Reference Beekeeper

The Handbook describes the basic techniques of keeping and breeding bee families, given the extensive material on the basis of honey and bee products, describes the features of modern beehives and beekeeping equipment.

Lessons on how to organize a backyard apiary, significantly improve honey yield to prevent swarming and disease bees, prepare colonies for the winter, to process and store bee products, learn beginners and experienced beekeepers. You will learn about the main component of the apiary – bee's home, the design features of different types of hives.

The Handbook highlights the issues of organization of apiaries, including the device of the hive and the choice of location for the apiary; describes the breeds of honey bees; it shows the development of bee families and the problem of breeding bees; learn about the diseases and pests of bees; painted seasonal work in the apiary; characterized melliferous plants.