The Hive and the Honey Bee

by Roy A Grout

Over 1,300 pages. The Hive and the Honey Bee (1992) is the definitive text for anyone involved with bees, from keeping bees to simply finding out more about them. The most recent edition of this classic (1992), a wonderful hardcover book with attractive gold-stamped cover and spine, has been completely rewritten, revised, and enlarged. It's divided into 22 chapters and includes the work of 33 world-famous authors along with hundreds of photos and drawings. It's worth getting for its special features a new 52-page United States and Canadian honey plants table, updated African honey bee information, parasitic bee mites, pesticides, management, business practices, marketing, hive products, bee behavior, and more.I learned everything I needed to get started in bee keeping and taught me something new with every new release. To manage hives for honey production, pollenation or queen rearing, this book is the authority. To work in your hive, or apiary without it,is like driving your ca

Genres: Nonfiction

1324 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 1992

Reviews

[Chris Andrews · Rating 5 out of 5]

Extensive and a good resource book for series beekeepers.

[Randy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have an earlier edition of The Hive and the Honey Bee published by Dadant, a compilation of honey bee information by a number of experts, originally published in 1946. The printing I have is 1975. The Roy Grout version must have been a successor to this original book. Full of great information. Some of it is possibly dated but in 1946 it was the state of the art and has great chapters on behavior, the colony, races, anatomy, etc. A friend and former bee keeper passed to us for our library and we are appreciative of this helpful gift.

[Elliott Davis · Rating 5 out of 5]

This isn't a book you will want to read straight through. It is VERY long, more like a reference guide than a book to read. It has MANY helpful sections, and i would recommend it. This book can be VERY expensive even used, so if you are a new beekeeper and aren't sure if you will stay in beekeeping, then you probably shouldn't buy this book, but borrow it from the library (if they have it) or borrow it from a friend. All in all it is probably one of the best beekeeping books written.

[Lesli · Rating 4 out of 5]

A must-have for any beekeeper, new or experienced. The one thing that keeps me from giving it 5 stars is the occasional poor editing.

[Cherie Everhart · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great reference book.