New Beekeeping in a Long Deep Hive by Robin Dartington Bumblebees & Other Bees ROGER PATTERSON was brought up

ROGER PATTERSON was brought up on a small farm in West Sussex (UK) and started beekeeping as a schoolboy in 1963

Queen rearing is an organised process where thought goes into selecting which colonies are used

Provides a richly illustrated exploration of bees from around the world

It has been used as a medicine by man since Egyptian times

New Beekeeping in a Long Deep Hive by Robin Dartington Bumblebees & Other Bees ROGER PATTERSON was brought upIn this work, the author explains his own use of a particular pattern of long hives which he has made to his own design, but which is derived from standard lines. The hives have been in use for ten years, which some bee keepers will say is not long enough to prove its efficiency. However, many different systems have been advocated and explained to bee keepers over the years, and how many of those systems, however long in use, have proved 100%