Biodynamic beekeeping : a sustainable way to keep happy, healthy bees

Book 2020

Modern beekeeping, influenced by new technologies and breeding methods, has increased honey production but left bee colonies weak and vulnerable to disease. With the alarming decline of the bee population raising concerns about an impending ecological crisis, many beekeepers are seeking a more sustainable way of caring for bees. Biodynamic Beekeeping is the first book to offer practical instruction on caring for bees using biodynamic theories and...

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ISBN:

9781782506744
1782506748

Edition:

Abridged version

Description:

191 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Biene, Haltung und Pflege unter Berücksichtigung Kosmischer Rhythmen. English

Notes:

Originally published in German as Die Biene, Haltung und Pflege unter Berücksichtigung Kosmischer Rhythmen : Aussaattage-Verlag Thun and Thun, 2015
Includes bibliographical references (page 189) and index

Contents:

Intro
Title Page
Foreword by David Heaf
1. The Start of the Bee Year
2. Caring for Bees According to Cosmic Rhythms
3. The First Spring Inspection
4. The Building Frame
5. The Urge to Swarm
The colony is allowed to swarm
Preventing the swarm but retaining the young queens
Preventing the swarm but swarm cells are not required for breeding queens
Controlling and preventing the swarm urge
The Marburg box
6. Colony Regeneration and Propagation
Natural increase in colony numbers
Prime swarm at the site of the parent colony
Artificial colony increase
Colony reproduction with bred queens
Various options for colony reproduction
7. Breeding Queen Bees
Breeding in queenless colonies
Breeding in queen-right colonies
Queen reproduction through deliberate use of the swarming instinct
8. Honeycomb Construction
Natural comb construction
Foundation
The use of natural comb and comb built with foundation
Changing over to natural comb
Building in the honey chamber
The age of foundation wax
Conclusion
9. Honey
Nectar
The conversion of nectar to honey
Processing the honey
Types of honey and their uses
10. Feeding in Winter
11. Bee Diseases
Brood disease
Adult bee diseases
Diseases that harm both brood and adult bee
12. Methods of Ash Usage
Potentising the ash
The application of ground (dynamised) ash
Varroa and drones
13. The Cultivation of Plants for Bees
14. The Conservation of Bees for the Future
Bibliography and Recommended Reading
About the Author
Copyright
Foreword

Control Number:

3273063

Other Authors:

Heaf, David, translator

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