ISBN: 9781603583275 Year Added to Catalog: 2010 Book Format: DVD Number of Pages: 2 discs Book Publisher: Chelsea Green Release Date: October 1, 2011 Web Product ID: 624
"Ross Jackson, who is one of the world's wise elders, describes a range of new global institutions that can give birth to a world of sustainable prosperity."
—Duane Elgin, author of The Living Universe.
This filmed workshop follows Ross Conrad through the dos and don'ts of natural beekeeping, and offers practical information--including details on apitherapy, the use of bee products in medicinal healing--every aspiring beekeeper needs to know.
Ross Conrad is the author of Natural Beekeeping, where he brought together the best organic and natural approaches to keeping honeybees healthy and productive. In Conrad's book, he offered crucial nontoxic methods of controlling mites, eliminating American foulbrood disease (without the use of antibiotics), breeding strategies, and many other tips and techniques for maintaining healthy hives, as well as specific concepts and detailed management techniques covered in a matter-of-fact, easy-to-implement way. The book describes opportunities for the seasoned professional to modify existing operations, increase profits, and eliminate the use of chemical treatments.
About the Author
Ross Conrad
Ross Conrad learned his craft from the late Charles Mraz, world-renowned beekeeper and founder of Champlain Valley Apiaries in Vermont. Former president of the Vermont Beekeepers Association, Conrad is a regular contributor to Bee Culture - The Magazine
of American Beekeeping. Ross has led bee related presentations and taught organic beekeeping workshops and classes throughout North America for many years. His small beekeeping business, Dancing Bee Gardens, supplies friends,
neighbors, and local stores with honey and candles among other
bee related products, and provides bees for Vermont apple
pollination in spring.