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Australian Native Bee Book: Keeping Stingless Bee Hives for Pets, Pollination and Sugarbag Honey by Tim Heard (Paperback, 2015)
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Keeping stingless bees and hives for pets, pollination and sugarbag honey. • All about sugarbag honey, including how to extract it from hives. Australian Native Bee Book: Keeping Stingless Bee Hives. Inside you’ll find the complete guide to native stingless bees, including.
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The Australian Native Bee Book describes native bees generally and provides a complete guide to keeping Australian native stingless bees. It is richly illustrated with over 500 photos, drawings and charts to increase accessibility and aid learning. It is written by an expert who has spent his lifetime intimately engaged with these unique creatures. Keeping native stingless bees is a hot topic in Australia for commercial, environmental and recreational reasons. You can do something about the decline of pollinators by conserving native bees. Whether you keep a hive or two in your suburban garden, or want to use multiple hives on a commercial farm, this friendly guide has you covered. * Bee biology, behaviour, nesting, social life and foraging * How to build your own native bee hive * How to transfer a bee colony to a hive box and propagate hives * All about sugarbag honey, including how to extract it from hives * Managing your hive * Identifying and dealing with pests * Using stingless bees for pollination - from small gardens to commercial crops * A complete list of Australia's stingless bee species, how to identify them, their characteristics, where they occur, and recommended hives * A readable summary of the latest research on native beesProduct Identifiers
PublisherSugarbag Bees
ISBN-139780646939971
eBay Product ID (ePID)225163031
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Publication Year2015
SubjectScience
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameAustralian Native Bee Book: Keeping Stingless Bee Hives for Pets, Pollination and Sugarbag Honey
TypeTextbook
AuthorTim Heard
FormatPaperback
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Country/Region of ManufactureAustralia
Title_AuthorTim Heard
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- 20 Apr, 2017Top favourable review
Comprehensive and beautiful
This is a comprehensive book. Examples of what is covered include: - harvesting honey - positioning hives - making hives of various designs from scratch - splitting hives - keeping hives healthy, signs of ill-health - explanations of hive behaviour including fighting and how to prevent it - stingless bee evolution and biology - differences between Euro bees and stingless bees - detailed breakdown of the lifecycle of hive and the different castes of bee within the hive - differences between the different stingless bee varieties There are a couple of minor negatives - it focuses a little on T. Carbonaria, so you'd probably want an additional resource if intending to keep Hockingsii etc., and there is perhaps too much "background" information in sections that should really be "quick reference" instructions on how to perform a specific task or check for a specific problem - I'd have liked to see the background moved to sidebars. These are minor niggles though - this book could be less good and still earn 5 stars. The production is great, with glossy, detailed high-colour plates. This is important as native bees are very small, and the differences between specifics (e.g. the colour honey cells and pollen cells) are difficult for a beginner to pick at a glance. My only other complaint is that with such great production, no hardcover edition is available. I would recommend buying this book 1st, then shopping around for other resources (or online) to fill any gaps. I have had a hive for 6 months, and every question I've had (so far) has been answered here or with a quick Google search.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 29 Oct, 2020Top critical review
More information needed
Overall the product is good, however I found two holes at the base of the hive which when I split my original hive leaked out precious honey. I plugged the holes but there was no explanation why the holes were there to begin with. Very little instructions.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 16 May, 2019
Great book if you are into native bees.
The very enthusiastic authors have packed this book full of great information, This easy to read.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 12 Sep, 2019
Great book for novice native bee keepers
For the person starting out keeping native bees I think this book is a must. I am a novice and the way this book was written, accompanied with quality color photos, makes it very easy to follow and understand. Well worth the money asked.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 16 Sep, 2023
Informative and readable
Book was terrific very informative and interesting reading. Very prompt service. For my use it would have been better if I had realised that stingless bees are not found in Victoria.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 01 Aug, 2019
A great go to book.
Love the photos. Very informative. You can tell a lot of research went in to making the book. It's a going to be a good reference book for me.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 11 May, 2017
Aussi Native Bee and Honey Bee info top rate
I read parts of this book when a mate lent it to me, but he wanted it back !!! So I just had to have my own copy :) This Aussi Native Bee and Honey Bee book is top rate, I am really enjoying it.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 31 Oct, 2019
"A thorough text with wonderful photography"
A most comprehensive, informative study of a little known and overlooked insect. A book of love and great insight. You need to own this work!Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 22 Sep, 2021
A wonderful, exciting book on bees.
Easy to follow - information & instructions. Clear photos with full details of their content. A must for the beginning & more advanced bee keeper in our opinion.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 16 Jan, 2024
Great information for Keen Bee enthusiasts
My son has a huge interest in Native Bees and said this is the best book he has got his hands on so far.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
