First released in 1999, Honey Bee Biology and Beekeeping is widely accepted as a major textbook of Apiculture (beekeeping). Universities use it to teach college students bee biology and beekeeping. This is the third major revision of the text. Beekeepers and bee clubs use it to teach other beekeepers. It concentrates on the why, how and when of beekeeping. It explains bee and beekeeping basics in a manner meaningful to people who lack an extensive background in biology. Yet it is not over simplified, and provides a meaningful source of beekeeping information for the informed beekeeper. The Third Edition has been carefully edited, updated and expanded to 480 pages. New chapters have been added, as have colorful new graphics and photographs. The Glossary has also been expanded. This comprehensive textbook easily replaces many beginner books while adding comprehensive details of bee biology essential to becoming a successful beekeeper and student of the honey bee. Features many new full-color photos by the authors, selected beekeeper-photographers, as well as new color drawings by Jon Zawislak.

Honey Bee Biology and Beekeeping

by Dr. Dewey Caron *Autographed*

Value - $117

"This remarkable book presents a practical, chemical-treatment-free, solution to the Varroa problem. The author explains that in colonies that are surviving without treatments, the workers are controlling Varroa not by killing the adult mites, but by detecting and chewing out mite-infested brood cells to interrupt the mites' reproduction. This book is a first-rate guide on how to identify mite-resistant colonies using simple tools: open-mesh screens and insert boards. The beekeeper learns thereby which of his/her colonies have genes that should be propagated in a program of treatment-free beekeeping."

Tom Seely – Author of The Lives of Bees

The Honey Bee Solution to Varroa explains the practical steps beekeepers can take to identify and select for easily observable Varroa-resistant traits in their colonies. The science behind the bees’ mechanisms for controlling their mite populations is explained, in what is a bee-led solution to the biggest challenge facing the European honey bee.

The Honey Bee Solution to Varroa by Steve Riley

Value - $29 each

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