The Bee Bible: 50 Ways to Keep Bees Buzzing

by Sally Coulthard

'A beautiful gift... Full of fascinating facts' Yorkshire Post 'We all want to help the beleaguered bee and Sally Coulthard's latest book is a great place to start' Amateur Gardening 'How to help bees thrive and give your garden a real buzz' You Magazine We need bees. These tiny, hardworking insects have transformed our lives with their quiet diligence; fertilizing the wild plants we rely on, and giving us thousands of years of sugary pleasure. But bees are in danger; across the planet, their numbers are plummeting. Sally Coulthard is here to share fifty ways we can all save bees. Whether you garden for bees, campaign for bees, or just learn a bit of bee-whispering, little things can make a big difference. Just ask a bee.

Genres: Nonfiction, Nature

Kindle Edition

Published November 14, 2019

About the author

After studying Archaeology & Anthropology at Oxford University, best-selling author and designer Sally Coulthard has spent the last twenty years designing, making and writing about homes, craft and outdoor spaces. She sees no boundary between the rules that govern good interior design and those which are needed to craft a spectacular studio or glorious garden.

Keen to make good design accessible, she’s written over twenty books about restoring houses, designing interiors and outdoor living. From garden styles to craftsmanship, creating workspaces to building sheds, Sally’s books inspire, encourage and equip readers to take on projects of their own.

Sally is a passionate advocate of rural living and regularly writes about nature and her experiences of smallholding deep in North Yorkshire countryside, including her ‘Good Life in Country’ column for Country Living magazine.

Reviews

[Hilary · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a beautifully presented chunky book about all the things we can do to help our stripy friends!
We all know that our bees are in decline but rather than featuring on doom and gloom this inspiring book comes up with some practical and fun ways to help. There are suggestions and ideas for those who do not have garden alongside informative facts and positive steps we all can take.

Beautiful line drawings illustrate each page. This would make a wonderful gift for a nature lover. A highly recommended read for all those concerned with the environment, as this book states on it’s final suggestion - Bee inspired!

[Fiction Addition Angela · Rating 5 out of 5]

An adorable little book that I defy you not to love.
For all the bee enthusiasts or simply if your interested in gardening or helping in lots of simple, easy, different ways to preserve our dying bee population. These busy little bees pollenate our planet and are sadly endangered. Honey bees and Bumblebees are all disappearing from our gardens and wildlife spaces.
Lots of different ideas in this book just published and wrote by Sally Coulthard on how you can help make little changes to help. I loved it.

[James Baker · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bee related instant 5 star

[Wendy · Rating 4 out of 5]

An useful little book about the importance of bees and 50 ways on what you can do to help them out. The explanation is simple enough to read without it brimming your head with too much information.
I urge everyone to read this, because we are nowhere without bees.
#Savethebees

[Beeb · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am officially a bee expert now 😎

[Bert van der Vaart · Rating 2 out of 5]

I hate to gainsay so many superlative reviews, but I thought this book was a "cute" but superficial introduction to bees and to an even lesser extent beekeeping. We all surely know that plants need pollination which bees provide and that whether through pesticides, night lights, noise or humans more generally, bee habitats are being disturbed. But to call this book a Bee Bible would imply you could read about something less obvious, with deep knowledge about what "science" or governments are doing about the decline in bee populations, or how we would actually keep bees despite the above factors. But far from being any kind of Bible, this book strings together a series of paragraphs on diverse topics ("Bring Back Dark Skies", "Adopt a Hive", "Save a Swarm", "Teach Bee Whispering", "Take Part in a Bee Survey", "Report a Bee Kill", etc.--mostly about increasing our or other people's "awareness" and where we can send money to bee friendly NGOs. What was further maddening were the abundant non sequiturs and instances of lax writing, e.g.

"The results from bee surveys not only help reverse the decline of bee populations..." how exactly?? What if they just report that bee populations are declining (as indeed is argued in the rest of the book)?

I found that the author's passion for the topic is no substitute for deeper knowledge. Thank Heaven for YouTube and the many beekeepers who provide that knowledge in a far more usable (and less expensive) manner.

[Kris · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was given this charming hardcover book for Christmas and I could not resist diving into it straight away.

It is full of helpful information about bees and how to help them, laid out in easy to read chapters and complimented by lovely little illustration. I will definitely try and implement some of the advice given in the future management of my garden and property to benefit and encourage bees in my patch of the world.

Although this book is based on the UK situation, equivalents will be able to be found all over the world and many of the advice applies to wherever in the world you are.

All in all, I will treasure this little book and I will definitely refer to it when I change things up in my garden come springtime.

Highly recommended. It also helps that this is simply a charming looking little book

[Hannah · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very informative book that is a quick read, but also serves as a helpful point of reference to go back to when thinking about how to help bees. It is a good read for people who are just interested in bees to people who are conservationists, farmers, bee keepers etc. I will definitely use this book regularly during the year to make my 'space' more bee friendly.

[Harrison Large ラージ • ハリソン · Rating 4 out of 5]

Borrowed from the library. Yeah, it was good. I've been looking to get my garden sorted and was going to make a patch for the bees at the back, so a lot of good notes and advice to follow in here. I'll be sure to keep it in mind this autumn when I prep the land.

Definitely a library lend rather than a purchase. But the content was very accessible for people unfamiliar with bees. Probably a bit lacking for the experienced apiarist though.

[Kt · Rating 5 out of 5]

Review to come

[Charm at Raptureinbooks · Rating 4 out of 5]

Full of interesting facts, statistics and tips on keeping bees healthy and happy.

[James · Rating 4 out of 5]

God bless bees 🐝

[Leo Campbell · Rating 4 out of 5]

4/5 quick and informative book about bees and how we can support them. Helpful point of reference if you want to look after the pollinators.

[Zarina · Rating 4 out of 5]

The informative section on bees at the start was very interesting, but it was then followed by 50 ways to save the bees, which was repetitive and some of it quite obvious. 3.5 stars.