Ruby Sisson Library

In rhyming text, a child describes the work Grandpa does to take care of honeybees and harvest the honey they make.

Whether you're a beginning beekeeper or one with a season or two of experience, Richard Bonney tells you how to keep bees, not just have them. This book offers information about how to acquire bees; install a colony; manage a hive; take a crop of honey; prevent and treat Varroa and tracheal mites; and learn about Africanized bees

"Olivia McAfee knows what it feels like to start over. Her picture-perfect life-living in Boston, married to a brilliant cardiothoracic surgeon, raising a beautiful son, Asher-was upended when her husband revealed a darker side. She never imagined she would end up back in her sleepy New Hampshire hometown, living in the house she grew up in, and taking over her father's beekeeping business. Lily Campanello is familiar with do-overs, too. When she...

The National Honey Bee Health Survey, sponsored by USDA and the Bee Informed Partnership, began several years ago to document the presence or absence of bee diseases, parasites and pests of honey bees. The Survey also samples pollen for the presence of over 174 pesticides.

"The Backyard Beekeeper, now revised and expanded, makes the time-honored and complex tradition of beekeeping an enjoyable and accessible backyard pastime that will appeal to gardeners, crafters, and cooks everywhere. This expanded edition gives you even more information on "greening" your beekeeping with sustainable practices, pesticide-resistant bees, and urban and suburban beekeeping. More than a guide to beekeeping, it is a handbook for harvesting...

Offers a holistic, sensible alternative to conventional chemical practices with a program of natural hive management. Ross Conrad brings together the best "do no harm" strategies for keeping honeybees healthy and productive with nontoxic methods of controlling mites, eliminating American foulbrood diseases (without the use of antibiotics), selective breeding for naturally resistant bees, and many other tips and techniques. Detailed management techniques...

"Hatidze lives with her ailing mother in the mountains of Macedonia, making a living cultivating honey using ancient beekeeping traditions. When an unruly family moves in next door, what at first seems like a balm for her solitude becomes a source of tension as they, too, want to practice beekeeping, while disregarding her advice"--Container.