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The quest for the perfect hive : a history of innovation in bee culture /

Beekeeping is a sixteen-billion-dollar-a-year business. But the invaluable honey bee now faces severe threats from diseases, mites, pesticides, and overwork, not to mention the mysterious Colony Collapse Disorder, which causes seemingly healthy bees to abandon their hives en masse, never to return....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kritsky, Gene
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Honey bees and the origin of beekeeping
  • The forest beekeepers
  • Skeps
  • Bee niches
  • Early box hives
  • Beekeeping comes to America
  • Glass jar beekeeping
  • The Crystal Palace Exhibition : a beekeeping showcase
  • Bars, frames, and the bee space
  • Resistance to change
  • Alfred Neighbour : British beekeeping ambassador
  • Transition
  • Bee houses
  • Bee calendars
  • Beekeeper's paraphernalia
  • The end of innovation.