Book

Benjamin, Alison.

Keeping bees and making honey / Alison Benjamin and Brian McCallum.

Cincinnati : David & Charles, ©2008.

127 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm

A guide to beekeeping, providing background information about the insects, identifying factors to consider when deciding to keep bees, discussing types of hives, where to get bees, and how to make them feel at home, and looking at gardens and flowers that attract bees, how to harvest and jar honey, how to prepare bees for winter, and other bee products.

Bee culture.

McCallum, Brian.

Includes index.

Understanding bees -- History -- Bee species -- The caste system -- The anatomy of a honey bee -- The birth cycle -- The life cycle -- What to consider -- Space -- Children -- Routine -- Housing your bees -- How a hive works -- Different types of hives -- Hive components -- What you'll need -- The kit -- Where and when to get your bees -- Getting your bees -- Making your bees feel at home -- Transferring your bees -- What's in the hive -- Pollen -- Adding supers -- Gardening for bees -- Gardens and flowers -- All about honey -- How bees make honey -- How much honey -- How to harvest honey -- How to jar honey -- How to show honey -- Selling your honey -- Honey in folklore -- Bees in winter -- Preparing for winter -- Second year -- The start of the second year -- Swarming -- Bee products -- Beeswax -- Beeswax candles -- Cosmetics -- Recipes -- Health and care -- Prevention and cure.

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