus of Bee Culture magazine and best-selling author of The Backyard Beekeeper, this book teaches holistic, sensible alternatives to conventional apiary practices, and includes:Lessons from the way bees live in the wildManagement strategies that respect the natural intelligence of the beeHive design elements that promote colony health and resilience Case studies highlighting successful natural beekeepers from around the worldBeekeepers today have myriad choices to make that affect their bees' health and productivity. From housing to nutrition, including pests and diseases, Common Sense Natural Beekeeping introduces sustainable alternatives for natural hive management.

ISBN:	9781631599552
Publisher:	Quarry Books
Imprint:	Quarry Books
Published date:	30 Nov 2021
DEWEY:	638.1
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	128
Weight:	488g
Height:	216mm
Width:	253mm
Spine width:	10mm

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