Hydroponics is the most common method of soil-less culture (growing agricultural plants without the use of soil), which includes growing plants either on a substrate or in an aqueous medium with bare roots. Non-circulating hydroponic methods, importantly, do not require electricity or a pump. With the method presented in this document, the entire crop can be grown with only an initial application of water and nutrients. No additional water or fertilizer are needed. The crop is normally terminated when most of the nutrient solution is consumed. This document provides two detailed step-by-step description of simple, non-circulating hydroponic growing kits for growing vegetables at a small scale, one for short term vegetables (e.g. lettuce or kai choy) and the other for long-term vegetables (e.g. cucumber or tomato).

Drones are male honey bees. Unlike the female worker bee, drones do not have a stinger and do not participate in nectar and pollen gathering. A drone's primary role is to mate with an infertile queen. The value of drone larvae as a nutritional supplement has been proven in many studies conducted over the years and drone larvae have been used as food for thousands of years by the most ancient civilizations such as Chinese, Egyptian, Mayan, etc.  Drone larvae therefore offer the opportunity to the beekeeper to generate extra income from the extraction and processing of drone larvae and to use drone larvae for improved health and wellbeing.  This technology explains how to collect drone larvae from the hive.

Les maladies virales des abeilles sont répandues à travers le monde. Elles sont généralement sous-évaluées par les apiculteurs: elles peuvent causer de graves pertes économiques si elles sont associées à d'autres maladies des abeilles. L’acarien Varroa destructor a grandement contribué à augmenter l'incidence des maladies virales. Varroa est un support passif de virus d'abeilles qui sont transmis aux abeilles à travers la salive de l'acarien. En outre, le varroa affaiblit le système immunitaire des abeilles, ce qui peut permettre la réactivation d'infections virales latentes déjà présentes dans le corps de l'abeille. D’autres maladies d’abeilles qui créent les conditions pour l'apparition de maladies virales sont la nosémose, la loque européenne et l'amibiase. La transmission du virus se produit généralement horizontalement (par exemple à travers les excréments d'abeilles, la gelée royale, la salive du varroa, l'apiculteur), mais la transmission des principaux virus d'abeilles se produit verticalement (de la reine au couvain). Cette fiche décrit les causes et les symptômes des virus chez les abeilles, comment ces maladies se propagent, et la façon de les aborder et d'empêcher leur diffusion.

Beeswax is a natural wax produced by honey bees of the genus Apis. The worker bees produce wax to use it for comb structural stability, to form cells for honey-storage and larval and pupal comfort and protection within the bee hive. Beeswax offers the opportunity to the beekeeper to generate extra income from the extraction and processing of the wax into added value products. This technology explains how process the bee wax into added value products. It also includes some indications for buying beeswax and storing it and some information about the composition of wax.