155
Preparation of the hive........................................................................................................ 77
Beekeeping procedures....................................................................................................... 80
Populating the hive............................................................................................................. 82
Driving (transferring) bees................................................................................................. 83
Rating colonies................................................................................................................... 86
Spring visit......................................................................................................................... 87
Enlarging the hive............................................................................................................... 88
Monitoring the apiary........................................................................................................ 90
Section honey..................................................................................................................... 91
Section equipment.............................................................................................................. 91
The nectar flow.................................................................................................................. 93
Pioneering method............................................................................................................. 94
Supplement to 'Beekeeping For All', 12
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edition – benefits of beekeeping (continued)... 95
Pioneering method (continued) ......................................................................................... 95
Supplement to 'Beekeeping For All', 12
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edition – pioneering method (continued)......... 96
Making increase................................................................................................................. 96
Natural swarm.................................................................................................................... 96
Artificial swarming............................................................................................................ 99
Swarming with one colony................................................................................................ 100
Swarming with two colonies.............................................................................................. 101
Introducing queens............................................................................................................. 103
Alternative swarming with two colonies........................................................................... 105
Bee diseases....................................................................................................................... 106
The bee's enemies.............................................................................................................. 108
The harvest........................................................................................................................ 109
Harvesting the honey......................................................................................................... 112
Getting ready for winter..................................................................................................... 112
Extracting honey................................................................................................................ 115
Beekeeping at a distance.................................................................................................... 121
The value of honey............................................................................................................. 121
What others say about honey.............................................................................................. 124
Honey in foods.................................................................................................................... 125
Honey in remedies.............................................................................................................. 128
Mead................................................................................................................................... 130
Wax..................................................................................................................................... 132
Propolis............................................................................................................................... 135
Winter feeding.................................................................................................................... 137
Beekeeping in winter.......................................................................................................... 138
Our method is economical.................................................................................................. 140
Frame beekeeping is difficult............................................................................................. 145
Moveable frames do not exist in beekeeping..................................................................... 146
The failure of modern beekeeping..................................................................................... 146
The People's Hive is not a revolution in beekeeping......................................................... 148
Intensive beekeeping ....................................................................................................... 150
Pastoral beekeeping........................................................................................................... 152
Hefting the hive................................................................................................................. 152
Conclusion......................................................................................................................... 153
Breaking trust.................................................................................................................... 154