Paska, Megan
Summary: The number of urban beekeepers has escalated with more than 25 percent increases year over year in the United States and the United Kingdom. From a go-to authority on beekeeping and backyard farming, The Rooftop Beekeeper is the first handbook to explore the ease and charm of keeping bees in an urban environment. This useful manual--at once a good read and a pretty object--features a relatable...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 638.1 PASJones, Richard
Summary: Overview: The Beekeeper's Bible is as much an ultimate guide to the practical essentials of beekeeping as it is a beautiful almanac to be read from cover to cover. Part history book, part handbook, and part cookbook, this illustrated tome covers every facet of the ancient hobby of beekeeping, from how to manage hives safely to harvesting one's own honey, and ideas for how to use honey and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stewart, Tabori & Chang 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 638.1 JONJukes, Helen
Summary: "Helen Jukes is entering her thirties and feeling disconnected and trapped by her office job. Then, for good luck, she is given a colony of honeybees. According to folklore, a colony, freely given, brings good fortune, and the author embarks on an emotional, rewarding journey during the course of a year as she cares for these wondrous beings and learns the art of beekeeping." --
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JUKES, HELEN JUKTompkins, Enoch H.
Summary: Explains every aspect, task, drawback, and reward of beekeeping, for beginning hobbyists and professionals, providing all necessary information on equipment, costs, hive management, bee behavior, disease control, and other topics.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Garden Way Pub. 1977
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 638.1 TOMImhoof, Markus
Summary: “If 70 percent of all cattle or 30 percent of all chickens were to die annually, states of emergency would be declared everywhere. The death of bees is at least that dramatic and with even more far-reaching consequences.” More Than Honey, the book based on the award-winning documentary of the same name, takes us on a global tour of the world of bees, introducing us along the way to “killer...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greystone Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 638.1 IMHMortimer, Frank
Summary: Mortimer invites readers on an eye-opening journey into the secret world of bees-- and the singular world of his fellow bee-keepers. In connecting with a club of disparate but kindred spirits, he discovers the centuries-old history of the trade; the practicality of maintaining it; what bees see, think, and feel; how they talk to each other and socialize; and what can be done to combat their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corp. 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Garden Home MortimerMay, Meredith
Summary: "Meredith May recalls the first time a honeybee crawled on her arm. She was five years old, her parents had recently split and suddenly she found herself in the care of her grandfather, an eccentric beekeeper who made honey in a rusty old military bus in the yard. That first close encounter was at once terrifying and exhilarating for May, and in that moment she discovered that everything she...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harlequin Enterprises 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MAYIlona.
Contents: The first taste -- The magic -- In the hive -- Dancing with bees -- From nectar to honey -- Living with bees -- The sting -- The danger -- The fragrant work -- Beyond honey -- The taste of the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 638.1 REAHemenway, Christy.
Summary: Give bees a chance - the complete how-to and why-to for keeping bees in top-bar hives.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Society Publishers 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 638.1 HEMBonney, Richard E.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Communications 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 638.14 BONGary, N. E. (Norman E.)
Summary: Offers a guide to beekeeping that covers such topics as the history of bees and the current methods and techniques used by amateur beekeepers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: BowTie Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 638.1 GARKnilans, Susan
Summary: "Bee populations are plummeting. The solution? Give them what they need to live naturally, and they'll handle the rest. Susan Knilans and Jacqueline Freeman are in love with bees. So in love that they observe their bees-their work, communication, seasonalactivity, and more-for hours each day. And with observation came realization: when bees are allowed to live as they would in nature (with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Countryman Press, an imprint of W.W. Norton & Company 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 638 KNIMarchese, C. Marina.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Garden Home MarcheseBrackney, Susan M.
Summary: Humble, hardworking, and matriarchal--and now disappearing in alarming numbers--bees are the unsung heroes of the food chain, essential for the pollination of apples, oranges, almonds, blueberries, and more than ninety other crops we eat. Overtaxed and underrecognized, the humble bee finally gets her due in this engaging, fascinating, and expertly written guided tour of the world of bees.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 595.79 BRAEllis, Hattie.
Summary: Integrating popular science and social history, a global history of honeybees examines the hive society of the bee, as well as the influence of bees and honey on diverse cultures around the world and throughout history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harmony Books 2004
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Summary: A beginner's guide offers practical instructions and personal observations on all aspects of beekeeping, including such topics as choosing equipment, managing healthy colonies, and harvesting honey.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Pub. 2013
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Summary: Make beekeeping a part of your backyard farming experience: enjoy honey, beeswax and a more fruitful garden, as your bees will work as hard as you do to make your backyard farm a success! Backyard Farming: Raising Bees is your guide to successfully caring for your hive. As a comprehensive primer for first-time beekeepers, Raising Bees includes detailed illustrations and informative photographs...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hatherleigh Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 638.16 PEZBuchmann, Stephen L.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 638.1 BUCTew, James E.
Summary: Offers solutions to one hundred of the most common problems that beekeepers face, covering such aspects as managing the hive and processing honey.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quarry Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 638 TEWBurns, Loree Griffin
Summary: "Honeybee rescuer Mr. Nelson relocates a colony of 35,000 bees from Mr. Connery's barn back to a hive"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J638 BURCrowder, Les.
Summary: Beekeepers Continue to Face Tremendous Challenges, from pests, diseases, pollution, climate change, and, in recent years, from the mysterious and devastating phenomenon known as Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD). Yet in backyards and on rooftops all over the world, top-bar hives are being used to raise bees successfully without antibiotics, miticides, or other chemical inputs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea Green Pub. 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 638.1 CROSanford, Malcolm T. (Malcolm Thomas)
Contents: Beginning beekeeping -- Origin and history of beekeeping -- A bee's life -- Choosing hive location -- Getting equipped -- Enter the bees -- Managing honey bee colonies -- Taking the crop -- Pollination -- Diseases and pests of the honey bee.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Pub. 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 638.1 SANConrad, Ross
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 / Publication Date: Chelsea Green Pub. 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 638.1 CONFlottum, Kim
Summary: "The Backyard Beekeeper, now revised and expanded, makes the time-honored and complex tradition of beekeeping an enjoyable and accessible backyard pastime that will appeal to gardeners, crafters, and cooks everywhere. This expanded edition gives you even more information on "greening" your beekeeping with sustainable practices, pesticide-resistant bees, and urban and suburban beekeeping. More...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quarry Books 2014