Bees and Beekeeping: Science, Practice, and World Resources - Hardcover

Crane, Ethel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0801424291 ISBN 13: 9780801424298

Publisher: Cornell University Press, 1990

Synopsis

This is a presentation of the scientific principles underlying beekeeping management and their practical application in different conditions. It gives an account of honeybees as a world resource, both in producing honey and other hive products and as pollinators that increase yields of seed and fruit crops. It tries for the first time to present an integrated picture, with a brief summary of its history, of world beekeeping in various continents. It is the authors intention that readers will experiment with new ways in which beekeeping methods and equipment might be improved still further and with the application of new technologies and materials seek fresh conceptual approaches to beekeeping problems.

About this title

Synopsis

Crane, author of The Archaeology of beekeeping (Cornell), presents the scientific principles underlying effective beekeeping and their practical application in different climates and under varying conditions. She also gives an account of honeybees as a world resource, both in producing honey and oth

Edition details

• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Publication date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0801424291
• ISBN 13: 9780801424298
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 640