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Practical beekeeping y
Clive de Bruyn
1997 - 288 pages. Hardback. Available
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analysis of pollens found in honey in Italy and world-wide are described. Following this are dozens of photographs of pollen grains found in honeys world-wide.
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telling everything that the new beekeeper needs to know, and plenty of good advice and sound facts for established beekeepers too.
As well as being a highly experienced beekeeper, Clive de Bruyn is also a skilled teacher and explainer of beekeeping. In this text he makes his wide knowledge easily accessible and understandable for all. The 22 chapters are concise, and written to engage the reader’s interest. Essential facts are put together in boxes. There are plenty of clear illustrations, black and white, and colour pictures.
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Textbook of melissopalynology by
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1997 - 308 pages. Paperback. Available from Bees
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study pollen. In Chapters Two and Three
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A comprehensive guide for crop growers and beekeepers, concerning the biology and commercial management of bees for pollination. The bees being considered
here are honeybees (Apis mellifera) kept in fran hives, although leafcutting bees (Megachile rotundata), orchard bees (Osmia lignania propinqua} and bumblebees (Bombus sp) are also
discussed briefly. The crops whose pollination requirements are described are those grown in Canada, but some are commonly grown world-wide. Appendix shows how to assess the cost/benefit ratio of pollination services, and how to estimate the economic value of honeybees as crop pollinators. Appendix 2 gives the pollination requirement and honeybee colony stocking rates for about 40 crops grown in Canada. |
This new textbook will be required on the bookshelf of everyone with scientific interest in the pollen content aL of honeys. Professor Ricciardelli D’Albore provides a huge amount of information. In Chapter One the author describes in detail how to
A great amount of technical information, and black and white photographs are provided. Parts of the book relate specifically to Italy. It is
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This book primarily, but not exclusively, describes British beekeeping and is written for everyone keeping European races of Apis mellifera in frame hives. There are some nice touches not found in other texts: dealing with telephone calls, photographic explanation of how to mix pollen supplement, and good advice for neighbourly relations.
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Interestingly, the estimated total! value of honeybee pollination to Canadian agriculture is about Canadian $443million. This is approximately ten times greater than the annual farm value for honey and beeswax: about $49.6 million. The value of honeybee pollination represents 28% of the total farm value of 25 selected crops.
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