Bijen houden

by David Cramp

This guide to beekeeping gives information on the way the hive works, handling the bees, and how to get your bees and transfer them to the hive. It describes problems such as pests and diseases that can affect the bees, and suggests plants for a bee-friendly garden.

Genres: Nonfiction, Gardening

160 pages, Hardcover

First published August 31, 2011

Reviews

[Max Sheehy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Eeeeeeeh? Book was straight into bee jargon which is hard for a complete knowledgeless idiot like me. Also was written by a bloke who now lives in NZ except he refers to the Northern hemisphere seasons, also tells me what’s popular in America and Europe. I want NZ knowledge from a NZ man!! Anyway big a4 book with colour pictures showing what’s what the whole time, although wouldn’t feel ready purchase a beehive and get started straight after reading this. Best advice was connecting with ur local bee club. Suppose that works 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

[Book-Social · Rating 2 out of 5]

6 months in from getting chickens my attentions are now wandering to bees. Do we get them? Will they be OK around the kids? How ridiculous will I look in a beekeeping suit? Like I did before we ventured in to chicken owning I wanted to read into it more and was bought this as a present for my birthday. Oh how birthdays have changed!

The book is large (A4) with over 400 colour photographs. It offers a fascinating insight into just how important bees are and how they have evolved. Seasons, flowers and even the uses of bee venom are all covered but having read it all I don’t feel like I am equipped to go and buy a beehive let alone a colony of bees. I was still struggling with the terms (brooders, supers) and had no idea whether I provided the wax for the frames or the bees did. Needless to say I think further reading is needed. The book did recommend I contact my local beekeeping association though which I have so all is not lost. To bee or not to bee? Watch this space!

[James The Outdoor Asian · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book was a decent introduction to bee-keeping, covering the topic from a pretty high level spanning from the history of bees and transitioning through multiple topics, ending in various microbial, insect, and/or animal threats to bees.

One of the pros: it has large, beautiful, detailed pictures. If you like pictures, this book is quite vivid.
One of the cons: I felt it could have transitioned into bee-keeping more directly and earlier, although the historical development and background of bee-keeping across societies would make for solid conversation and story-telling sitting around a campfire :)

Decent book.

This would be the pre-cursor read to a more focused, hands-on work on bee-keeping.

[Conrad · Rating 2 out of 5]

Interesting? Yes. Nice pictures that go with the text? Yes. A Complete step-by-step book of beekeeping? No. The book is a good introduction into the world of bees and gets you enthusaistic, but the way it is structured and the minimal amount of tekst in each chapter ensure that is certainly is nog a complete guide. I would say the book is a easy, fast but not necessary read for your average beekeeper.

[Scott · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lots of pretty pictures, decent overview of beekeeping. Brief, but no obvious errors. But the TYPE is so small in most of the book, that it's actually challenging to read. 2pts larger, and it would be fine. Weird choice by the publisher. For beginners, go with Idiot's Guide to Beekeeping, or Beekeeping for Dummies

[Ceitag · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought the section which explained which plants were good nectar and pollen providers was excellent.

[Imperatrix Mundi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Much of the information in this book is now, in 2017, obsolete. This book does remain a good introduction into various aspects of beekeeping for beginners.

[Tebafin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good advice in bee keeping!

[Sara · Rating 5 out of 5]

Basically, this felt like an quick introduction to beekeeping so I will need to read more before I feel confident about it. There were tons of pictures which was very helpful.

[Waander · Rating 3 out of 5]

Gewoon goede gids met veel foto's en plantenadvies.