How Long to Read Healthy Bees: Managing pests, diseases and other disorders of the honey bee

How Long Does it Take to Read Healthy Bees: Managing pests, diseases and other disorders of the honey bee?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 43 minutes to read Healthy Bees: Managing pests, diseases and other disorders of the honey bee by Doug Somerville

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

The aim of this book is to provide bee-keepers with a guide to the common pests and diseases of bees. Healthy Bees covers seasonal factors that affect the health of the colony, nutrition, non-infectious disorders, diseases, exotic pests, and strategies to prevent them. Clear photographs to help you recognise and identify pests and diseases, and videos demonstrate collecting samples from your hive. Contents Introduction CHAPTER 1: The honey bee Introduction Lifecycle of the honey bee Castes of bees and their roles in the colony Genetics Inbreeding Sex hormones in the hive CHAPTER 2: Colony size Introduction Colony size varies with seasons Nectar flow and brood rearing Managing bees in winter Managing bees in spring CHAPTER 3: Nutrition Food for bees Feeding sugar to honey bees Plants as poisons CHAPTER 4: Effects of seasons and location Seasons Location CHAPTER 5: Disease and disorder Health of bees is important Non-infectious disorders Causes of disease CHAPTER 6: Strategies to prevent disease Be alert Inspect the hive Comb replacement program Barrier system Best practice CHAPTER 7: Diseases of the honey bee brood American foulbrood European foulbrood Chalkbrood Sacbrood Kashmir bee virus Black queen cell virus Prepare a larval smear for diagnosis CHAPTER 8: Diseases of adult honey bees Nosema disease Chronic bee paralysis virus (CBPV) CHAPTER 9: Hive pests Small hive beetle (SHB) Wax moth Other pests CHAPTER 10: Exotic pests Varroa mite Sugar shaking to detect external parasites Tracheal mite Tropilaelaps mite Predatory hornets Large hive beetles CHAPTER 11: Surveillance and response to exotic pests and disease Surveillance Response to surveillance alert CHAPTER 12: Honey bees and the law Introduction Beekeeper registration Abandoned or neglected hives The legal requirement to notify Biosecurity Code of Practice Bonus Chapter: Testing for Hygienic Behaviour Liquid Nitrogen-Killed Brood Test Appendix 1: Glossary Appendix 2: The pollen story Not all pollen is equal No pollen and the colony dies Pollen substitutes Sugar syrup, brood rearing, pollen foraging References Appendix 3: Competencies supported by this publication

How long is Healthy Bees: Managing pests, diseases and other disorders of the honey bee?

Healthy Bees: Managing pests, diseases and other disorders of the honey bee by Doug Somerville is 162 pages long, and a total of 40,824 words.

This makes it 55% the length of the average book. It also has 50% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Healthy Bees: Managing pests, diseases and other disorders of the honey bee Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 43 minutes to read Healthy Bees: Managing pests, diseases and other disorders of the honey bee aloud.

What Reading Level is Healthy Bees: Managing pests, diseases and other disorders of the honey bee?

Healthy Bees: Managing pests, diseases and other disorders of the honey bee is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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