A Practical Manual of Beekeeping: How to Keep Bees and Develop Your Full Potential As an Apiarist

by David Cramp

A fascinating hobby; a remunerative business; or a globetrotting career? Which type of beekeeper do you want to be? It is entirely up to beekeeping can provide it all.Beekeeping can provide anyone with an interesting and useful hobby or a lucrative and rewarding business. It is recognised as a vital agricultural industry and can therefore also offer you a globe trotting career. The whole subject is, however, often shrouded in mystery and loaded with jargon, leaving many people unaware of its true potential or how to start. This book strips away all the mystery and explains step by step how - from day one - you can start beekeeping as a hobby; how you can progress to running a beekeeping business; or how you can start a career as a beekeeper which can quite easily take you all over the world. No other guide explains in such detail the true potential and accessibility of beekeeping or of being a beekeeper.

304 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

Reviews

[Andrew]

As a complete newbie who is hoping to get his first swarm of bees next year I found this book extremely interesting. It's full of stories from David's own experience.

I'm not sure if the advice he gives is 'correct' but it's certainly gives you a guide for your first year.