The BBKA Guide to Beekeeping, Second Edition - Softcover

Ivor Davis And Roger Cullum-Kenyon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1472920899 ISBN 13: 9781472920898

Publisher: Bloomsbury Natural History, 2015

Synopsis

The number of people interested and active in keeping bees at an amateur level has continued to increase over the past few years in both rural and urban situations. This guide, aimed at beginning beekeepers, and the only one to be endorsed by the BBKA provides an authoritative text, along with clear photographs and illustrations. The book introduces the reader to beekeeping, including such areas as the workings of the colony, the structure of a hive, how to acquire bees and keep them healthy and what happens in each month in a beekeeping year. Each chapter is accompanied by anecdotes, answers to frequently asked questions and fascinating facts about bees and honey. The new edition includes new step-by-step sequences to illustrate procedures such as containing a swarm, identifying the queen, using a smoker and cleaning a hive as well as more information on different kinds of hives, disease management and many other key areas.

About this title

About the Author

Ivor Davis is a past president of the BBKA, a Master Beekeeper and one of the few people to hold the National Diploma in Beekeping.'

Edition details

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Natural History
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1472920899
• ISBN 13: 9781472920898
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 224