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A Field Guide to Honey Bees and Their Maladies
This handy guide--recently revised and updated--identifies and describes treatments for most of the problems commonly encountered by honey beekeepers. Featuring more than 100 full-color photographs, it includes sections on varroa and tracheal mites, hive beetles, bee lice, bears, and skunks, as well as diseases such as American and European foulbrood, nosema, and Colony Collapse Disorder. Spiral bound and printed on durable 4-by-8 stock, this 90-page reference will prove indispensable in the field.
Contents
Introduction 1
Normal Honey Bee Development 2
Honey Bee Parasites 16
Honey Bee Diseases Brood Diseases 30
Adult Diseases 44
Diseaselike Conditions and Colony Collapse Disorder 50
Predators of Honey Bees 56
Pests of Honey Bees 62
African/Africanized Honey Bees 76
Pests Currently Not Found in North America 82
Resources 84
Acknowledgments 86
This handy guide--recently revised and updated--identifies and describes treatments for most of the problems commonly encountered by honey beekeepers. Featuring more than 100 full-color photographs, it includes sections on varroa and tracheal mites, hive beetles, bee lice, bears, and skunks, as well as diseases such as American and European foulbrood, nosema, and Colony Collapse Disorder. Spiral bound and printed on durable 4-by-8 stock, this 90-page reference will prove indispensable in the field.
Contents
Introduction 1
Normal Honey Bee Development 2
Honey Bee Parasites 16
Honey Bee Diseases Brood Diseases 30
Adult Diseases 44
Diseaselike Conditions and Colony Collapse Disorder 50
Predators of Honey Bees 56
Pests of Honey Bees 62
African/Africanized Honey Bees 76
Pests Currently Not Found in North America 82
Resources 84
Acknowledgments 86
