{"product_id":"second-edition-beekeeping-tips-and-david-e-macfawn-9781977292742","title":"Second Edition Beekeeping Tips and Techniques for the Southeast United States, Beekeeping Finance","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis second edition is devoted to tips and techniques learned over 50 years of working with bees, mostly in the Southeast United States, as well as beekeeping finance. The book is targeted at advanced beginners to experienced professionals. All beekeeping is local, so some of these tips and techniques may not work in your area, but they should be considered. Beekeeping finance tips should be considered for starting and growing your operation. Many businesses fail due to poor financial controls and planning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is organized as more of a reference book. It is intended for the reader to utilize the Table of Contents to find topics of interest, then to read those topics individually. Of course, you are welcome to read the entire book; I believe you will enjoy reading the entire book. The reader should have taken at least a basic beekeeping course so they understand the bee terminology. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTechniques and thoughts updated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Bees can regulate a closed hive better.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eoScreened bottom boards should only be used with the plastic insert to minimize drafts. It is better to use a solid bottom board.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eoWe should not use inner covers with a hole\/notch in the rim to allow moisture to escape. Insulated covers should be used so that moisture from consumed honey condenses on the hive sides and not the underside of the cover, where it rains down on the winter cluster. Thick-walled wooden hives should be used to maintain heat inside the hive, along with an entrance reducer on the smallest hole size.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eoHives should be placed in the morning and early afternoon sun, with shade in the late afternoon in South Carolina. This will help with disease and pest control.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Propolis should be allowed to collect on frames and inside the woodenware. Pesticides collect in propolis, and propolis is antimicrobial and antifungal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-If possible, recommend that eight-frame hives should be used rather than ten-frame hives. Eight-frame hives are more \"natural\" than 10-frame hives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eoBees typically build five to eight combs in the wild.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eoThey are lighter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eoColonies have a greater chance of swarming.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eoThey maintain heat better in the winter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eoBees tend to move up rather than out. That is why the outermost frames in a ten-frame hive are sometimes difficult for the bees to draw out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Section on treatment-free beekeeping\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Section on tropilaelaps\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-The dollars have been updated to today's cost in the financial section. The technique is still the same.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Section on the Yellow Legged Hornet (YLH) (Vespa velutina). What we know as of May, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David E. Macfawn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1977292747\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781977292742\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Outskirts Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/25\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.48d","brand":"David E. Macfawn","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997849465087,"sku":"9781977292742","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/second-edition-beekeeping-tips-and-david-e-macfawn-9781977292742","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}