• Current research on bee-friendly beekeeping
• Publisher: Ulmer
• Hardcover, 208 pages

Blurb

BEYOND THE EDGE OF THE HIVE ...
From the foreword by Prof. Dr. Jürgen Tautz: "A bee-friendly approach to our smallest pets and appropriate attention to the bees' environment has much more far-reaching consequences than it might appear at first glance."

Beekeepers should provide bees with living conditions that keep them healthy. This book explores the questions of whether this is possible in our environment and under the living conditions that humans have created. What should species-appropriate bee accommodation look like and what does species-appropriate treatment of honey bees look like? What are the conditions for chemical-free beekeeping?

You will find the latest knowledge and research results from renowned bee researchers in this Books:

• Professor Dr. Jürgen Tautz on the natural ways honey bees maintain their health
• Professor Dr. Thomas D. Seeley on swarm intelligence and varroa tolerance in free-living bee colonies
• Torben Schiffer on new approaches in beekeeping and species protection for honey bees

Manfred Schmitz combines the latest research with his beekeeping practice to set out on the road to species-appropriate beekeeping.

Every beekeeper can take simple measures to help ensure that honey bees are kept in a more species-appropriate way and that they can once again use their natural health measures.