Modern Bee Keeping and Honey Processing Technology
Modern Bee Keeping and Honey Processing Technology
Modern Bee Keeping and Honey Processing Technology
ISBN : 978-81-39765-14-9
Preface
Honeybees are true social insects that live in large colonies of 10 to 100
thousand. They belong to the animal group "Insecta" which ordinarily are
known for their solitary existance, high reproductive capacity, very functional
and protective body structure and the habit of persistence. Every one has
heard of the story of "Spider and King Bruce" in a cave where he saw her
make seven attempts to reach the ceiling. Spiders are first cousins of insects
and are very similar in habits. Owing to their solitary existance almost all
insects are subject to the theory of chance for their survival under given
circumstances. However, social honeybees are different, since they have to
live in colonies, maintain a certain temperature for rearing their young ones
and stock sufficient food stores for themselves and their progeny. The presence
of food being prominent in their house (combs), and they having stock of
sweet honey, are in constant danger of attack from wild animals and man.
They are evolved for a specialized life of different castes and "functions" and
they are also in possessions of defence mechanisms to combat the attacks
of enemies.
The book 'Modern Bee Keeping & Honey Processing Technology'
covers various methods including Honey, Introductory, Life of the Honey
Bee, Species of Bee Keeping, Site Selection and Arrangement of Apiary,
Beehive, Food Gathering by Bees, Beekeeping, Management of Bee Colonies,
Pest Management and Diseases, Extraction of Honey & Processing, Honey
Extraction, Quality of Honey, Equipments, Economics of Bee-keeping, Honey
Based Formulations, Flavour Formulations based on Honey, Honey a
Miraculous Food, Hard Honey Cider, Hard Cider Formulae, Plant Economics
Honey Processing & Packing & Plant Economics of Bee Keeping.
The book has been written for the benefit and to prove an asset and a
handy reference guide in the hands of new entrepreneurs and well established
industrialists.
Director
Honey
1-4
- Adulteration of Honey
- Fiehe's Test
- Other Test to be Applied to
Honey Specific Rotation
- Sucrose
- Reducing Sugars
- Microscopic Examination
- Honey
- Chemicals for Flavour Matching
- Uses and Notes
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Introductory
5-10
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Caste System
Body Structure
Life History
Jobs of Worker Bees
Doings of a Drone
The Remarkable Queen Bee
Swarming
Communication Among Bees
11-29
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Bee-Pasturage
37-41
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Beehive
50-52
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Requirements of a Colony
Foraging by the Bees
Factors Influencing Field Activity
Bee Flora
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Bee Keeping
- Tools and Equipment
- Placement of Colonies
- From where the get Bee
Colonies?
59-64
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Management of Bee
Colonies
65-67
- Relevant Information
- What is Seasonal Management?
- Management of Bees During
Different Seasons
- What is Dearth Period?
- How does the Dearth
Period affect Bees?
- How can the Dearth
Period be Detected?
- What is Swarming?
- How Swarming can be prevented
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Pest Management
and Diseases
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68-70
Pests of Bees
Bacterial Diseases
Viral Diseases
Predators
Effect of Pesticide Poisoning
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Extraction of Honey
& Processing
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Honey Extraction
75-76
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Quality of Honey
77-80
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Equipments
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Introduction
Hiving Equipment
Hive
Open hlves
Traditional hives
Pottery hive
Basket hive
Horizontal hive
Wall hive
Top bar hives
Langstrath hive
Principle of bee space
Principle of population
Construction of Longstroth Hive
Stand
Bottom board
Brood chamber
Standard frame
Self spacing frame
Staple spacing frame
Super
Inner cover
Top cover
Sloping top cover
Flat top cover
Swarm Catching Equipments
Swarm catcher
Queen cage
Other Equipments
Queen introduction cage
Queen excluder
Smoker
Hive tool
Bee veil
Overall
Gloves
Bee brush
Feeding Equipments
Top feeder
Division board feeder
Syrup filled combs
Additional Hive Equipments
Dummy or Division Board
Bee-escape
Porter bee-escape or spring
bee-escape
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Economics of
Bee-keeping
94-96
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Honey Based
Formulations
97-99
Honey Cakes
97
Honey Flavour
97
Honey Flavour Essence
97
Honey Fruit Filling (Cream Type) 98
Honey Glaze
98
Doughnut Honey Glaze
98
High Ratio Honey
98
Macaroon Cake
- Honey Macaroom lcing
98
- Honey Nut Topping
99
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Page No.
19
Honey a Miraculous
Food
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104-109
Honey butter
Honey Mango Squash
Honey Jam
Honey Candy
Honey and Egg
Honey Ice Cream
Honey Chocolate
Honey Chikki
Honey Jelly
Carrot salad with honey
Honey lamon squash
Uses of by-products of Bees
Bee Pollen
Propolis
Royal Jelly or Bee Milk
Bee Wax
Bee Venom
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Plant Economics
Honey Processing
& Packing
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119-120
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Plant Economics
of Bee Keeping
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