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Inspirativní, praktická a přehledně uspořádaná kniha pro zájemce o přirozené včelaření ve Warre úlech UPOZORNĚNÍ: kniha je v angličtině! více na http://www.dheaf.plus.com/warrebeekeeping/nbwtwh_contents_and_preface.htm KAPITOLY: 1 Introduction 1.1 Natural beekeeping 1.1.1 Hive and site 1.1.2 Management 1.2 Why Warré? 1.3 Mentoring and other sources of practical advice 1.4 The law and bees 1.5 Beekeeper health, safety and insurance 1.6 Recommended reading 2 Getting your Warré hive 2.1 Materials 2.2 Construction 2.2.1 The hive 2.2.2 The hive-body boxes and top-bars 2.2.3 Waxing, positioning and fixing top-bars 2.2.4 The top-bar cover cloth and its sizing 2.2.5 The quilt 2.2.6 The roof 2.2.7 The floor (bottom board) 2.2.8 The legs 2.2.9 Box with window and shutter 2.3 Ekes, modified floors, sumps and feeders 2.4 Mouse guards and robber guards 2.5 Stands and stability 2.6 Frames and semi-frames 3 Siting your hive 4 Personal protection and tools 4.1 Protection 4.2 Small tools 4.3 Tool kit checklists 4.4 Lifts 4.4.1 Gatineau lift for the Warré hive 4.4.2 Mini-lift 5 Getting bees 5.1 Swarms 5.2 The nucleus (nuc) 5.2.1 Warré nucs 5.2.2 Nucs on frames 5.3 Bait hives 6 Hiving 6.1 Swarms 6.1.1 Running-in a swarm 6.1.2 Shaking/pouring in a swarm 6.1.3 Absconding 6.2 Packages 6.2.1 Direct release of the queen 6.2.1.1.Top-bars not fixed/nailed 6.2.1.2 Top-bars fixed/nailed 6.2.2 Letting the bees release the queen (indirect release method) 6.3 Nucs 6.3.1 Nucs in Warré boxes 6.3.2 Nucs on frames 6.3.2.1 Growing a nuc down 6.2.3.2 Nuc transfer by chop 'n crop - a method of last resort 7 General management and monitoring progress 7.1 Occasional phenomena in front of the hive 7.2 Brood nest inspection 7.2.1 Inspecting boxes 7.2.2 Inspecting combs 7.3 Ventilation 7.4 Stores 7.5 Slow growth 7.6 Honey binding 7.7 Defective queen 7.8 Weak colonies - uniting 7.9 Swarming 8 Nadiring - adding boxes underneath 8.1 Removing boxes 8.2 The stepwise method of nadiring 8.3 Mechanical lifting 9