Bees & Bee-Keeping

by Derek Hall

Bees are remarkable little insects that have been around for about 100 million years or so. Bees perform a valuable and vital service to the plants they visit and, ultimately to humans and other animals as well, for through their foraging activities they pollinate the flowers and thus ensure the spread and continuation of plant species. The general principles of bee-keeping have not changed significantly for a couple of hundred years, although technology helped bee-keeping to progress. This book covers all aspects of bee-keeping, but the enthusiast should consider approaching on of the various bee-keeping bodies to find out at first hand what is involved.

256 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

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Reviews

[Abby Hastings · Rating 5 out of 5]

I checked this out at the library because being a beekeeper has always been a goal of mine. Unfortunately I won’t be in a position to have a hive of my own for a couple years, but it was interesting and exciting to learn about what goes into keeping bees. This book had more information on bees themselves than I really cared to know, but it’s good to be knowledgeable I guess.

[Basil · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's a nice and informative book but I cannot give it five stars. The layout is very wonky and it is difficult to tell what's a photo note and what's the main body text. It also seems to be written like an essay which makes me wonder if this is Derek Hall's first book. The photos in the book are very nice though, and I did learn new things.

[Eckerbee · Rating 4 out of 5]

I learned something and the photography made be bee-heart sing. So lovely.