A practical book for bio-dynamic farmers and gardeners that can be read with profit by all interested in healthy agricultural practice.
Softback. 72 pages. NEW.
This is an intimate guide to beekeeping that clearly details holistic methods aimed at hive health. The honeybee faces many affronts to its immune system, making it all the more imperative that local farmers and gardeners learn ways to assist the honeybee. Ross Conrad lays out the ways bees should be kept.
Softback. 246 pages. NEW.
First issued in 1941 this book enabled the meagre official wartime rations to be supplimented in thousands of homes. Everything is here that the small scale raiser of rabbits or poultry needs to know, whether for egg production or table use: buying, housing, feeding, breeding, diseases, all are fully dealt with by experts, the instructions being given in simple and practical language for the beginner.
Paperback. 170 pages. NEW.
Enjoying a relaxed rural lifestyle on a small farm is the dream of many New Zealanders. But running a few sheep and goats on even a modest block can be anything but relaxing if you don't have the farming know how or experience, and don't recognise the many problems that can occur with livestock and plants. This book has all the answers. Specifically written for New Zealand conditions, it is filled with practical advice on everything small farmers need to know to make their dream a successful reality.
Softback. 214 pages. NEW.
Combining fine photography and engaging text, this book follows the journey from flower to hive to honey throughout history and includes chapters on beekeeping, how hives work, turning nectar into honey, and why the well-being of the honey bee is vital to us all.
Timber Press. Hardback. 163 pages. NEW.
This is a guide to all aspects of beekeeping, from the tools and equipment needed for setting up a hive to detailed advice on when to harvest honey, and honey inspired recipes, frm cakes to beauty products.
New Holland Publishers. Softback. 128 pages. NEW.
Based on careful observation and years of experience the author reveals the secret life of bees. He looks at all aspects of a bee's life and work and vividly describes their remarkable world.
Floris Books. Softback. 138 pages. NEW.
This beautiful little book considers the diversity and biology of bees, including their peculiar sociosexual arrangements, their quirky relationships with flowers, and their startling mental abilities. The book also considers the recent catastrophic losses of honey bees and is full of information on the cultural significance and history of bees.
Greystone Books. Hardback. 127 pages. NEW.
In 1923 Rudolf Steiner predicted the dire state of the honeybee today. He said then that in fifty to eighty years we would see the concequences of mechanizing the forces that had previously operated organically in the beehive, such as the practice of artificially breeding queen bees. These lectures describe the unconscious wisdom contained in the beehive and its connection to our experience of health, culture and the cosmos. Interesting reading for anyone interested in healing the contemporary crisis of the beehive.
Anthroposophic Press. Softback. 222 pages. NEW.
WISDOM OF THE BEES, Principles of Biodynamic Beekeeping. Erik Berrevoets revisits Rudolf Steiner's seminal lectures on bees and examines them in light of today's dire situation where we are confronted by a serious decline in honeybee numbers around the world. A practical introduction to biodynamic beekeeping published by SteinerBooks Anthroposophic Press, 2010.
Softback, 152 pages. NEW
Honeybee Lessons from an Accidental Beekeeper by C. Marina Marchese. In 1999 the author abandoned the rat race to become a beekeeper and honey entrepreneur. A thoroughly engaging book packed with everything you'd ever want to know about bees. Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Inc, New York, 2009.
Harback with dust-jacket, illustrated, 256 pages. NEW
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Raising Chickens by Jerome Balanger. Everything you need to know to care for your own flock of chickens. AlphaBooks, published by Penguin Group, New York, 2010.
Softcovers, illustrated, 190 pages. NEW
Keeping Chickens Getting the Best from Your Chickens. Authors Jeremy Hobson and Celia Lewis provide practical advice on setting up and maintaining a healthy hen house, poultry diseases, egg incubation and care for over 70 different breeds. David & Charles, revised and updated edition 2010.
Softcovers, illustrated, 176 pages. NEW
Skep Making by Toon Brekelmans provides a practical guide to weaving traditional beehives from thatching straw and cane. A must for all beekeepers. Published by Bee Books New and Old, 2005.
Softcovers, illustrated, 8 pages. NEW
