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Natural beekeeping : organic approaches to modern apiculture / Ross Conrad.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: White River Junction, Vt. : Chelsea Green Pub., c2007.Description: xx, 246 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9781933392080 (pbk.)
  • 1933392088 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 638/.1 22
LOC classification:
  • SF523 .C75 2007
Online resources:
Contents:
Why organic beekeeping? -- Working with the hive -- Hive management -- Genetics and breeding -- Parasitic mites -- Insect pests -- Four-legged and feathered pests -- Environmental and human threats -- Hive diseases -- The honey harvest -- Organics and the evolution of beekeeping.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Why organic beekeeping? -- Working with the hive -- Hive management -- Genetics and breeding -- Parasitic mites -- Insect pests -- Four-legged and feathered pests -- Environmental and human threats -- Hive diseases -- The honey harvest -- Organics and the evolution of beekeeping.

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