The backyard beekeeper : an absolute beginner's guide to keeping bees in your yard and garden
(2018)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
638.1/FLOTTUM,K

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Adult Nonfiction 638.1/FLOTTUM,K Available

Details

PUBLISHED
Beverly, MA : Quarry Books, 2018
©2018
EDITION
Fourth edition
DESCRIPTION

240 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9781631593321, 1631593323 :, 1631593323, 9781631593321
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Includes index

The Backyard Beekeeper, now in its 4th edition, makes the time-honoured and complex tradition of beekeeping an enjoyable and accessible backyard pastime that will appeal to urban and rural beekeepers of all skill levels. More than a guide to beekeeping, this handbook features expert advice for: setting up and caring for your own colonies; the best location to place your new bee colonies for their safety and yours; the most practical and nontoxic ways to care for your bees; swarm control; using top bar hives; harvesting the products of a beehive and collecting and using honey; bee problems and treatments, what's new?; information for urban bees and beekeepers; using your smoker the right way; better pest management; providing consistent and abundant good food; and keeping your hives healthy. With this complete resource and the expert advice of Bee Culture editor Kim Flottum, your bees will be healthy, happy, and more productive