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Beekeeping for dummies

Beekeeping for dummies

Howland Blackiston · 2002 · 480 pages

Bee cultureAnimals

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your guide to becoming a successful backyard beekeeper Interested in raising honey bees? This friendly, practical guide presents a step-by-step approach to starting your own beehive, along with expert tips for maintaining a healthy colony. You get the latest on honey bee medication and treatments, harvesting and marketing your honey, and the impact the sudden disappearance of the honey bee has on our environment and economy. * To bee or not to bee? — understand the benefits of beekeeping and whether it's right for you * Build your first hive — gather the right equipment, obtain your bees, and transfer them safely to their new home * Get up-close and personal — see how to open and close the hive, inspect your bees at the right times, and know what to look for

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