Bees for Development Journal 135 July 2020
BOOKSHELF Keeping bees with a smile – principles and practice of natural beekeeping Fedor Lazutin with Leo Sharashkin 2020 (2nd edition) 343 pages soft cover In the second edition of the bestselling beekeeping guide Keeping Bees with a Smile, Fedor Lazutin, one of Europe’s most successful natural beekeepers, shares the bee-friendly approach to apiculture that is fun, healthful, rewarding, and accessible to all. This new edition includes dozens of colour photographs, new hive management techniques, and an updated version of plans for the “Lazutin hive”. Additional coverage includes: • Keeping bees naturally without interfering in their lives • Starting an apiary for free by attracting local bee swarms • Building low-maintenance hives that mimic how bees live in nature • Keeping colonies healthy and strong without any drugs, sugar, or gimmickry • Helping bees to overwinter successfully even in harsh climates • Enhancing local nectar plant resources • Producing truly natural honey without robbing the bees • Reversing the global bee decline... right in your backyard! Keeping Bees with a Smile is an invaluable resource for beginners and professionals alike, complete with plans for making bee-friendly, well-insulated horizontal hives with extra-deep frames, plus other fascinating beekeeping advice you will not find anywhere else. Fedor Lazutin was a natural beekeeper, homesteader, and advocate for habitat restoration and sustainable living in Russia. Leonid Sharashkin, PhD, is a full-time natural beekeeper and founder of HorizontalHive.com. He has edited numerous books on natural beekeeping, writes for major magazines, and speaks internationally on bee-friendly beekeeping. He keeps bees in the Ozarks of southern Missouri. New Society Publishers
Making and selling cosmetics – honeycomb cleansing cream Sara Robb 2020 30 pages soft cover A really useful and useable guide to making cleansing cream – what it is, what its properties need to be, and how to achieve this. This is the first in a new series of booklets giving easy to use recipes, explanations of the ingredients used, and the function of each within the recipe. There is also a guide to the requirements and legislation concerning selling of cosmetics in the UK.
The insect garden Michael John Seabrook 2020 204 pages soft cover A wonderful new guide to the best garden plants to support insects. While written primarily for UK, the information relating to garden plants will be pertinent to many gardeners worldwide. The author’s intent is to help recover insect populations, and towards this end he has researched hundreds of plants to identify those that enable a garden to provide maximum benefit to insects, and much other wildlife too, of course. Full of colour photographs, interesting facts and advice.
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