A Lively Hive

Author : Alex Tuchman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0960025960

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A Lively Hive by Alex Tuchman Pdf

The revolutionary beekeeping method that is providing a radical return to healthy bee hives in the U.S. and around the world today is explained in detail in A Lively Hive. Author, Alex Tuchman, the director of Spikenard Farm Honeybee Sanctuary in Floyd, Virginia, walks the reader through both the philosophy and practical applications that have shown remarkable success rates. In the past five years, the catastrophic loss of 45% of U.S. honeybee colonies has been well documented. By contrast, in that same time period Spikenard Farm Honeybee Sanctuary has shown an astonishing low loss of only 12%. Tuchman shares the significant difference between beekeeping methods that exploit the honeybee for human agribusiness and alternative methods to beekeeping that are in line with the instincts and wisdom of the honeybees themselves. The amazing results, as it turns out, are found at heart in the relationship and communication between the honeybee and the human-that when we listen to what the bees are telling us, only then are we guided to best provide for the bees' needs in the physical world.

Author : Allison Wallace
Publisher : Random House
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2007-12-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780307430410

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A Keeper of Bees by Allison Wallace Pdf

I was hooked. Call it adrenaline surge, call it honeybee venom in my veins–whatever the explanation, henceforth I would need these funky little critters in my life. Givers of sweet, thick honey, bringers forth of the fruits from trees and bushes and who knew what else, they also gave more food for thought than a body could know what to do with. –from A Keeper of Bees Allison Wallace’s devotion to honeybees and their amazing, intensely lived lives started years ago, when she was living in a cabin in the North Carolina woods. Ever since then, wherever she has called home, Wallace has kept company with bees. Now she gives us the honeybee in all its glory, dancing “the great, never fully knowable ecological dance,” striving like other creatures and plants to be all it can be in its short life. With a philosopher’s perception and a scientist’s knowledge, Wallace interweaves the facts of honeybee biology with reflections on desire, intimacy, work, evolution, memory, and home. She shares the thrill of intimately observing thousands of busy bees cozily ensconced in their brilliantly designed, perfectly weatherproofed hive. She muses on the female workers’ unceasing activity, and on the male drones’ idleness as each awaits his acrobatic midair mating with the queen, followed by his instant death. She marvels at the cosseted queen, upon whom the future of the hive depends.

Author : Candace Fleming
Publisher : Holiday House
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2020-02-18
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780823443048

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Honeybee by Candace Fleming Pdf

Take to the sky with Apis, one honeybee, as she embarks on her journey through life! An Orbis Pictus Honor Book Selected for the Texas Bluebonnnet Master List Finalist for the AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books A tiny honeybee emerges through the wax cap of her cell. Driven to protect and take care of her hive, she cleans the nursery and feeds the larvae and the queen. But is she strong enough to fly? Not yet! Apis builds wax comb to store honey, and transfers pollen from other bees into the storage. She defends the hive from invaders. And finally, she begins her new life as an adventurer. The confining walls of the hive fall away as Apis takes to the air, finally free, in a brilliant double-gatefold illustration where the clear blue sky is full of promise-- and the wings of dozens of honeybees, heading out in search of nectar to bring back to the hive. Eric Rohmann's exquisitely detailed illustrations bring the great outdoors into your hands in this poetically written tribute to the hardworking honeybee. Award-winning author Candace Fleming describes the life cycle of the honeybee in accessible, beautiful language. Similar in form and concept to the Sibert and Orbis Pictus award book Giant Squid, Honeybee also features a stunning gatefold and an essay on the plight of honeybees. A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year Named a Best Book of the Year by Kirkus Reviews, NPR, Shelf Awareness, School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly and more! A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book of the Year A Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Blue Ribbon Book A Booklist Editor's Choice A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection

Author : Torie Mathis
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1547097744

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Life in the Hive - a Book about Honey Bees by Torie Mathis Pdf

Life in the Hive A BOOK ABOUT HONEY BEES It's a busy, buzzing life in the beehive!Learn all about life in the honey bee hive in this fun book full of interesting bee facts and beautiful bee photos. You'll soon know about the three types of bees in the hive, all the hard work the worker bees have, how bees carry pollen back to the hive and somuch more. It's a bee-utiful life in the hive.

Author : Stephen Buchmann
Publisher : Ember
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2011-07-12
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780385737715

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Honey Bees by Stephen Buchmann Pdf

In Honey Bees: Letters From the Hive, bee expert Stephen Buchmann takes readers on an incredible tour. Enter a beehive--one part nursery, one part honey factory, one part queen bee sanctum--then fly through backyard gardens, open fields, and deserts where wildflowers bloom. It's fascinating--and delicious! Hailed for their hard work and harmonious society, bees make possible life on earth as we know it. This fundamental link between bees and humans reaches beyond biology to our environment and our culture: bees have long played important roles in art, religion, literature, and medicine--and, of course, in the kitchen. For honey fanatics and all who have a sweet tooth, this book not only entertains and enlightens but also reminds us of the fragility of humanity's relationship with nature. Includes illustrations and photographs throughout.

Author : Robin Moritz,Robin Crewe
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780190872304

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The Dark Side of the Hive by Robin Moritz,Robin Crewe Pdf

Honey bees have been described as exceptionally clever, well-organized, mutualistic, collaborative, busy, efficient--in short a perfect society. While the colony is indeed a marvel of harmonious, efficient organization, it also has a considerable dark side. Authors Robin Moritz and Robin Crewe write about the life history of the honey bee, Apis mellifera, highlighting conflict rather than harmony, failure rather than success, from the perspective of the individual worker in the colony. When one looks carefully, the honey bee colony is far from being perfect. As with any complex social system, honeybee societies are prone to error, robbery, cheating, and social parasitism. Nevertheless, the hive gets by remarkably well in spite of many seemingly odd biological features. The perfection that is perceived to exist in the honeybee's social organization is the function of a focus on the colony as a whole rather than exploring the idiosyncrasies of its individual members. The Dark Side of the Hive thus focuses on the role of the individual rather than that of the collective. Moritz and Crewe dissect the various careers that individual male and female honey bees can take and their role in colony organization. Competition between individuals using both physical and chemical force drives colonial organization. This book deals with individual mistakes, maladaptations and evolutionary dead-ends that are also part of the bees' life. The story told about these dark sides of the colony spans the full range of biological disciplines ranging from genomics to systems biology.

Author : Hive,J. H. Cross
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1852
Category : Bee culture
ISBN : NLS:V000593956

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The Hive and Its Wonders by Hive,J. H. Cross Pdf

Author : Gene Kritsky
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2010-02-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780199742387

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The Quest for the Perfect Hive by Gene Kritsky Pdf

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. In The Quest for the Perfect Hive, entomologist Gene Kritsky offers a concise, beautifully illustrated history of beekeeping, tracing the evolution of hive design from ancient Egypt to the present. Not simply a descriptive account, the book suggests that beekeeping's long history may in fact contain clues to help beekeepers fight the decline in honey bee numbers. Kritsky guides us through the progression from early mud-based horizontal hives to the ascent of the simple straw skep (the inverted basket which has been in use for over 1,500 years), from hive design's Golden Age in Victorian England up through the present. He discusses what worked, what did not, and what we have forgotten about past hives that might help counter the menace to beekeeping today. Indeed, while we have sequenced the honey bee genome and advanced our knowledge of the insects themselves, we still keep our bees in hives that have changed little during the past century. If beekeeping is to survive, Kritsky argues, we must start inventing again. We must find the perfect hive for our times. For thousands of years, the honey bee has been a vital part of human culture. The Quest for the Perfect Hive not only offers a colorful account of this long history, but also provides a guide for ensuring its continuation into the future.

Author : Matthias Thun
Publisher : Floris Books
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-17
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781782506867

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Biodynamic Beekeeping by Matthias Thun Pdf

Modern beekeeping, influenced by new technologies and breeding methods, has increased honey production but left bee colonies weak and vulnerable to disease. With the alarming decline of the bee population raising concerns about an impending ecological crisis, many beekeepers are seeking a more sustainable way of caring for bees. Biodynamic Beekeeping is the first book to offer practical instruction on caring for bees using biodynamic theories and methods. By considering the influence of the movement of the stars and the planets on the bees' natural habits, biodynamics encourages beekeepers to be more in tune with their bees indicating, for example, the best days on which to inspect colonies or gather honey. This fascinating book offers beekeepers detailed advice and instruction on how to work more holistically, including: the challenges and advantages of breeding queen bees how to artificially induce swarming to propagae colonies how to use biodynamic ashing techniques to combat varroa mites instructions for making winter-feed according to current biodynamic thinking

Author : Joyce Markovics
Publisher : Bearport Publishing
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2009-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781597168670

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The Honey Bee's Hive by Joyce Markovics Pdf

Describes the activities within a honey bee hive.

Author : Günther Hauk
Publisher : SteinerBooks
Page : 109 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2002-01-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781621511960

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Toward Saving the Honeybee by Günther Hauk Pdf

This long-anticipated book from a pioneer in the field of beekeeping addresses the current plight of the honeybee and that noble creature's reaction to the past hundred years of hive mechanization and human manipulation. Hauk, a biodynamic gardener and beekeeper for more than twenty-five years, approaches the bee "as a sick patient who has been trying for years to signal to us the deep crises of its diminishing life forces and its increasing inability to resonate with the environment." Hauk presents the bee colony as a complex and delicate organism, with a life and vital functions far beyond the production of honey. Construction of the hive, colony hierarchy, swarming, as well as foul brood, mites, and disease are all discussed in the context of the hive as a whole.

Author : Loree Griffin Burns
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 85 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2010-05-03
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780547488127

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The Hive Detectives by Loree Griffin Burns Pdf

“Spotlights a ‘dream team’ of scientists as they work to determine what is threatening bee colonies and (by extension) agriculture . . . fascinating.”—Booklist (starred review) Without honey bees the world would be a different place. There would be no honey, no beeswax for candles, and—worst of all—barely a fruit, nut, or vegetable to eat. So imagine beekeeper Dave Hackenburg’s horror when he discovered twenty million of his charges had vanished. Those missing bees became the first casualties of a mysterious scourge that continues to plague honey bee populations today. In The Hive Detectives, Loree Griffin Burns profiles bee wranglers and bee scientists who have been working to understand colony collapse disorder, or CCD. In this dramatic and enlightening story, readers explore the lives of the fuzzy, buzzy insects and learn what might happen to us if they were gone. “Throughout the presentation, readers learn about the anatomy, development, and social behavior of honey bees, and observe the process of scientific investigation and its vital, real-world application.”—Booklist (starred review) “An appendix adds varied fascinating facts about bees—again using the format of an illustrated research journal. Harasimowicz’s clear, beautifully reproduced photographs support and extend the text. Readers . . . will be well served by this example of a scientific mystery still unsolved.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “Clear color photographs of beekeepers, scientists, equipment, close-ups of bees, hives, etc., complement the text on every page. Youngsters concerned with the environment will find this meticulously researched title a valuable resource.”—School Library Journal

Author : Raymond Huber
Publisher : Candlewick Press
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-03
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781536221053

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Flight of the Honey Bee by Raymond Huber Pdf

“One of the most informative picture books about honey bees, this is surely among the most beautiful as well.” —Booklist (starred review) A tiny honey bee emerges from the hive for the first time. Using sunlight, landmarks, and scents to remember the path, she goes in search of pollen and nectar to share with the thousands of other bees in her hive. She uses her powerful sense of smell to locate the flowers that sustain her, avoids birds that might eat her, and returns home to share her finds with her many sisters. Nature lovers and scientists-to-be are invited to explore the fascinating life of a honey bee. Back matter includes information about protecting bees and an index.

Author : H. D. Richardson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1852
Category : Bees
ISBN : BL:A0020389180

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The Hive and the Honey Bee; ... A new edition ... enlarged by J. O. Westwood by H. D. Richardson Pdf

Author : Patrick Baccellieri
Publisher : Default- TCM
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Decision making
ISBN : 9781425891831

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Professional Learning Communities by Patrick Baccellieri Pdf

This brand-new resource uses data in decision making to improve student learning by promoting a school-wide learning community. Help motivate your staff to participate in choosing goals and instructional strategies while keeping the focus on improving student achievement.