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The present book is an original study on beekeeping which, apart of course for the existing modern literature, is based on four pillars:1. the study of the relevant ancient Roman and Byzantine literature, 2. the study of the works by foreign travelers who visited Greece from the 17th to the 19th centuries to gather information on beekeeping and wicker hives, 3. the study of archival, mainly unpublished, material, and4. the results of the autho...

Your interest in bees may be inspired by the humble honey bee and how they live together as individuals and yet act as one organism. Or you may want to help native bees thrive and multiply. Or you may want to harvest honey and beeswax for your own consumption or as part of a side hustle. Whatever the reason or reasons, this workbook is designed to help give you some basic information to help you decide how you might engage with native bees or ...

Nuestras investigaciones han proporcionado informaciones fiables sobre el valor que cada raza y ecotipo local tiene para la selección, sobre la relación genética existente entre diferentes grupos de razas, sobre aspectos morfológicos y fisiológicos que las diferencias y sobre la medida de sus variabilidades. En relación a estos importantes detalles, antes teníamos un interés superficial o del todo inexistente.Pero solamente este preciso conoci...

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Among the fly family Syrphidae are many examples of bee mimics, mostly of the genus Eristalis, among which we found the world-wide common dronefly, Eristalis tenax, most convenient for detailed study, as there is no sting. As would be expected for a fly, the eye is much larger than that of the honeybee. Our analysis revealed it as a typical fly visual system with some specialised differences related to detection of movement and foraging among ...

After successful publication in Denmark (1995 ) and Germany (1997 ) this 2010 English translation deals with all aspects of mating and queen breeding and is the latest publication of its kind in the UK. This is a translation of the second (2009) Danish edition, It is full of the latest information. The sub title - suggests much - and delivers on this promise. In full colour it covers The production of Queens, Mating Nucs, Mating Stations, Inst...

Say "queen rearing" to most beekeepers, and they will probably run a mile! This book aims to de-mystify the mysteries of simple queen rearing. It sets out to explain a method of queen rearing on a small scale, which can be used by any beekeeper with a few years of experience and a small number of hives, perhaps only three or four (or even two). Bruce Henderson Smith lives in Cornwall and has been keeping bees simply for over 35 years. He is an...

Introduction: Delve into the world of beekeeping mastery by following one of the UK's foremost bee farmers, Paul Horton. This comprehensive and beautifully illustrated guide navigates the maximising of honey crop yields while prioritising honey bee health, leveraging available forage, and integrating modern management techniques. Authors' Backgrounds: Paul Horton, a second-generation bee farmer from Lincolnshire, and a director of the Bee F...

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A nuc, or nucleus colony, is simply a small colony of bees that have been created by a beekeeper to use for a range of purposes. This is where the simplicity ends! To go beyond that definition, it is important to explore some of the reasons that beekeepers want to create smaller colonies - after all much of the season is spent trying to produce and maintain the largest colonies possible to maximise their nectar gathering potential and the subs...

Alan Wade has honed the craft of keeping bees for over forty years. As an experienced scientist applying himself to this ancient pastime, he brings a wealth of knowledge on the nature of bees and practical aspects of their upkeep. Healthy productive bees should be managed in a way that harness their natural instincts to maximise their wellbeing, an idea that recalls the old adage: Look after your bees and they will look after you. Honey bees, ...

The conservation of bees and other pollinators is currently very high on the public agenda. Indeed, landscape, conservation and biodiversity are inextricably linked and this book takes a comprehensive look at the European scene. Originally published in 1994 it is appropriate for IBRA to republish this important book which will help to link existing schemes for the management of agricultural land with broader policies with the aim to encourage ...

Alan Wade is a research scientist and has kept bees for well over forty years. In Highways and Byways of Beekeeping he ventures down some of the many back roads beekeepers have taken. He explores the limits of our knowledge and understanding of honey bees while introducing us to some of the lost arts of beekeeping practice. Highways and Byways also explores the world of bees not amenable to being kept in hives. Highways focuses on the overarch...

Bumblebee keeping is a unique enterprise. Forget what you know of (honey) beekeeping: this is a different game, and Nelson Pomeroy lays it bare. In a candid account of his career as a student, scientist, businessman and teacher, he details most aspects of working with bumblebees: outdoor nesting sites, laboratory observation hives, crop pollination and commercial-scale rearing. His innovations range from specialist concrete to electric heati...

There are several sources of serious confusion in the investigations of how bees and humans see grey and black. First, von Frisch trained bees to go to a coloured paper, and then tested whether they could distinguish that colour from a palette of 15 shades of grey placed together on a test board. Unfortunately, he used papers made from wood pulp, which do not reflect ultraviolet, so the UV receptors were excluded. Secondly, 16 years later it w...

Born in 1879, Mr Snelgrove originated from Sutton Veny, near Warminster where his father was a blacksmith. He was educated at Culham College, Oxford and Bristol University. Mr Snelgrove became an assistant master at Weston-super-Mare Central School for Boys in 1900. In 1909 he became headmaster and in 1914 was appointed Inspector of Schools for Somerset Education Committee, a position he held for 31 years.After several years as an evening stud...

People with a beginner's interest in bees are often disturbed to learn that their bees will die without some form of varroa mite control. I was, and some of mine did. Yet they didn't all perish. Data that I obtained from the Bee Informed Partnership for my region showed that the average overwintering survival rate for the bees of non-migratory beekeepers, even with chemical mite control, is around half. Luck, intuition, skepticism, thrif...

The Drayton Hive is a hybrid of several established hive designs, combining some of their different strengths and avoiding some of the problems inherent in their use. It does not involve heavy lifting or the use of mechanical extractors for honey production, all-round, all-year insulation is built-in, and it requires no extra space for winter storage. In the hive's development, a simple system of management evolved, enabling bees to thri...

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The general public are becoming more aware of the plight of 'bees'. This is, more accurately, the plight of pollinating insects. Dave Goulson, in his book, (see Silent Earth: Averting the Insect Apocalypse) has called it the 'Insect Apocalypse' and this has meant that many people now believe honey bees to be a protected species. The term 'bees' in this context means all bees and, in the UK, there are about 250 species of bees. However, this bo...