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Natural beekeeping is a methodology which aims to imitate the environment and lifecycle of the bees and to satisfy their need with methods and techniques as close as possible to their wild and natural state.
Natural beekeeping refers primarily to the relationship between the bees and the beekeeper within the colony and apiary. The broader principles of sustainable beekeeping are usually endorsed, to include environmental and genetic factors along with management methodologies. The two terms, "natural" and "sustainable", are frequently used interchangeably. Other terms are "bee-friendly", since bee welfare is the first consideration in natural beekeeping, and "hands-off", referring to the minimal interference in the bee colony.
Methodologies have developed with the use of hive types which differ from the frame hives used by many beekeepers in Europe and those parts of the world to which Apis mellifera has been transported but is not indigenous. Methodologies are based on key principles, however, which are not limited to hive types but which are generally applicable.
Natural beekeepers seek to work with and develop key principles rather than a book of rules:
Regular observation allows the beekeeper to understand and recognise the health and development of the colony. Management interventions are informed by the bees' own needs. Intervention is minimised, using three broad principles:
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List of Articles available on this topic (40):
Title | Author |
Adventures in Beekeeping - Ratanakiri, Cambodia | Peterson, S. |
Apis cerana in global beekeeping | Verma, L.R. |
Art of Bee-Keeping, The | Hamilton, W |
Balken-Imkerei in Kambodscha | Waring, C. Jump, D. |
Beekeeper\'s library | - |
Beekeeping Handbook for the Gambia: Pollination by Bees and Beekeeping with Top Bar Hives | Hertz, O. |
Beekeeping in the Amhara Region | Kebede, A., Ejigu, K., Aynalem, T., Jenberie, A |
Beekeeping management practises to control American Foulbrood without the use of antibiotic drugs | Van Eaton, Cliff |
Beekeeping Technology Adoption and its Effect on Resource Productivity in Southern Kenya Rangelands | Muriuki, J. M. |
Building a community one hive at a time: Wome\'s beekeeping collective revitalizes border community | Buege, D.J. |
Directory of the World\'s Beekeeping Museums | Crane, E. |
Eighteenth Annual Report 2011 - 2012 | Keystone |
Environmental Ecology: The Ecological Effects of Pollution, Disturbance, and Other Stresses | Freedman, B. |
Estimating benefits from beekeeping in the montane forests of north-western Cameroon | Forboseh, P. |
Farmers, their Animals and the Environment | FAO |
Fundamentals of Beekeeping | Shah, F.A. |
Haiti Beekeeping Project | Sterk, B. |
Honeybees in Mountain Agriculture | Partap, U. |
Honeyhunting in Bangladesh | Svensson, B. |
innovations in revival strategies for declining pollinators with particular reference to the indigenous honey bees | Partap, U. |
Instructions on bee-keeping | Ghosh, C.C. |
International Journal of Sociology, Agriculture and Food Vol6: Beekeepers in Global \'Fair Trade\' Market: A Case Study from the Tabora Region, Tanzania | Fisher, E. |
keep Bees without Fuss or Chemicals | Bleasdale, J. |
Keeping Bees | Free, J.B. |
Keeping Bees | Beckley, P. |
Keeping bees for nature | Bees for Development |
Natural Beekeeping with the Warre Hive | Heaf, D. |
Natural Beekeeping: Organic Approaches to Modern Apiculture | Conrad, R. |
Nature\'s Way - Bees and Honey | Thompson, D. |
Raftering: A traditional technique for honey an wax production from Apis dorsata in Vietnam | Chinh,P.H. Minh, N.H. Thai, P.H. and Tan, N.Q. |
Rock Bee Honey Harvesting: in Saramati Range at Kiphire District | Waten, S. |
Royal Mayan bee | Poovey, C. |
Selling honeybee colonies as a source of income for subsistence beekeepers | Adgaba, N. |
Status of Apis laboriosa populations in Kaski district, Western Nepal | Joshi, S; Ahmad, F & Min Gurlung, B. |
Stingless bees in Costa Rica | Bees for Development |
Study on Traditional method of keeping Indian honey bees in Burma and keeping with modern method | Maung Maung Nyein |
Sustainable bee-friendly beekeeping: part 2 | David Heaf |
Sustainable beekeeping (all you need to know and didn\'t like to ask | Shaw,W. |
Why I worry about the Warré | Davies, G. |
Why Warré | Heaf, D. |