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This AgGuide, Products of the hive, is about more than honey production. The complex behaviour of bees results in other products such as wax, pollen, propolis, royal jelly and, for older bees, bee venom. There is a range of possibilities for beekeepers to consider when it comes to overall profitability of keeping honey bees.

This book has been compiled for experienced beekeepers to give them ideas about how they might diversify their income from beekeeping activities. It has also been written for those who have a general interest and fascination with the art and pleasure of beekeeping. It includes an account of increased knowledge about the bioactivity of honey.

Amaranthus species are annual (or occasionally perennial) herbaceous plants, native to the Americas, that can grow up to 2 m in height. Here, we discuss A. viridis (green amaranth) and A. retroflexus (redroot amaranth).

There are approximately 60 Amaranthus species worldwide, of which 20 are found in Australia. Specific identification is best achieved based on differences in leaves, branches and flowers.

Green amaranth leaves are alternate, between 3-9 cm in length and 2-6 cm in width, oval to triangular in shape, smooth, and darker green on the top of the leaf. Flowers are brownish-yellow, about 1 mm in length and found at the end of plant stems. Seed is discshaped, shiny brown or black, and approximately 1 mm in length. Plants grow up to 2 m in height.

Redroot amaranth can also grow up to 2 m in height, and has a red-pink tap root. Leaves are alternate, oval to egg shaped and up to 10 cm in length, with more prominent veins than green amaranth. Flowers are numerous, greenish, and seed is oval to egg shaped, somewhat flattened, shiny black or dark brown, and approximately 1 mm in length.

Young plants can bear some resemblance to blackberry nightshade (Solanum nigrum) and fat hen (Chenopodium album), but with experience can be identified by their cotyledons and first true leaves.

Australian Health Law combines detailed discussion and critical analysis of Australian health law as it relates to individual and public health matters. It offers a cohesive, in-depth examination of health law at local, state and national levels, while also reflecting upon broader global considerations. The comprehensive coverage includes discussion of the underpinning influences and principles relevant to health law, the law regulating Australia's health care system, health care practitioner regulation, key legal principles relevant to the patient-practitioner relationship, and health law in the context of the beginning of life, throughout the life course, and ending of life. Meticulously researched, this book is an invaluable resource for scholars, students and practitioners on Australian health law.

Business and Law in Australia, Fourth Edition, assists students to understand the concepts and principles of business law in the current Australian commercial law environment. This work contains a concise outline of the components that make up the historical and modern Australian legal system, a plain language explanation of contract law, and an overview of the different business organisations and their means of operation, to help students understand the legal framework which underpins business law. Also included are summaries of some of the diverse areas of law that have an impact on the conduct of business, including criminal law, the law of torts and business ethics.

Several significant and recent legislative developments affecting the Australian commercial law environment have been incorporated into this edition, especially as a result of the Covid era which prompted some necessary reforms in signing of documents, meetings etc, particularly in relation to companies, such as:

• new “corporate key” requirements to allow companies to lodge documents online;

• increased statutory protection for company whistleblowers;

• facilitation of electronic meetings and simpler signing procedures for companies;

• a simplification procedure has been introduced for small businesses, to allow them to restructure in order to find a way out of liquidation; and

• changes to unfair contract terms provisions, allowing both consumers and businesses to avoid harsh and unnecessary terms in standard form contracts, where such terms serve an unreasonable purpose.

Flowcharts and tables, guides to problem-solving and practice questions throughout the work map out complex concepts and aid student learning, ensuring that Business and Law in Australia is an excellent learning tool for LLB and commercial or business law students.

Insight Text Guides take students into the deeper layers of meaning in a range of popular novels, plays, films, short-story collections and nonfiction texts. They are designed to develop detailed knowledge, in-depth understanding and genuine insight into each text.

The guides are written by practising English teachers, professional writers, reviewers and academics who are experts in their fields. Each guide presents a clear, comprehensive and accessible analysis.

There are over 150 titles in the Insight Text Guides series and new titles are published every year.

Chickweed (Stellaria media) is a branched sprawling annual herb, native to Europe, with delicate stems up to 60 cm in length but usually 5-40 cm in length.

Leaves are between 1-3 cm in length, usually almost free of hairs, bright green, and oval to broadly elliptical in shape, with pointed tips. The numerous flowers are white, 3.0-6.5 mm in width when fully open, and comprised of five deeply divided petals (giving the appearance of ten petals), and are surrounded by longer hairy sepals.

Plants are diffusely branched from the plant base, with a distinct line of hairs visible between the stem joints (nodes). Roots are capable of forming from the lower nodes. The root system is shallow, dense and fibrous, and features a slender tap root.

Most vegetable farmers will be well aware of chickweed and how to identify it. However in some cases, depending on stage of growth and experience in identification, it may be possible to mis-identify chickweed as certain other Stellaria species, for example lesser chickweed (Stellaria pallida). Chickweed also closely resembles pimpernel (Lysimachia arvensis), a weed sometimes found on vegetable farms. However, pimpernel may be distinguished most readily by having either red or blue/purple flowers, and somewhat fleshier leaves.

Common sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus) is an annual herbaceous plant, growing between 0.2 m and 1.5 m in height.

Figure 1 includes a series of photos of common sowthistle at different life stages, from a young seedling through to a mature flowering plant, including images of the flowers and seed.

Common sowthistle initially forms as a rosette, up to 25 cm in diameter, before growing as an erect plant commonly 1 m in height. Stems are circular, green to purple, hollow, and produce a milky sap when cut. Lower leaves are smooth, thin, and lance-shaped, while upper leaves are generally smooth although can be hairy. Upper leaves can show considerable variation in shape, but are generally bluish-green with irregularly-toothed margins ending in small soft spines. Leaves can be between 6 cm and 35 cm in length. The plant has a long, slender pale taproot that is usually branched.

Flowers are light yellow in colour, 10 to 15 mm in diameter, with many narrow petals. Fruit (forming at the base of the flower) is wrinkled, tapers at the base, and produces fine white cottony hairs after flowering.

At its early growing stages, common sowthistle is almost indistinguishable from prickly sowthistle (Sonchus asper), a weed that is also common in Australian vegetable farms and has much the same impacts as common sowthistle. However, as a larger plant, prickly sowthistle is distinguishable from common sowthistle by its leaf form, which is thicker, more curled and with much more significant spines along the leaf margins (Figures 2 and 3). Management of the two species will largely be the same.

Insight Text Guides take students into the deeper layers of meaning in a range of popular novels, plays, films, short-story collections and nonfiction texts. They are designed to develop detailed knowledge, in-depth understanding and genuine insight into each text.

The guides are written by practising English teachers, professional writers, reviewers and academics who are experts in their fields. Each guide presents a clear, comprehensive and accessible analysis.

There are over 150 titles in the Insight Text Guides series and new titles are published every year.

Insight Text Guides take students into the deeper layers of meaning in a range of popular novels, plays, films, short-story collections and nonfiction texts. They are designed to develop detailed knowledge, in-depth understanding and genuine insight into each text.

The guides are written by practising English teachers, professional writers, reviewers and academics who are experts in their fields. Each guide presents a clear, comprehensive and accessible analysis.

There are over 150 titles in the Insight Text Guides series and new titles are published every year.