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Get Started in Beekeeping
Written by two of the UK's most well-known and respected experts in the beekeeping community, this is a new and updated edition of a popular reference title which contains everything the beginner, or even intermediate, beekeeper could need.
Suitable both for those just considering the prospect and those who are already fascinated beekeepers, this guide to setting up, maintaining and maximising bees in the back garden is an indispensable and readable bible of information and practical advice. It covers everything from bee behaviour to what to do with honey, and balances all the background context on bee biology with the day-to-day and seasonal practicalities of running hives in any location, in the country or the city, and for colonies of all sizes.
Suitable both for those just considering the prospect and those who are already fascinated beekeepers, this guide to setting up, maintaining and maximising bees in the back garden is an indispensable and readable bible of information and practical advice. It covers everything from bee behaviour to what to do with honey, and balances all the background context on bee biology with the day-to-day and seasonal practicalities of running hives in any location, in the country or the city, and for colonies of all sizes.
224 pages, Paperback
First published March 26, 2010
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May 9, 2019
This great updated book does what it says on the tin! In a clear, concise, no nonsense way it tells you all you need to know to start beekeeping, then tells gives you loads of references to go and find out more.
I kept bees for over 12 years. You are learning all the time about this fascinating species.
Did I like the book? YES, I loved it!
Would I recommend it? YES, I would.
Well done to the authors, Adrian & Claire Waring.
I kept bees for over 12 years. You are learning all the time about this fascinating species.
Did I like the book? YES, I loved it!
Would I recommend it? YES, I would.
Well done to the authors, Adrian & Claire Waring.
August 24, 2015
I won Get Started in Beekeeping by Adrian and Claire Waring for Free in a GoodReads giveaway. I received a thick, smallish paperback of engaging yellow and blue design and excellent production quality with 225 pages packed with small serif font, diagrams, lists, pictures and text-box treatments.
Bees are an essential species and can use all the help and support they can get. To this end I found myself happy to win Get Started In Beekeeping: All you need for happy, healthy bees by two UK beekeeping experts Adrian and Claire Waring.
What is immediately obvious is unlike its American How-To / DIY Book counterparts, Get Started in Beekeeping is condensed, informative and straight to the point. No extraneous examples, no superfluous paragraphs of introduction, no tedious padding. Small font, tight leading and narrow margins rule the page as Adrian and Claire pack every square inch with valuable, comprehensive, need-to-know information.
Adrian and Claire Waring take the reader from knowing nothing through a simple process of learning the bee anatomy, learning the bee seasons, setting up the equipment, understanding feeding and life cycle, putting things in motion to harvesting honey in just 100 pages of step-by-step instructions and easy to understand contextual information. From feeding, swarming, to identifying and combating disease, everything you need to know to get you up and running your first full year is in this simple, well-written, straight-to-the-point book.
As stated right in the title, Get Started In Beekeeping is all about getting started. If you make it to page 183 they recommend that if you’re going to keep going there’s lots more to learn, with 40 pages of resources, magazines, contacts, glossaries and index.
Get Started in Beekeeping is a great DIY book and recommended as a good read for anyone getting started or wanting to learn what it takes to get into beekeeping.
Bees are an essential species and can use all the help and support they can get. To this end I found myself happy to win Get Started In Beekeeping: All you need for happy, healthy bees by two UK beekeeping experts Adrian and Claire Waring.
What is immediately obvious is unlike its American How-To / DIY Book counterparts, Get Started in Beekeeping is condensed, informative and straight to the point. No extraneous examples, no superfluous paragraphs of introduction, no tedious padding. Small font, tight leading and narrow margins rule the page as Adrian and Claire pack every square inch with valuable, comprehensive, need-to-know information.
Adrian and Claire Waring take the reader from knowing nothing through a simple process of learning the bee anatomy, learning the bee seasons, setting up the equipment, understanding feeding and life cycle, putting things in motion to harvesting honey in just 100 pages of step-by-step instructions and easy to understand contextual information. From feeding, swarming, to identifying and combating disease, everything you need to know to get you up and running your first full year is in this simple, well-written, straight-to-the-point book.
As stated right in the title, Get Started In Beekeeping is all about getting started. If you make it to page 183 they recommend that if you’re going to keep going there’s lots more to learn, with 40 pages of resources, magazines, contacts, glossaries and index.
Get Started in Beekeeping is a great DIY book and recommended as a good read for anyone getting started or wanting to learn what it takes to get into beekeeping.
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