Beekeeping
A Guide to Bees, Beekeeping and Associated Practices

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An Introduction to Beekeeping

Types of Beekeepers

Types of Bees

Races

Castes

Anatomy

  • Anatomy of the Queen
  • Anatomy of the Worker
  • Anatomy of the Drone
  • Anatomy of the Larva and Pupa
  • Social Life

Communication

  • Dance Language
  • Pheromones

Behavior

  • Color and Object Recognition
  • Learning

Hives for honeybees

Langstroth Hive

Bottom Board

Covers

Entrance Modifier

Feeders

  • Entrance Feeder
  • Hive Top Feeder
  • Frame Feeder

Frames

Hive Bodies

Other Hive Parts

  • Hive Stand
  • Queen Excluder
  • Sticky Board

Top Bar Hives

Other Hive Designs

Obtaining Hive Parts

  • Buying New
  • Buying Used
  • Building

Tools and Equipment

Hive Manipulation

Bee Manipulation

Protective Gear

  • Veil
  • Bee Suit
  • Bee Gloves

Build Up and Maintenance

  • Embedders
  • Frame Cleaner
  • Foundation Press

First Steps with Bees

Obtaining Bees

Packaged Bees

  • Caring for a Package of Bees
  • Hiving a Packages

Nucs and Existing Hives

  • Moving Hives
  • Hiving Nucs

Swarms and Feral Hives

  • Swarm Baiting
  • Swarms Capture
  • Hiving Swarms
  • Collecting Feral Hives
  • Hiving Feral Hives

Acquiring Queen Bees

  • Introducing the Queen
  • Handling the Queen

Hive Management

Standard Hive Management

Advanced Hive Management

Seasonal Management

Hive Products

Honey

Forms of Honey

  • Extracted Honey
  • Comb Honey
  • Chunk Honey
  • Creamed Honey
  • Adulterated Honey

Processing Honey

  • Extracting Honey
  • Packaging Honey
  • Selling Honey

Using Honey

Honey Tools

  • Uncapping Tools
  • Comb Cutter
  • Honey Extractor
  • Honey Press
  • Refractometer

Beeswax

Wax Tools

  • Wax Melting
  • Wax Processing

Pollen

Propolis

Venom

Royal Jelly

Special Practices

Bee Manipulation

  • Biological Beekeeping
  • Small Cell Regression

Hive Manipulations

  • Joining Hives
  • Splitting Hives
  • Migratory Beekeeping

Disease and Pests

Parasites

Disease

  • Acute Bee Paralysis (ABP)
  • Amoeba
  • Chronic Paralysis Virus (CPV)
  • Dysentery
  • Kashmir Bee Virus (KBV)
  • Nosema
  • Septicemia

Brood Disease

  • American Foul Brood (AFB)
  • Chalkbrood
  • European Foul Brood (EFB)
  • Sacbrood
  • Stonebrood

Chemicals

  • Pesticides

Pests

Plants for Bees

Special Interest

History

  • Evolution of the Honey Bee
  • Impact of Man
  • Historical Beekeeping Practices

Appendices

Acknowledgments and Book Information
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