| View Larger Image | Keeping Bees And Making Honey | Paperbackby Alison Benjamin (Author), Brian McCallum (Author)
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| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | David & Charles | | Page Count: | 128 Pages | | Publication Date: | May 16, 2008 | | Sales Rank: | 11,079th |
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FEATURES | - ISBN13: 9780715328101
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Product Description
Bee keeping isn't just for the country dweller--bees can be kept in any situation from the simple balcony to the garden to acres of land. This comprehensive and attractive lifestyle guide to bee keeping takes readers from finding their bees to getting them home, housing them, collecting honey and using their produce. The book includes a detailed look at the history of bees and bee-keeping, and an extensive introduction to help readers to fully understand bees and keep them happy. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 7 reviews)
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Neat introductory book by Henry C. Wolford  5 Stars
November 09, 2009
When I retire in a few years I wanted to find a hobby which would be ecologically beneficial and potentially financially rewarding. I thought about beekeeping and sought out an introductory book. This one has some valuable lessons, good information, and a realistic slant on what commitment you need as a beekeeper.
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Best photography of any bee book I've seen so far. by Mr John Little (Nagano, Japan) 5 Stars
September 30, 2009
This is a beautifully produced book with some really excellent photography; it should be mandatory to furnish dentist's waiting rooms with at least one copy (not only would it successfully distract the patients, but we'd also end up with more beekeepers in the world... and all of them with good teeth). The text is informative and straightforward (although I did find the chapter sequencing a little puzzling and personally would have preferred to see the gardening, honey and products chapters shuffled to the back and all of the essential beekeeping information consolidated). I found the chapter on gardening for bees to be especially interesting and relevant though, along with the plant-to-honey-type cross-reference table, and have been diligently planting seeds to provide my hives with some early spring blooms based on that content.
The beekeeping information is as up to date as you'd expect for a 2008 book with, for instance, a reference to dusting the bees with icing sugar as a method for controlling mite infestation. Although not perhaps as comprehensive as Sammataro and Avitabile's "The Beekeepers Handbook", the photography and sections on an introduction to beekeeping certainly compensate. U.K. readers especially will appreciate the references and use throughout the book of the familiar WBC, double-walled hive.
This is an engaging book on several levels. The first and most obvious is as a coffee-table book which will interest young and old alike. Secondly, it's a great source of well illustrated information for the novice, or yet to be, beekeeper. For the more experienced, it's one of those books which is nice to have to hand to show to friends and neighbours (or anyone taking an interest in your bees). It has content which will also appeal to the gardener and to the city dweller, as well as to anyone interested in ecology and the environment. An excellent buy.
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don't read this book if you don't want to get in to beekeeping by rj (Western washington) 5 Stars
May 23, 2009
I hate this book it so fare has been my down fall of falling in love with beekeeping. This book has cost me over a few hundred dollars on hives bees and the such. this book got me hooked on beekeeping now I am catching swarms. enjoying making my own hives putting frames and foundation togeather, dreaming about harvesting the honey and enjoying the bees in my back yard. So if you want to advoid spending money on bees having them mailed to your home housing them in your house while you wait for the weather to clear and having your children enjoy being out doors and watch for hours bees work. Then please do not buy this book but if you do welcome to a great hobbie
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Very informantional book. by abbakate (Romeo, MI USA) 5 Stars
February 05, 2009
This book so thoroughly covered all of the aspects of keeping bees that we decided to continue buying our honey from a local orchard!!
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Clear and Understandable by geminga  4 Stars
January 19, 2009
Easy to understand book for the beginner to bee keeping. Lots of pictures and good information to get you started in this facinating hobby.
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