• The standard work of beekeeping
• Extra: Hiking with bees
• Publisher: Kosmos
• Hardcover, 127 pages

Blurb

Whether you are a beginner or an experienced beekeeper, you will find all the important information about honey bees here. The work steps on the colony are explained in detail, the extraction of honey and wax is described and reproduction via swarms or offshoots is explained.

Recognizing and treating bee diseases is also an important part of the book, and ways of keeping your colony healthy are explained.

• Life in the bee colony: tasks of the queen, workers and drones
• Beekeeping today: The path to your own bee colonies
• Work steps: From spring development to the Honey Harvest and wintering
• Bee health: Recognizing and treating diseases