The observation hive handbook : studying honey bees at home / Frank Linton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Linton, Frank, 1945- author.

Contributor:

Collison, Clarence H.

Collison, Clarence H., Contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bee culture--Study and teaching.

Bee culture.

Beehives--Study and teaching.

Beehives.

Honeybee--Study and teaching.

Honeybee.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (pages cm)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, [New York] : Comstock Publishing Associates, a division of Cornell University Press, 2017.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This book will guide you in selecting an observation hive and choosing a site for it, modifying the hive and the site as needed, installing the hive, working with the hive, and maintaining the hive. It will prepare you to take a temporary portable observation hive to a market, fair, or school. Most important, it describes and illustrates the many ways you can use your observation hive to learn more about honey bees and how to care for them.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword / Collison, Clarence H.

Preface

Acknowledgments

1. Benefits of Observing Honey Bees at Home

2. Preparing for and Selecting an Observation Hive

3. Installing Your Observation Hive

4. Working an Observation Hive

5. Maintaining Your Observation Hive

6. Observation Hives in Public Spaces

7. Bee Photography and Your Observation Hive

8. Things to Try with Your Observation Hive

A Closing Word

Appendix

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781501709579

1501709577

OCLC:

975998565