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Lawrence John
Connor, with Robert Muir
Bee-sentials:
A Field Guide
The
beekeeping book you have been looking
for—a basic book with some ‘meat on it’s
bones’ for continued study by new and
not so new beekeepers—A book that can be
thrown into a computer bag or backpack
and read on an airline or beside a lake.
208 pages, over 270 photos, all in
full color. 25 pages colorful pages of
honey plants.
6” wide and 9” tall. Delivered in
U.S.A for $29.95.
ISBN:
978-1-878075-28-4
“I
wish such a book had been available when
I started. It will be a good book for
our bee club to work into our mentoring
program.”—Mike Risk, President, Center
of Michigan Beekeepers
Thanks so much for the beautiful book
& the kind words you inscribed
I really appreciate it, Dr Larry. It is
about the most colorful, useful bee book
I have ever read!
Thanks again --Judge Dan (O’Hanlon, West
Virginia)
A Wicwas Press Essentials Book
$33.90 (includes shipping)
The Beekeeper's Handbook
Fourth Edition, June 2011
Diana Sammataro and Alphonse
Avitabile
With forward by Dewey M. Caron
Adapted from
promotional materials:
From the foreword
Beginners will find The Beekeeper s
Handbook a joy, and more seasoned
beekeepers will find rereading of
benefit as they continue to master
the art and science of bee colony
care. Dewey M. Caron
Praise for the third edition
The Beekeeper's Handbook has guided
thousands of beginning and advanced
beekeepers in the how-tos of this
entertaining and profitable pastime.
Simply put, it is the best of the
best of beekeeping books. Roger A.
Morse
An updated and expanded volume that
goes into ... all practical aspects
of beekeeping. Superbly illustrated.
Northeastern Naturalist
A comprehensive, well-illustrated
introduction for beginners and a
valuable reference for the
experienced beekeeper. The book
outlines options for each operation
within beekeeping, listing
advantages and disadvantages of each
alternative.
AB Bookman s Weekly
The text is presented in a very
readable way, and the diagrams are
some of the clearest I have seen for
a long time. Bee Craft
An elegant reference book with
beautiful illustrations. Whole Earth
Since 1973, tens of thousands of
first-time and experienced
beekeepers alike have relied on The
Beekeeper's Handbook as the best
single-volume guide to the hobby and
profession of beekeeping. Featuring
clear descriptions and authoritative
content, this handbook provides
step-by-step directions accompanied
by more than 100 illustrations for
setting up an apiary, handling bees,
and working throughout the season to
maintain a healthy colony of bees
and a generous supply of honey. This
book explains the various colony
care options and techniques, noting
advantages and disadvantages, so
that beekeepers can make the best
choices for their own hives. This
fourth edition has been thoroughly
redesigned, expanded, updated, and
revised to incorporate the latest
information on Colony Collapse
Disorder, green IPM methods,
regional overwintering protocols,
and procedures for handling bees and
managing diseases and pests such as
African honey bees and bee mites.
The book explains not only how but
also why each step is part of the
transformative process that results
in the magnificent creation of
honey. This essential guide is a
beekeeper s most valuable resource.
Colony Collapse Disorder has renewed
our recognition of the importance of
small-scale beekeeping and the
critical role of bees in the
production of our food supply. For
the growing number of beekeepers
looking to set up hives for either a
rewarding hobby or a profitable
commercial enterprise, this updated
and revised essential how-to guide
includes:
step-by-step directions for all
stages from setting up an apiary to
harvesting honey;
approximately 100 illustrations
featuring techniques, equipment, and
bee biology;
information about how to manage new
pests and diseases including Colony
Collapse Disorder;
coverage of new trends and changes
in beekeeping including green IPM
techniques and new laws for urban
beekeeping;
the most up-to-date bibliography and
list of resources on the topic; and
a new user-friendly book design that
clearly highlights instructions and
other important features.
About the Authors
Diana
Sammataro is Research Entomologist
at the USDA-ARS Carl Hayden Honey
Bee Research Center in Tucson,
Arizona, where her research focuses
on beneficial microbes and bee
nutritional problems, managing
parasitic mites of bees and Colony
Collapse Disorder, and following the
pollination of crops from almonds to
apples.
Alphonse Avitabile is a longtime
beekeeper and Emeritus Professor of
Biology at the University of
Connecticut, Waterbury. Dewey M.
Caron is a retired Professor and
Extension Entomologist in the
Department of Entomology at the
University of Delaware. He is the
author of Honey Bee Biology and
Beekeeping.
Honey Bee Hobbyist $14.95
+ $3.00 shipping = $17.95 postpaid USA.
(From promotional materials). Beekeeping
isn't just for the professional
farmer—bees can be kept in any situation
from the simple backyard patio and
garden to large expanses of farm land.
This comprehensive and attractive
beekeeping guide, from Hobby Farm Press,
takes readers from finding their bees,
housing them, collecting honey and using
their produce for pleasure and possible
profit. This colorful book, including
entertaining chapters on the history of
bees and beekeeping, serves as an
extensive introduction to help novice
beekeepers fully understand this
exciting hobby!
About the Author
Norman Gary received his PhD degree in
Apiculture (the scientific study and
management of honeybees), a very rare
degree in the field of Entomology. After
3 years of postdoctoral research at
Cornell, he joined the faculty at the
University of California (Davis Campus)
in 1962 as a professor and research
scientist, a career that would last 32
years. Norman has published over 100
scientific papers and chapters in 4
books. Beginning in the ‘60s, he
developed a secondary career in the
entertainment world as a “bee wrangler,”
training his favorite insect to perform
in action scenes in movies, television
shows, and commercials. He did bee
scenes in 18 movies, working with about
40 well-known movie stars, appeared as a
guest in more than 70 television shows,
did 6 commercials with bees. Norman is
also an accomplished musician, playing
professionally for 45 years, including
his own Dixieland band, the Beez Kneez
Jazz Band. He holds two Guinness world
records for bee stunts. He was a member
of the Screen Actors Guild, American
Federation of Radio and Television
Artists, and 10 other professional
organizations. Norman is currently
retired, after raising two children with
his wife in Citrus Heights, CA.
Honeybee Democracy
[Hardcover] $29.95 +
$3.00
shipping
= $32.95 postpaid in USA.
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I have been a follower
of Professor Seeley's
research and books since
I saw his first research
on the nature of honey
bee swarms in the 1970s.
In his third book he
pulls many of his
research stories into a
lucid and exciting
review of the science of
bee swarms and how bees
make decisions. Highly
recommended for
beekeeper and animal
lover/student alike. A
must read for every
beekeeper.— LJConnor
(from promotional
materials): Honeybees
make decisions
collectively--and
democratically. Every
year, faced with the
life-or-death problem of
choosing and traveling
to a new home, honeybees
stake everything on a
process that includes
collective fact-finding,
vigorous debate, and
consensus building. In
fact, as world-renowned
animal behaviorist
Thomas Seeley reveals,
these incredible insects
have much to teach us
when it comes to
collective wisdom and
effective decision
making. A remarkable and
richly illustrated
account of scientific
discovery, Honeybee
Democracy brings
together, for the first
time, decades of
Seeley's pioneering
research to tell the
amazing story of house
hunting and democratic
debate among the
honeybees.
In the late spring and
early summer, as a bee
colony becomes
overcrowded, a third of
the hive stays behind
and rears a new queen,
while a swarm of
thousands departs with
the old queen to produce
a daughter colony.
Seeley describes how
these bees evaluate
potential nest sites,
advertise their
discoveries to one
another, engage in open
deliberation, choose a
final site, and navigate
together--as a swirling
cloud of bees--to their
new home. Seeley
investigates how
evolution has honed the
decision-making methods
of honeybees over
millions of years, and
he considers
similarities between the
ways that bee swarms and
primate brains process
information.
He
concludes that what
works well for bees can
also work well for
people: any
decision-making group
should consist of
individuals with shared
interests and mutual
respect, a leader's
influence should be
minimized, debate should
be relied upon, diverse
solutions should be
sought, and the majority
should be counted on for
a dependable resolution.
An impressive
exploration of animal
behavior, Honeybee
Democracy shows that
decision-making groups,
whether honeybee or
human, can be smarter
than even the smartest
individuals in them.
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Larry Connor, Ph.D.
Wicwas Press
1620 Miller Road
Kalamazoo, MI 49001 USA
Cell 269-344-8027--NOTE -- This
changed 2010 09 19
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Beeconomy: What Women and Bees
Can Teach Us about Local Trade
and the Global Market
[Hardcover] $32.95 (including
postage in USA)
"In
these pages, Tammy Horn takes you on
a global, first class ride that
explores the geography, history,
culture, economy and influence of
the beekeepers of the world who
raise both bees and children--women.
Horn has gathered all in one place
the special, shining examples of the
thousands of beekeeping heroines
that have been mostly over looked in
the histories written by men.
Finally, the women are all in the
light."--Kim Flottum
""This unique book tells the story
of women in the world of honey bees
and beekeeping, from historical
times to today and across every
continent."--Francis Ratnieks,
Sussex University" –
""Beeconomy
examines the fasciniating evolution
of the relationship between women
and bees around the world... The
women profiled in the book suggest
ways of managing careers, gender
discrimination, motherhood, marriage
and single parenting--all while
enjoying the community created by
women who work with honeybees." --
Edible Louisville & The Bluegrass
Region" –
""In
this engaging, deeply researched
investigation of the interplay
between women and beekeeping, Horn
goes beyond looking at hive-related
products like beeswax, honey, and
cosmetics, and explores the
potential for beekeeping to change
family dynamics and even the global
economy." -- ForeWord Magazine" --
About the Author
Tammy
Horn was raised with beekeepers on
both sides of her family. She is the
director of Coal Country Beeworks, a
multi-service project in which
surface mine sites are reclaimed
with pollinator habitat in eastern
Kentucky. She lives in Lexington,
Kentucky.
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Dr. Larry Connor WICWAS PRESS
1620 MILLER ROAD KALAMAZOO, MI 49001
PHONE
269-344-8027
LJConnor@aol.com
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