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Honeybee Australis
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Address: P.O. Box 298 IPSWICH Qld 4305
Depot: 123 Livingstone Lane IRONBARK Qld 4306
Mobile : 0417 796 257 Ph: 07 3495 7095 Fax: 07 3102 6272
Email: sales@honeybee.com.au
August 2007
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DEAR
CUSTOMERS - Our
business will be CLOSED due to relocation of premises
from Friday 5th September 08 until Wednesday 8th October 08. We apologise
that no orders or enquiries can be processed during this period. Thank you
for your patience, and we look forward to being back in operation from 9th
October 2008.
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THE BACKYARD BEEKEEPER – An
Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Keeping Bees in Your Yard and
Garden by Kim Flottum (2005) published
in USA. Soft cover, 167 pages, colour photographs
inside. This book takes a fresh, modern look at traditional beekeeping.
Numerous photos, diagrams, and supportive tips are used to supplement
good, solid beekeeping information. Discover what you need to
get started, the best place to locate your colonies, organic and
least toxic ways to care for your bees, delicious recipes, candles,
soaps and beauty treatments you can make with honey and beeswax.
$45
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BEEKEEPING – A Practical Guide
by Richard E. Bonney (1993) published in USA. Soft cover, 184
pages. This is a book for beginners, although novices who have
kept bees for a season or so can also benefit from it. It will
take you through the first year, from spring to spring. It offers
vital, up-to-date information on how to acquire bees, install
a colony, manage a hive, take a crop of honey, prevent and treat
Varroa and tracheal mites, learn about Africanized bees.
The book is based on the experience of beekeeping in the
northeast USA. Bees in other parts of the country
have the same basic cycle, with adjustments in the calendar to
reflect the climate and the specific forage available.
$45
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This book by Wm. Coggshall and Rodger Morse offers a weath of
techincal information about beeswax production, rendering, testing
and grading as well as the products that can be derived from it.
Soft cover, 192 pages.
$40
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Beginner's guide to Candlemaking by David Constable, 1997. Soft
cover, 48 pages. Everything you ever wanted to know about simple
candle making. An inspirational guide for the complete beginner
with over 60 step-by-step photographs. Contents include moulded
candles, dipped candles, beeswax sheets and decorative candles
- cast, dipped and rolled candles; floating candles and candles
in containers; stencilled, painted and textured candles; perfumed
flower and fruit candles.
$38
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This book by Michelle Espino will be an invaluable tool for those
who wish to make Candles. Espino includes a detailed instructional
section on candlemaking how to's to make this a self-contained,
complete resource for anyone thinking of a home-based craft Soft
cover, 324 pages.
$49
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Basic Candle Making : All the Skills and Tools you need to get
started. Editor: Eric Ebeling. Copyright 2002. Soft cover, spiral
bound. 104 pages. Contains precise step-by-step instructions for
making classic candles. Complete guide to equipment and materials.
Each step fully illustrated with colour photos. Candle types include
basic container candles, moulded candle, dipped candle and rolled
beeswax candle.
$45
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