
Pollination using honey bees
Learn about preparing and maintaining bees so that they are fit for the pollination task. This book describes bee stocking rate required for more than sixty plant species.
This publication includes safety, yard design, livestock identification, compulsory paperwork, breeds, crossbreeding, deciding on what to produce, herd health, routine hubandary, diseases and parasites.
Title | Beef AgGuide - getting started in beef |
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Pages | 90 |
ISBN | 978-0 7313 0168-3 |
Catalogue number | B922 |
Year published | Year Published 2009, Updated 2015 |
Publisher | NSW Department of Primary Industries |
Price | $32.00AUD (inc GST) |
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Pollination using honey bees
Learn about preparing and maintaining bees so that they are fit for the pollination task. This book describes bee stocking rate required for more than sixty plant species.
Alpaca Agskills
A basic guide to the skills and practices of alpaca production. Step by step instructions, diagrams and full colour pictures for their care, management and breeding.
Horse Agskills
A basic guide to many of the skills used when handling, riding and caring for horses. Includes buying a horse, daily horse care, assessment of confirmation, lunging, vaccinating, drenching, hoof care, dentition, loading a horse onto a float, care of equipment, safety and animal welfare.
Bee Agskills
A basic guide to some of the skills and practices of bee production. Easy to follow for those new to bee keeping, this book contains step-by-step instructions, diagrams and full-colour pictures. Includes how to maintain hives, use a bee smoker, catch a swarm, remove and extract honey, health and pests in the hive, buying equipment, and working safely with bees.
Australian native bees
This AgGuide provides a wealth of advice on how you can support and enjoy our native bees, whether you use them for pollination or you have a small backyard garden and collect their delicious honey. Combining the expertise of Australia's leading native bee researchers.
Dairy AgSkills
A practical guide to animal welfare, safety, quality assurance, milking, feeding, health and management of a dairy herd. Includes calf rearing, breeding and waste disposal systems.
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