Natural beekeeping : organic approaches to modern apiculture / Ross Conrad.
Natural beekeeping : organic approaches to modern apiculture / Ross Conrad.
Natural beekeeping : organic approaches to modern apiculture / Ross Conrad.
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Publisher
White River Junction, Vt. : Chelsea Green Pub., 2007.
Date
2007.
Call Numbers
N638.1/51
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Language
English
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Physical content
246 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Contents
Why organic beekeeping? -- Working with the hive -- Hive management -- Genetics and breeding -- Parasitic mites -- Other 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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Publisher
White River Junction, Vt. : Chelsea Green Pub., 2007.
Place of Publication
Vermont
Date Published
2007.
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Summary
"Natural Beekeeping offers a holistic, sensible alternative to conventional chemical practices with a program of natural hive management. Ross Conrad brings together the best "do no harm" strategies for keeping honeybees healthy and productive with nontoxic methods of controlling mites, eliminating American foul-brood disease (without the use of an...
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Natural beekeeping : organic approaches to modern apiculture / Ross Conrad.
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Includes index.
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Other version (online)
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N638.1/51
Record Identifier
74VKRQ3LXB0X
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKRQ3LXB0X
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ISBN
9781933392080 (pbk.)
DDC
638.1
MMS ID
991023238369702626
