The Observation Hive Handbook - Frank Linton

The Observation Hive Handbook

Studying Honey Bees at Home

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Buch | Softcover
110 Seiten
2017
Cornell University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5017-0726-1 (ISBN)
24,90 inkl. MwSt
This book will guide you in selecting an observation hive and choosing a site for it, modifying the hive and the site as needed, installing the hive, working with the hive, and maintaining the hive. It will prepare you to take a temporary portable observation hive to a market, fair, or school. Most important, it describes and illustrates the...
"Linton, a certified master beekeeper, discusses the various options for constructing an observation hive.... This book is written primarily for experienced beekeepers, offering sound advice for those wishing to set up an observation hive.... Very well-written."― Choice


This book will guide you in selecting an observation hive and choosing a site for it, modifying the hive and the site as needed, installing the hive, working with the hive, and maintaining the hive. It will prepare you to take a temporary portable observation hive to a market, fair, or school. Most important, it describes and illustrates the many ways you can use your observation hive to learn more about honey bees and how to care for them.

Frank Linton is an EAS-certified Master Beekeeper who has kept an observation hive in his house since 2005. Retired from his career as an artificial intelligence engineer, he lives in Maryland. Clarence Collison is Professor of Entomology and Head of the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology at Mississippi State University. He is the author of What Do You Know?

Foreword, by Clarence H. Collison

Preface

Acknowledgments

1. Benefits of Observing Honey Bees at Home

2. Preparing for and Selecting an Observation Hive

3. Installing Your Observation Hive

4. Working an Observation Hive

5. Maintaining Your Observation Hive

6. Observation Hives in Public Spaces

7. Bee Photography and Your Observation Hive

8. Things to Try with Your Observation Hive

A Closing Word

Appendix: Selection and Installation Checklist

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Vorwort Clarence H. Collison
Zusatzinfo 94 Halftones, color; 2 Line drawings, unspecified
Verlagsort Ithaca
Sprache englisch
Maße 178 x 254 mm
Gewicht 454 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Natur / Technik Naturführer
Weitere Fachgebiete Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
ISBN-10 1-5017-0726-4 / 1501707264
ISBN-13 978-1-5017-0726-1 / 9781501707261
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