"Whether you have a single rooftop hive, a few bee boxes in your backyard, or a large-scale apiary, this is the only reference you'll need. Learn how to: properly house your bees in all seasons; manage your colony's nutrition; maintain an effective pollination schedule; prevent and treat mites and disease; introduce a new queen to the hive; capture a swarm; harvest and store your honey crop."--Back cover.

Offers advice and tips on raising bees in the backyard, considering topics such as equipment, common diseases and pests, different types of honey, and homemade products that include honey.

Introduces bees and beekeeping, covering such aspects as pollination, the making of honey, and beekeeping equipment and practices.

Whether you're a newcomer or an old hand, The Beekeeper's Problem Solver provides the information you need to nip probelms in the bud--and, better still, avoid them in the first place. Let longtime bee keeper and apiary expert James E. Tew guide you thorugh 100 common problems faced by beekeepers, spelling out in clear and simple terms what the underlying cause is and how to solve it. Each one is tackled in depth, with photographs and diagrams, as...

Covers the physical structure of honeybees and how they live in colonies, as well as how they produce honey and are managed by beekeepers.

Henry is fascinated by the bees his Aunt Lilla cares for and he would love to help, but she says he must wait until he is older.--Provided by Publisher.

"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." --

"Honeybee rescuer Mr. Nelson relocates a colony of 35,000 bees from Mr. Connery's barn back to a hive"-- Bzzzz! When Mr. Connery hears a sound coming from his old barn, he discovers that a colony of honeybees has moved in. The bees have already made honeycomb. Can Mr. Nelson, a bee rescuer, move them to a new, safer location? Burns explains the steps involved in relocating a hive, and the importance of rescuing bee colonies rather than exterminating...

"A gentle and engaging look at honeybees and how they live in urban spaces. In this sixth book in the Exploring Our Community series, the five friends help their neighbor look after his backyard beehive. Along the way, they learn about how bees feed and pollinate; how bees build their hive; what happens inside a bee colony; how and why some bee populations are currently at risk; and much, much more. The book concludes with fun ideas for how to attract...