Book: The new complete guide to beekeeping
Morse, R. A. (1994). The new complete guide to beekeeping. Woodstock, VT: The Countryman Press.
Rationale
This book is well suited for a beginning beekeeper. The first several chapters run through a typical year of beekeeping by season, including harvest time. Photographs throughout the text help to show issues a beekeeper may encounter.
Chapter topics include: Bees and beekeeping; how to get started in beekeeping; spring management; summer management; removing the honey crop; fall management; wintering honey bees; pests predators, diseases and pesticides; major and minor honey plants; pollination; special practices; honey bee biology; Africanized honey bees: history and prospects; sources of information.
Features include:
Photographs
Glossary
Index
