The fourth edition of this comprehensive beekeeper's handbook provides new and updated information throughout including new information on important contemporary issues such as Colony Collapse Disorder, Africanized honey bees and bee mite control. Packed with detailed illustrations and step-by-step instructions, this guide provides beginner and experienced beekeepers with the fundamentals of bee theory as well as practical information on hive construction, obtaining bees, feeding, seasonal management and honey and pollen harvesting procedures. The work includes useful sidebars throughout as well as a large section of web and print resource recommendations on a wide variety of beekeeping and related topics. Sammataro is a research entomologist for the US department of Agriculture, Avitabile is professor emeritus of biology at the University of Connecticut and Caron is a retired professor of entomology at the University of Delaware. Comstock is an imprint of Cornell University Press. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)