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BL
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1033951
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b788321
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| Main Entry
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Cramp, David.
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| Title & Author
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A practical manual of beekeeping : : how to keep bees and develop your full potential as an apiarist /\ David Cramp.
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| Edition Statement
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1st ed.
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford :: Spring Hill,, 2008.
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| Page. NO
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xiv, 304 pages :: illustrations ;; 21 cm
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| ISBN
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1905862237
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: 9781905862238
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| Notes
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New Zealand author.
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Reprinted 2009, 2010.
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-281) and index.
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| Contents
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Honey bees and human beings -- Understanding the honey-bee colony -- Using the products of the hive and bees -- Obtaining equipment and bees -- Starting with bees -- The active season: spring -- The active season: summer and autumn -- Dealing with problems -- Overwintering your bees: autumn to spring -- Controlling diseases and pests -- Rearing queens and breeding bees -- Exploring products and career possibilities.
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| Abstract
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Beekeeping can provide you with an interesting and useful hobby or a lucrative and rewarding business. It is recognised as a vital agricultural industry and can therefore also offer you a globe trotting career. This book helps you to find out how to start and develop beekeeping as a business.
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| Subject
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Bee culture.
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Bee culture.
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| Dewey Classification
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638.1
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| LC Classification
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SF523.C84 2008
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| Parallel Title
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Beekeeping
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