Beekeeping - A Practical Guide

by Roger Patterson

A practical book for new beekeepers and those interested in keeping their own bees, explaining everything they need to know to get started. It also covers how to make your garden attractive for bees. Published to coincide with the biggest beginners' day for beekeeping which takes place in February each year.

177 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 1, 2012

About the author

Roger Patterson is the senior pastor of West University Baptist & Crosspoint Church, a multi-site congregation in the heart of Houston, Texas, hosting six worship services a weekend (including Spanish and Chinese). Patterson hosts Vision for Life Radio: Where Faith & Sports Collide, a weekly radio program on Yahoo Sports Radio's flagship station, 1560 am in Houston, Texas. He can be heard in some 55 markets, and his influence reaches not only throughout the U.S. and Canada, but also into the UK and Australia. Roger also produces A Minute of Vision, one minute radio devotionals, and he is passionate about engaging, equipping, and inspiring men to become all that God has designed them to be as they carry out the demands of their home and the marketplace.

Reviews

[Honey Bee · Rating 1 out of 5]

Do not bother with this book - the author despises people, beekeepers and newbies... There are SO many great books, that encourage a new beekeeper, providing positive do's and don't. This author, while obviously a successful beekeeper having been in the business a long time, he insults the reader/beekeeper by telling them they have a 'mental barrier' (pg 97) when it comes to understanding an apiary concept.
Furthermore, his attitude to honey harvesting is appalling - suggesting that people to do not have enough honey to harvest at the end of the season are incompetent. Nevermind weather constraints or local disease outbreaks!
New beekeepers, read the other books out there, starting with someone like David Cramp or Bill Turnbull!