ISBN: 9781933392080 Year Added to Catalog: 2007 Book Format: Paperback Book Art: Photographs and Illustrations Number of Pages: 8 x 10, 240 pages Book Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing Old ISBN: 1933392088 Release Date: June 13, 2007
"Orchardists in Japan depend on the army to hand-pollinate their fruit
crop (and what a striking image that is!) due to a shortage of bees.
But far better to support the insect pollinators in this world. Ross
Conrad has created an intimate guide to beekeeping that clearly
details holistic methods aimed at hive health. The honeybee faces many
affronts to its immune system in these days of tracheal mites and
pesticide overload. The so-called ??Colony Collapse
Disorder? now facing industrial beekeepers makes it all the more
imperative that local farmers and gardeners learn healthy ways to
assist the honeybee. Ross has laid out the ground rules; the rest of
us need to heed the buzz.
--Michael Phillips, author of The Apple Grower
"Ross Conrad keeps bees the way bees should be kept. . . his natural approach to caring for these magnificent pollinators makes sure they will continue their tasks so we can continue to rely on them. Natural beekeeping is not only the best way to keep bees, it is the only way we should keep bees."
--Kim Flottum, Editor, Bee Culture: The Magazine of American Beekeeping
"Beekeepers face new challenges in keeping bees alive and healthy but until now there's been no holistic orientation on beekeeping. Natural Beekeeping offers up an alternative to chemical practices and delivers a program of natural hive management [to]...produce naturally resistant, healthier hives. Both novices and neo-pros receive tips on everything from genetics and breeding to pests and harvesting, with chapters coming from one who learned from world-renowned beekeeper Charles Mraz.
Any collection strong in organic gardening, harvesting or beekeeping needs Natural Beekeeping."
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