The Bee Book
Autor DKen Limba Engleză Hardback – mar 2016
Lemn netratat pentru structura unui hotel de insecte, semințe de flori sălbatice pentru o grădină vibrantă și echipament de protecție pentru primii pași în apicultură — acestea sunt elementele de bază pe care The Bee Book ne învață să le folosim pentru a susține biodiversitatea locală. Remarcăm cum acest volum reușește să transforme preocuparea ecologică într-un set de activități practice, accesibile oricui, indiferent dacă locuiește la casă sau dorește să contribuie la protejarea polenizatorilor într-un context urban. Considerăm că forța acestei lucrări rezidă în echilibrul dintre rigoarea științifică și utilitatea casnică, oferind nu doar informații despre biologia fascinantă a coloniilor, ci și soluții creative pentru utilizarea mierii, a cerii și a propolisului în rețete de îngrijire personală. Abordarea amintește de Bees & Honey de Rachel de Thample prin accentul pus pe crearea habitatelor prietenoase, dar adaugă o componentă mult mai tehnică despre gestionarea propriului stup și îngrijirea sănătății albinelor. Subliniem calitatea grafică excepțională, marcă înregistrată a editurii Dorling Kindersley - DK, care transformă parcurgerea textului într-o experiență vizuală imersivă. Față de lucrările anterioare ale editurii, precum Pocket Eyewitness Insects, care serveau drept enciclopedii de buzunar pentru identificare, acest titlu reprezintă un ghid de stil de viață sustenabil, invitând cititorul să treacă de la simpla observație la acțiune directă în protejarea acestor insecte vitale pentru ecosistemul nostru.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 0241217423
Pagini: 224
Dimensiuni: 200 x 238 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.83 kg
Editura: Dorling Kindersley - DK
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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De ce să citești această carte
Recomandăm această carte oricui dorește să transforme grădina sau balconul într-un refugiu pentru polenizatori. Veți câștiga nu doar cunoștințe despre viața socială a albinelor, ci și abilități practice: de la recunoașterea speciilor, la producția proprie de miere și realizarea unor produse cosmetice naturale. Este un ghid vizual superb care demonstrează că oricine poate contribui la salvarea biodiversității.
Despre autor
Editura Dorling Kindersley - DK este recunoscută la nivel mondial pentru abordarea sa vizuală unică, transformând subiecte complexe în ghiduri accesibile prin infografice și fotografii de înaltă calitate. În portofoliul lor regăsim lucrări de referință precum Pocket Eyewitness Science și Italian English Bilingual Visual Dictionary, demonstrând o capacitate extraordinară de a sintetiza informația. The Bee Book se înscrie în această tradiție de excelență editorială, adaptând expertiza lor în documentare pentru a educa publicul larg despre importanța ecologică a albinelor și tehnica apiculturii moderne.
Notă biografică
Fergus Chadwick grew up in rural County Durham in the UK, and from an early age his interest in nature was apparent. Spending most of his childhood chasing insects, he took up beekeeping at the age of 13, under the mentorship of local beekeeper John Simon. From that moment on, he was hooked on bees. He went on to study Biological Sciences at Somerville College, the University of Oxford, where his work on the relationship between bees and neonicotinoid pesticides (carried out at the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology) formed the basis of his dissertation. His current research focuses broadly on bee behaviour under the influence of pesticides. He is a passionate advocate of science communication and access to education.
Steve Alton is an ecologist, botanist, and beekeeper's assistant who looks after Ashdown Forest, an area of heathland in Sussex best known as the home of Winnie the Pooh. Before that he worked for 13 years at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, collecting seeds for the Millennium Seed Bank, and was Deputy Editor for BeeCraft, the journal of the British Beekeepers' Association. He is a past winner of the Society of Authors' Educational Writer of the Year Award and, with his wife, Karin, also runs a company providing bee-friendly wildflower seed mixes.
Emma Sarah Tennant found her way to the bees seven years ago after reading a magazine article about taking up beekeeping as a hobby. She contacted her local Ealing & District Beekeepers Association and enrolled on their nine-week introductory course followed by practical training, before obtaining her first colony and later sharing several colonies with hive partner Emily Scott. They now keep hives at Ealing's training apiary, where they regularly open them up for beginners and provide practical sessions. Emma writes the blog Mrs Apis Mellifera all about beekeeping life. She is also a qualified aromatherapist, having trained at Neal's Yard Remedies in Covent Garden.
Bill Fitzmaurice has maintained 20 or so honey bee colonies in the London suburbs of Harrow and Ealing for the last 18 years. He is an advocate of maximising the harvest from his bees, both honey and wax, and retrieves as much wax as possible from cappings, old frames, culled drone brood, and brace comb. A regular exhibitor at his local honey show and at the National Honey Show where, in recent years, Bill has run very popular Candle Making Workshops. These provide hands-on practice in making a range of candles, including dipped candles, which he considers the best and most satisfying to make.
Judy Earl is an urban beekeeper who has kept hives in northwest London for over 10 years. She has always loved spending hours cooking and making things, and having a ready supply of honey and wax has given her new opportunities to avoid housework. Judy is a regular exhibitor at her local honey show and at the National Honey Show, where she was the first holder of the Jill Foster Memorial Trophy for the display class of hive products. Standing down as Chair of Harrow Beekeepers Association in 2014 has given Judy more time to spend talking about and demonstrating hive products. In 2014, Judy gave a talk at the London Honey Show, and in 2015 she ran a workshop on Hive Products at the National Honey Show.
Descriere scurtă
There is nothing quite like a bee, and nothing quite like The Bee Book. This essential guide to all things apiary takes you into the hive and reveals the remarkable lives of these essential pollinators, from their incredible influence on the evolution of flowers to the role of an individual worker bee within her colony. Bee species have existed for millions of years - but, as a result of pesticides and the climate crisis, their numbers are now threatened like never before.
Discover how you can support bee populations where you live, with advice on creating bee hotels and nectar-rich wild gardens, or take the next step and try your hand at beekeeping. The Bee Book contains all the essential information you need to set up your own hive, establish your own colony, and care for your bees. It even includes ideas for making the most of the honey, beeswax, and propolis your hive will produce, including a honey and clay face mask, soothing cough drops, and luxurious body butter.
Whether you're interested in bees, beekeeping, or simply wish to support local biodiversity, The Bee Book contains everything you need to know and more.
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Descriere
Find out how you can help save the bees in lots of practical ways and discover the incredible science behind honey bees, beekeeping, and bees in the wild - from the carpenter solitary bee to the stingless sugarbag. The Bee Book is an intensely visual exploration of the big questions in bee science and ecology: why are bees such great pollinators? how do they make honey? is a swarm dangerous? how does a bumblebee fly? what is killing bees across the world and how can we stop it? The book is also a practical guide to adapting your outdoor space - no matter how small - to provide food and habitats for bees, with step-by-step projects for making bee homes and hotels, and a directory of the most bee-friendly plants to grow, with accompanying planting plans for pots and borders. And if you're looking to take a love of bees to the next level, the book also features a comprehensive beginner's guide to beekeeping with all the information and step-by-step techniques you'll need to set up and manage a hive and collect its honey - with an array of recipes for making the best use of hive products.