Beekeeping Study Notes for the Basic and Intermediate Examinations of the FIBKA

ISBN-13: 9781908904720 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 180 str.

B. D. Yates

Opis

This book addresses each topic in the FIBKA Basic and Intermediate Examinationswith a view to assisting those studying on their own informally at home. The syllabusis a long one with over 90 topics to be considered. Until the issue of this book it wasnecessary for the student to consult a multitude of different works to acquire a thoroughunderstanding of the subject matter for examinat!on purposes. The book is a must foranyone contemplating either of the two examinations.The authors are very well qualified to prepare such a volume. They are both BBKAexaminers and Master Beekeepers and are weil familiar with the problems that confrontstudents and candidates. They are both past winners of the coveted Wax Chandler Prizefor the best results in the BBKA Senior Examinations and are the only man and wifeteam to achieve this feat.John started beekeeping during the second world war and Dawn started after theyreturned to the UK from careers in the Colonial Service, Engineering and Nursingrespectively. They are now retired in Devon and manage 20 colonies and about the samenumber of nuclei as part of their queen rearing programme each year. John has been amember for some years of the BBKA Examination Board.