The Beekeeper's Handbook: A Teaching Text for Beginners to Advanced Beekeepers Book

	Foreword
	Acknowledgments
	Introduction	1
1	Understanding Bees	3
2	Colony Activities	16
3	Beekeeping Equipment	24
4	Obtaining and Preparing for Bees	34
5	Working Bees	40
6	Package Bees	49
7	Feeding Bees	55
8	Winter/Spring Management	64
9	Summer/Fall Management	71
10	Queens and Queen Rearing	83
11	Special Management Problems	99
12	Products of the Hive	113
13	Bee Pests and Diseases	125
14	Pollination and Bee Plants	149
App. A	Anatomy of the Honey Bee	154
App. B	Pheromones	155
App. C	Bee Sting Reaction Physiology	158
App. D	Preserving Woodenware	162
App. E	Metric Conversions	163
App. F	Fun Facts about Bees	164
App. G	Africanized Bees	165
App. H	Rearing Wax Moths	167
	References	169
	Glossary	181
	Index	189