The Observation Hive Handbook: Studying Honey Bees at Home

by Frank Linton

Other authorsClarence H. Collison (Foreword)
Paperback, 2017

Status

Available

Publication

Comstock Publishing Associates (2017), Edition: 1, 110 pages

Description

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.

User reviews

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Thorough description of the various types of observation hive, including portable temporary hives and permanent public observation hives, their different designs, how to install inside buildings, how to manipulate, how to feed and how to clean, whether to choose glass or plexi-glass. The hives for
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sale are all from US suppliers. Well illustrated. Written by a practical beekeeper after 9 years of experience of observation hives.
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Physical description

110 p.; 7 inches

ISBN

1501707264 / 9781501707261

Barcode

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