Beekeeping

An Introduction to Beekeeping

 * Why Keep Bees
 * Starting Out Right With Bees

Types of Beekeepers

 * Residential Beekeeping
 * Hobby Beekeeping
 * Sideline Beekeeping
 * Commercial Beekeeping

Types of Bees

 * Bumblebees
 * Solitary Bees
 * Semi-Social Bees
 * Honey Bees

Races

 * Races

Castes

 * Queen
 * Drone
 * Worker

Anatomy

 * Anatomy of the Queen
 * Anatomy of the Worker
 * Anatomy of the Drone
 * Anatomy of the Larva and Pupa


 * Social Life

Communication

 * Dance Language
 * Pheromones

Behavior

 * Fanning
 * Flight
 * Guard
 * Robbing
 * Swarming


 * Color and Object Recognition
 * Learning

Bottom Board

 * Slatted Bottom Board
 * Screened Bottom Board

Covers

 * Telescopic Cover
 * Garden Cover
 * Inner Cover
 * Migratory Cover

Entrance Modifier

 * Entrance Reducer
 * Mouse Guard

Feeders

 * Entrance Feeder
 * Hive Top Feeder
 * Frame Feeder

Frames

 * Foundation

Hive Bodies

 * Brood Nest
 * Supers
 * Comb Honey Supers

Other Hive Parts

 * Hive Stand
 * Queen Excluder
 * Sticky Board

Top Bar Hives

 * Kenya Top Bar Hive
 * Tanzania Top Bar Hives
 * Top Bars

Other Hive Designs

 * Beegum Hive (antiquated)
 * Natural Hive
 * Observation Hive
 * Skep Hives (antiquated)
 * Tile Hive (antiquated)
 * WBC Hive (traditional but now uncommon British Hive)
 * British National (or Modified National)
 * Smith Hive
 * Commercial (and Modified Commercial)
 * Dadant
 * Warre/People's Hive and variants

Obtaining Hive Parts

 * Buying New
 * Buying Used
 * Building

Hive Manipulation

 * Hive Tool
 * Frame Grip

Bee Manipulation

 * Bee Brush
 * Smoker
 * Bee Blower

Protective Gear

 * Veil
 * Bee Suit
 * Bee Gloves

Build Up and Maintenance

 * Embedders
 * Frame Cleaner
 * Foundation Press

Packaged Bees

 * Caring for a Package of Bees
 * Hiving a Packages

Nucs and Existing Hives

 * Moving Hives
 * Hiving Nucs

Swarms and Feral Hives

 * Swarm Baiting
 * Swarms Capture
 * Hiving Swarms
 * Collecting Feral Hives
 * Hiving Feral Hives

Acquiring Queen Bees

 * Introducing the Queen
 * Handling the Queen

Standard Hive Management

 * Opening the Hive for the First Time
 * Locating the Queen

Advanced Hive Management

 * Swarm Prevention
 * Producing Comb Honey
 * Marking the Queen
 * Queen Rearing

Seasonal Management

 * Spring Management
 * Summer Management
 * Fall Management
 * Winter Management

Honey

 * Varieties of Honey

Forms of Honey

 * Extracted Honey
 * Comb Honey
 * Chunk Honey
 * Creamed Honey
 * Adulterated Honey

Processing Honey

 * Extracting Honey
 * Packaging Honey
 * Selling Honey

Using Honey

 * Food Recipes
 * Mead Making

Honey Tools

 * Uncapping Tools
 * Comb Cutter
 * Honey Extractor
 * Honey Press
 * Refractometer

Beeswax

 * Cosmetic Formulas
 * Candle Making

Wax Tools

 * Wax Melting
 * Wax Processing

Bee Manipulation

 * Biological Beekeeping
 * Small Cell Regression

Hive Manipulations

 * Joining Hives
 * Splitting Hives
 * Migratory Beekeeping

Parasites

 * Tracheal Mite (Acarine Disease)
 * Varroa Mites

Disease

 * Acute Bee Paralysis (ABP)
 * Amoeba
 * Chronic Paralysis Virus (CPV)
 * Dysentery
 * Kashmir Bee Virus (KBV)
 * Nosema
 * Septicemia

Brood Disease

 * American Foul Brood (AFB)
 * Chalkbrood
 * European Foul Brood (EFB)
 * Sacbrood
 * Stonebrood

Chemicals

 * Pesticides

Pests

 * Bears
 * Birds
 * Hive Beetle
 * Mice
 * Skunks
 * Vandals
 * Wax Moth

Plants for Bees

 * Pollination Process
 * Plants for Honey Bees
 * Plants for Bumblebees
 * Plants for Solitary Bees

Special Interest

 * Africanized Honey Bee
 * Allergies
 * Gaining Support of Friends and Neighbors
 * Phobia

History

 * Evolution of the Honey Bee
 * Impact of Man
 * Historical Beekeeping Practices

Appendices

 * Beekeeping Glossary
 * Beekeeper’s Guide to Essential Oils
 * Beekeeping Clubs and Associations
 * Frequently Asked Questions
 * Images and Illustrations
 * Manufacturers and Resources
 * Other Reference Material
 * Recipes for the Bees

Acknowledgments and Book Information

 * Book Contributors
 * Editing Guidelines and Information

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