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1  Cover

2  Introduction About This Book Foolish Assumptions Icons Used in This Book Beyond the Book Where to Go from Here

3  Part 1: Taking Flight with Beekeeping Chapter 1: To Bee, or Not to Bee? Discovering the Benefits of Beekeeping Determining Your Beekeeping Potential Deciding Which Beekeeping Approach to Follow Chapter 2: Getting to Know Your Honey Bees Basic Body Parts The Amazing Language of Bees Getting to Know the Male and the Two Female Castes The Honey Bee Life Cycle Other Stinging Insects

4  Part 2: Starting Your Adventure Chapter 3: Alleviating Apprehensions and Making Decisions Overcoming Sting Phobia Understanding Local Laws and Ordinances Easing the Minds of Family and Neighbors Location, Location, Location: Where to Keep Your Hives Knowing When to Start Your Adventure Chapter 4: Selecting a Hive That’s Perfect for You The Langstroth Hive The Kenyan Top Bar Hive The Apimaye Insulated Hive The Flow Hive The Warré (People’s) Hive The Five-Frame Nuc Hive The Observation Hive Make a Beeline to the Best Beehive Chapter 5: Basic Equipment for Beekeepers Starting Out with the Langstroth Hive Knowing the Basic Woodenware Parts of the Langstroth Hive Knowing the Basic Parts of a Top Bar Hive Ordering Hive Parts Adding on Feeders Fundamental Tools Bee-Proof Clothing Really Helpful Accessories Chapter 6: Obtaining and Installing Your Bees Determining the Kind of Bee You Want Deciding How to Obtain Your Initial Bee Colony Picking a Reputable Bee Supplier Deciding When to Place Your Order The Day Your Girls Arrive Putting Your Bees into the Hive

5  Part 3: Time for a Peek Chapter 7: Opening Your Hive Establishing Visiting Hours Setting an Inspection Schedule Preparing to Visit Your Langstroth or Top Bar Hive Lighting Your Smoker Opening a Langstroth Hive Opening a Top Bar Hive The Hive’s Open! Now What? Chapter 8: What to Expect When You’re Inspecting Keeping a Journal Inspecting a Langstroth Hive Inspecting a Top Bar Hive Understanding What to Always Look For Your New Colony’s First Eight Weeks Chapter 9: Different Seasons, Different Activities Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer Falling Leaves Point to Autumn Chores Clustering in a Winter Wonderland Spring Is in the Air (Starting Your Second Season) Managing Top Bar Hives in the Spring The Beekeeper’s Calendar

6  Part 4: Common Problems and Simple Solutions Chapter 10: Anticipating and Preventing Potential Problems Running Away (to Join the Circus?) Where Did the Queen Go? Avoiding Chilled Brood Dealing with the Dreaded Robbing Frenzies Ridding Your Hive of the Laying Worker Phenomenon Preventing Pesticide Poisoning The “Killer Bee” Phenomenon Chapter 11: Colony Collapse Disorder What Is CCD? What to Do If You Suspect CCD Why All the Fuss? What’s Causing CCD? Answers to FAQs What You Can Do to Help Chapter 12: Keeping Your Bees Healthy Understanding the Importance of Good Nutrition Medicating or Not? Knowing the Big-Six Bee Diseases Chapter 13: Heading Off Honey-Bee Pests Parasitic Problems Other Unwelcome Pests Pest Control at a Glance Chapter 14: Raising Your Own Queens Why Raising Queens Is the Bee’s Knees Understanding Genetics What Makes a Queen a Queen Talking about the Birds and Bees for Honey Bees Creating Demand: Making a Queenless Nuc Queen-Rearing Method 1: Go with the Flow Queen-Rearing Method 2: The Miller Method Queen-Rearing Method 3: The Doolittle Method, also Known as Grafting Finding Homes for Your Queens Evaluating the Results The Queen Rearer’s Calendar Marking Your Queens

7  Part 5: Sweet Rewards Chapter 15: Honey, I Love You Appreciating the History of Honey Understanding the Composition of Honey Healing with Honey Choosing Extracted, Comb, Chunk, or Whipped Honey Taking the Terror out of Terroir The Commercialization of Honey Appreciating the Culinary Side of Honey Pairing Honey with Food Infusing Honey with Flavors Judging Honey Honey Trivia Chapter 16: Getting Ready for the Golden Harvest Having Realistic Expectations What Flavor Do You Want? Assembling the Right Equipment to Extract Honey Planning Your Extracted Honey Harvest Setup Gathering Comb Honey Equipment Branding and Selling Your Honey Chapter 17: Honey Harvest Day Knowing When to Harvest Getting the Bees out of the Honey Supers Honey Extraction from a Langstroth Frame Harvesting Honey from Your Top Bar Hive Harvesting Wax

8  Part 6: The Part of Tens Chapter 18: More than Ten Fun Things to Do with Bees Making Two Langstroth Hives from One Making One Langstroth Hive from Two Dividing a Top Bar Hive into Two Colonies Combining Two Top Bar Hive Colonies Building an Elevated Hive Stand Planting Flowers for Your Bees Brewing Mead: The Nectar of the Gods Create Cool Stuff with Propolis Making Gifts from Beeswax Beauty and the Bees Chapter 19: More than Ten Frequently Asked Questions about Bee Behavior Chapter 20: My Ten Favorite Honey Recipes

9  Part 7: Appendixes Appendix A: Helpful Resources Honey Bee Information Websites Bee Organizations and Conferences The Western Apiculture Society Bee Journals and Magazines Beekeeping Supplies and Equipment Western Bee Supplies State Bee Inspectors (United States) Appendix B: Beekeeper’s Checklist Appendix C: Glossary

10  Index

11  About the Author

12  Supplemental Images

13  Connect with Dummies

14  End User License Agreement