Publisher's Synopsis
"How to Produce Extracted Honey" is a detailed guide to processing honey from beehives, with information on hive management, equipment, common problems, and more. Including simple explanations and helpful photographs, this volume is ideal for beginners and those just starting out as bee-keepers. Contents include: "Preparing Colonies for the Honey-Flow", "What Kind of Hive to Use for Producing Extracted Honey", "The Control of Swarming", "Removing Honey From the Hives", "How to Free the Combs from Bees", "Apparatus Needed in the Honey-house", "Extracting", "Packages for Extracted Honey", etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on Bee-keeping.