Overview
This book will guide you in selecting an observation hive and choosing a site for it, modifying the hive and the site as needed, installing the hive, working with the hive, and maintaining the hive. It will prepare you to take a temporary portable observation hive to a market, fair, or school. Most important, it describes and illustrates the many ways you can use your observation hive to learn more about honey bees and how to care for them.
Full Product Details
Author: Frank Linton ,
Clarence H. Collison
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Imprint: Cornell University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 17.80cm
, Height: 0.80cm
, Length: 25.40cm
Weight: 0.454kg
ISBN: 9781501707261
ISBN 10: 1501707264
Pages: 110
Publication Date: 15 September 2017
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of stock
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Reviews
The Observation Hive Handbook is a comprehensive text that provides all the necessary information needed for a beekeeper to select an observation hive design, stock it with bees, maintain it, and enjoy the experience that the hive will provide. -- Jim Tew, bee specialist, Alabama Cooperative Extension System, Auburn University Whether you want to keep an observation hive for yourself or share it with the public, The Observation Hive Handbook will be an indispensable companion. -- Bill Mares, former president of the Vermont Beekeepers Association and the Eastern Apicultural Society
The Observation Hive Handbook is a comprehensive text that provides all the necessary information needed for a beekeeper to select an observation hive design, stock it with bees, maintain it, and enjoy the experience that the hive will provide. --Jim Tew, bee specialist, Alabama Cooperative Extension System, Auburn University Whether you want to keep an observation hive for yourself or share it with the public, The Observation Hive Handbook will be an indispensable companion. --Bill Mares, former president of the Vermont Beekeepers Association and the Eastern Apicultural Society The Observation Hive Handbook is a comprehensive text that provides all the necessary information needed for a beekeeper to select an observation hive design, stock it with bees, maintain it, and enjoy the experience that the hive will provide. --Jim Tew, bee specialist, Alabama Cooperative Extension System, Auburn University
Author Information
Frank Linton is an EAS-certified Master Beekeeper who has kept an observation hive in his house since 2005. Retired from his career as an artificial intelligence engineer, he lives in Maryland. Clarence Collison is Professor of Entomology and Head of the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology at Mississippi State University. He is the author of What Do You Know?
