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Write And Print Publications Textbook of Apiculture by Saurav Gupta
The present handbook for practitioners, beekeepers, students of agriculture, forestry and agro-ecologyand conservationists shows the reader at different levels of education throughout India for beekeeping guidance. In addition, this book is relatively easy to read, practical and interactive, such that any motivated woman or man could engage in profitable and sustainable beekeeping in India and elsewhere, while it describes a range of methods and goals. This book deals with many different subjects related to beekeeping that are seldom put side by side. This book covers important topics such as the Introduction to Apiculture, Different Types of Honey Bees, Morphology and Anatomy of Honey Bee, Bee Forage and Floral Calendars, Colony Organization and Life Cycle, Social Behaviour of Honey Bees, Beekeeping with Oriental Honeybees, Beekeeping Equipment, Maintaining and Managing Bee Colonies and Maintenance of Apiary, Collection and Preservation of Bee Pasture, Floral Enrichment for Honey Production, Seasonal Management of Honey Bee Colonies, Queen Management, Supplementary Feeding, Shifting Bee Colonies, Robbing and Absconding, Flowering Periods, Nectar Secreting Concentration and other Economic Importance of Bee Flora, Honeybee Diversity and Role in Pollination, Manipulation for Honey Production, Economics of Beekeeping, Enemies of Honey Bees and their Control and Diseases of Honeybee. All these matters are explained at the level of detail that is needed to fully understand the importance of the Beekeeping.