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Book - Beeswax AlchemyModern beekeepers - take notice! Here we have the answer to one of the most common questions related to beekeeping: what do I do with all of this beeswax? In fact, the possibilities are seemingly endless! As beeswax has multiple holistic and decorative uses, projects can vary from beauty and health products to household items. Beeswax Alchemy is your first step towards using excess beeswax to make beautiful, useful gifts for friends, family, and even yourself. It offers a basic introduction to the art of extracting and purifying beeswax, as well as countless ideas for what to make with it. These include skin care creams, candles, and other home products like beeswax ornaments and wax fabric. So, get ready to suit up and collect some beeswax. There's so much that you can do with it - and now you know how!
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Book - CandlemakingCandlemaking The Natural Way by Rebecca Ittner 31 candles to make with natural waxes Go eco-friendly by creating a variety of gorgeous candles with all-natural and readily available beeswax, palm wax, and soy wax. You'll learn the fundamental techniques of the craft, including dipped, rolled, and molded methods. There are candles to make in a variety of shapes and sizes and in colorful layers. Recipes feature aromatic scents, embedded objects cuch as coffee beans, and more. From pillars to spheres, these projects will look lovely in any décor and makr fabulous presents.
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Book - Having Healthy HoneybeesHaving Healthy Honeybees - An Integrated Approace By John McMullan With so much information available on diseases and health-related matters, today's beekeepers, and particularly beginner beekeepers, are in danger of becoming overwhelmed. The aim of this book is to help beekeepers establish healthy honeybee colonies, assess their condition and take appropriate action. Diseases are dealt with in a concise format to improve readability, and are referenced to the latest peer-reviewed research. The book emphasises the importance of proper set-up, involving an integrated approach to health management - in effect a preventive system that comes at little extra cost to the beekeeper.
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Book - Having Healthy Honeybees 2nd EditionThere has been a change in the beekeeping environment since the first edition in 2012. Today there is a heightened concern about global warming, the natural environment, biodiversity and the need to be guided by science. Among beekeepers there is a greater awareness of these issues with a shift towards sustainable beekeeping; locally-adapted colonies, reduced use of chemicals and concern for pollinators and forage. These concerns are reflected in this second edition. The increased engagement of beekeepers and the questioning of otherwise accepted practices has prompted the title of this edition, Having Healthy Honeybees the beekeeping & science. This edition both updates the first and extends its scope. Aim is to help beekeepers establish healthy colonies. Emphasis on proper set-up and keeping it simple. Diseases are dealt with in a concise format. New chapters, The Bees & Sustainable Colonies and Forage & Honey. There are over 220 references many on open access. John McMullan keeps...
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Book - Haynes Bee ManualThe essential book for all new beekeepers, from hive to honey this covers all aspects of beekeeping Claire and Adrian Waring have kept bees for over eighty years between them and have been involved in both local beekeeping and more specialised associations such as the Bee Improvement and Bee Breeders' Association (BIBBA) for most of that time. Formerly County Beekeeping Instructor for Northamptonshire, Adrian holds the National Diploma in Beekeeping and has lectured widely on the subject. Claire is Editor of the monthly magazine Bee Craft and is a founding trustee of the UK charity Bees Abroad, which seeks to relieve poverty in developing countries through beekeeping.
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Book - The Bee Man Of County ClareThe Bee Man Of County Clare - Turlough Butler O' Bryen By Frank Watson Turlough Butler O' Bryen was born in 1853 - the year in which L.L. Langstroth first published a description of his movable-frame hive. In 1893 the Congested Districts Board appointed Turlough O' Bryen to develop bee-keeping. When he died in 1928 most of the bee kept in Ireland were already in movable-frame hives. During much of his adult life he was the leader in this revolutionary bee-keeping development throughout the island. Turlough Butler O' Bryen's leadership covered the seminal period of bee-keeping developments in Ireland when the capabilities of the movable-frame hive were being worked out and assimilated
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Hive RecordsThe essential record book for all beekeepers, with bonus expert information on many treatable illnesses and diseases. Keep a log year by year of your hives with the layout provided in the hive record folder. This ensures that as a beekeeper you will keep up your standards by knowing exactly what to check for.
