City Of The Bees

Author : Brian McCallum
Publisher : Guardian Books
ISBN 13 : 0852652534
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bees in the City written by Brian McCallum and published by Guardian Books. This book was released on 2012-03-31 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beekeeping - once seen as an old-fashioned country pursuit - is increasingly attracting young metropolitan professionals, and new hives are springing up all over our cities. Whether you're attracted to beekeeping because you want to produce your own honey, do your bit to combat the threats that honeybee colonies face today, or simply reconnect with nature, Bees in the City provides a comprehensive guide to the subject. Written by the authors of the bestselling A World Without Bees, it: - introduces you to the school teachers, inner-city youngsters, City professionals and budding entrepreneurs who are at the forefront of this exciting new movement - suggests creative ways you can help bees in your own back garden without keeping a hive - provides extensive, practical information for the novice urban beekeeper, including tips on getting started and a month-by-month job guide Packed with invaluable advice on how to understand and support these extraordinary creatures, Bees in the City will inspire you to join this new urban revolution.

Author : Thomas Keneally
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504038681
Total Pages : 121 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ned Kelly and the City of Bees written by Thomas Keneally and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2017-11-14 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ned Kelly would never have imagined shrinking his size in order to escape the dreary hospital bed where he’s recovering from appendicitis. But, that’s exactly what Apis, his new friend (who happens to be a bee), helps him do with the aid of a special gold liquid. At apian size, Ned flies off with Apis and Nancy Clancy (who speaks only in rhyme) to try life in the hive. Although he questions some of their practices, like disposing of old drones who can’t work anymore, Ned soon makes friends with the bees, including Romeo, a drone lovesick for the Queen, Basil, a drone-rights activist, and even the haughty Queen herself.

Author : Luke Dixon
Publisher : Timber Press
ISBN 13 : 1604692871
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Keeping Bees in Towns and Cities written by Luke Dixon and published by Timber Press. This book was released on 2012-09-18 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Keeping Bees in Towns and Cities features everything an urbanite needs to know to start keeping bees: how to select the perfect hive, how to buy bees, how to care for a colony, how to harvest honey, and what to do in the winter. Urban beekeeping has particular challenges and needs, and this book highlights the challenges and presents practices that are safe, legal, and neighbor-friendly. The text is rounded out with profiles of urban beekeepers from all over the world, including public hives at the Maryland Center for Horticulture, beekeeping on an office balcony in Melbourne, Australia, and a poolside hive at a hotel in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Author : Irwin A. Moon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 15 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book City of the Bees written by Irwin A. Moon and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Andrea Cheng
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780884485209
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bees in the City written by Andrea Cheng and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lionel wants to save Aunt Celine's bees. He feels the solution is the rooftop gardens and window boxes of his apartment neighbors in Paris.

Author : Thomas D. Seeley
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 140083595X
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Honeybee Democracy written by Thomas D. Seeley and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2010-09-20 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Frank S. Stuart
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book City of the Bees written by Frank S. Stuart and published by . This book was released on 2024-01-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: City of the Bees, first published in 1947, is a lyrical account of one year in the life of a wild bee colony: the dangers faced - from badgers, wasps, moths, robber bees, mice, and woodpeckers - as the colony moves to a new location, the quiet period of winter, followed by rebirth in the spring, and the death of the queen. Also portrayed are the various roles performed by members of the colony: farmers, nurses, sentries, drones, caregivers for the young, and the queen bee herself.

Author : Craig Hughes
Publisher : Good Life Press
ISBN 13 : 9781904871699
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Urban Beekeeping written by Craig Hughes and published by Good Life Press. This book was released on 2010-11-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now, more than ever before, is the time to keep honey bees. Taking you through the beekeepers year this book covers all the essential requirements for small-scale beekeeping and considers the advantages for urban bees over their country living relations as well as giving advice on bees and children, neighbors and pets. It covers where and how to buy bees, transportation, legal issues, positioning the hive, planning the arrival, routine and management, cleaning the hive, swarming, equipment, health and safety, security, training, resources set up and running costs as well as collecting and producing honey, beeswax, candles, soap and other by-products.

Author : Frank Stanley Stuart
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book City of the Bees written by Frank Stanley Stuart and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author's story of a year's work with a colony of wild bees.

Author : Joyce Markovics
Publisher : Bearport Publishing
ISBN 13 : 159716867X
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Honey Bee's Hive written by Joyce Markovics and published by Bearport Publishing. This book was released on 2009-08-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the activities within a honey bee hive.