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Author: Jean-Marie Philippe
Book Id: 13361
Publisher: Omega
Year: 2008 (1st Ed.)
Language: Spanish
Pages: 341
Binding: Paperback; Color
Dimensions: 24 x 17 cms.
Weight: 1125 grs.
Description:
Aimed at both amateur and professional beekeepers, it is an eminently practical work, supported by the latest scientific discoveries. It offers the simplest, fastest and least expensive beekeeping methods and swarm product exploitation techniques, which provide very good results and are applicable in many climatic zones. The photographs that accompany the text facilitate their understanding and provide readers with a natural vision of the subjects explained. This book can also serve as an introduction to beekeeping for many people eager to reestablish relationships with nature that our industrial age has helped to break too soon. It constitutes a unique beekeeping guide, useful in any beekeeping region on the planet. Contents: Introduction. I) Summary of beekeeping over time, bee breeds and their ecological demands: Summary of beekeeping over time. Species and races of bees. Area of ??expansion of Apis mellifera in latitude and altitude. II) Beekeeping: Installation of an apiary. General behavior of the apiary. Sanitary control of bees and apiary. Technique of production of naked swarms or packages of bees. Improvement and selection. Main nectariferous and polliniferous plants. Pollination of crops by bees. III) Social behaviors and activities of bees: General notions. Pheromones, the reflexes of bees and their genetic basis. The senses in bees. Division of labor in the hive. The dance of the bees. Message from the antennae and legs. The memory of bees. Main activities of bees. Queens activities. IV) Description and composition of the products of the beekeeping plants of the hive: The nectar. Honeydew. Honey. The pollen. Loa beeswax. Propolis. Royal jelly. The poison of bees. V) The apicultural material: Introduction. Beehive. The preparation and maintenance material for the apiary environment. The exploitation and collection material. The honey shop. The pollen dryer. VI) Collection of the products of the hive: Collection, extraction, conditioning and marketing of honey. Collection, drying, conditioning and marketing of pollen. Collection, melting and marketing of wax. Collection, melting and marketing of propolis. Collection, melting and marketing of royal jelly. Poison collection. VII) Uses and nutritional and therapeutic values ??of the products of the hive: Introduction. Value of honey in human nutrition and in therapeutics. Uses of beeswax. Therapeutic value of propolis. Therapeutic value of royal jelly. Therapeutic value of bee venom. VIII) Economic analysis of the exploitation: Introduction. Economic factors: investment, expenses and income. Economic balance. IX) World statistics of beekeeping. Bibliographic references. Index. expenses and income. Economic balance. IX) World statistics of beekeeping. Bibliographic references. Index. expenses and income. Economic balance. IX) World statistics of beekeeping. Bibliographic references. Index.