Toward Saving the Honeybee - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Toward Saving the Honeybee write by Günther Hauk. This book was released on 2002-01-15. Toward Saving the Honeybee available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This long-anticipated book from a pioneer in the field of beekeeping addresses the current plight of the honeybee and that noble creature's reaction to the past hundred years of hive mechanization and human manipulation. Hauk, a biodynamic gardener and beekeeper for more than twenty-five years, approaches the bee "as a sick patient who has been trying for years to signal to us the deep crises of its diminishing life forces and its increasing inability to resonate with the environment." Hauk presents the bee colony as a complex and delicate organism, with a life and vital functions far beyond the production of honey. Construction of the hive, colony hierarchy, swarming, as well as foul brood, mites, and disease are all discussed in the context of the hive as a whole.
Toward Saving the Honeybee
Toward Saving the Honeybee - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Toward Saving the Honeybee write by Gunther HAUK. This book was released on 2017-07-27. Toward Saving the Honeybee available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Mason Bee Revolution
Mason Bee Revolution - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mason Bee Revolution write by Dave Hunter. This book was released on 2016-03-22. Mason Bee Revolution available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. • Author Dave Hunter is at the leading edge of bee and pollinator issues • Mason bees are part of the solution to honeybees’ decline • No other bee book addresses the topic with such depth and interest • Includes useful information about leafcutter bees too! The national media regularly features dire stories on honeybee colony collapse and its danger to our food supply. But there's another, unsung bee that has the potential to save the planet—the mason bee. Mason Bee Revolution explains how docile, hard-working, solitary mason bees (and their compatriots, the leafcutter bees) are even more productive pollinators than honeybees, and keeping them can be a fun, easy, backyard hobby for gardeners, conservationists, foodies, and families everywhere. Why these bees? Bee pollination is critical for about 80 percent of US agricultural crops, increasing crop value by an estimated $15 billion annually. Since 2006, nearly a third of all honeybee hives have been lost each year, due to parasites, pesticides, habitat loss, climate change, and a newer malady called Colony Collapse Disorder. While scientists search for answers to save the honeybee, Dave Hunter and his company, Crown Bees, are leading the effort to increase the population of other highly efficient pollinators: One mason bee can produce twelve pounds of cherries, via pollination, where it would take sixty honey bees to achieve the same. Mason Bee Revolution is an easy-to-follow guide to keeping both mason and leafcutter bees. It tells you how to set up, care for, and harvest your own bees and what types of plants and habitat encourage mason and leafcutter bees, as well as provides general information on other common pollinators and bee-related facts, projects, and personalities.
Save the Bees with Natural Backyard Hives
Save the Bees with Natural Backyard Hives - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Save the Bees with Natural Backyard Hives write by Rob McFarland. This book was released on 2015-11-10. Save the Bees with Natural Backyard Hives available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The husband-and-wife team behind the nonprofit HoneyLove make the case that beekeeping ought to be treated as more than a hobby or money-making enterprise. It is an entrance into a complex and sometimes fierce world that must be engaged and understood on its own terms.
Song of Increase
Song of Increase - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Song of Increase write by Jacqueline Freeman. This book was released on 2016-09-01. Song of Increase available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The most joyful emanation produced by a colony of bees is known as the “song of increase”—declaring that the hive is flourishing and the bees are happy in its abundance. Song of Increase takes us inside the world of the honeybee to glean the wisdom of these fascinating creatures with whom humanity has shared a sacred bond for millennia. Within these pages is a bee-centric approach to living with honeybees, rather than advice for simply maximizing the products they provide. Jacqueline Freeman takes us beyond traditional beekeeping and offers a way to work in harmony with honeybees for both their good and ours. “Our way is one of kind observation,” she explains, “where we create supportive homes and fields for bees to live in, as well as tend the heartfelt relationships we form by being together.” Song of Increase focuses on hidden aspects of apiculture that lead us naturally to more sustainable practices. Freeman illuminates the unity consciousness that guides every action in the colony and how this profound awareness can influence the way we see both the natural world and ourselves. Each chapter presents a wealth of information about the life of bees, including Freeman’s personal insights and direct teachings received from the bees themselves.
