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Beekeeping Books
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Beekeeping for Dummies (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as beekeeping)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,686 ratings — published 2002
The Backyard Beekeeper: An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Keeping Bees in Your Yard and Garden (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as beekeeping)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,131 ratings — published 2005
The Beekeeper's Bible: Bees, Honey, Recipes & Other Home Uses (The Backyard Naturalist Series)
by (shelved 34 times as beekeeping)
avg rating 4.52 — 741 ratings — published 2010
Natural Beekeeping: Organic Approaches to Modern Apiculture (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as beekeeping)
avg rating 3.94 — 318 ratings — published 2007
Honeybee Democracy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as beekeeping)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,928 ratings — published 2010
The Beekeeper's Handbook (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as beekeeping)
avg rating 4.35 — 399 ratings — published 1978
Top-Bar Beekeeping: Organic Practices for Honeybee Health (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as beekeeping)
avg rating 4.39 — 322 ratings — published 2012
Langstroth's Hive and the Honey-Bee: The Classic Beekeeper's Manual (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as beekeeping)
avg rating 4.01 — 219 ratings — published 1857
Honey Bee Biology and Beekeeping, Revised Edition (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as beekeeping)
avg rating 4.50 — 103 ratings — published 2000
A Book Of Bees: And How to Keep Them – A Melodious Beekeeping Memoir and Nature Journal from the Missouri Ozarks (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as beekeeping)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,362 ratings — published 1988
The Practical Beekeeper: Beekeeping Naturally (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as beekeeping)
avg rating 4.49 — 147 ratings — published 2011
First Lessons in Beekeeping (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as beekeeping)
avg rating 4.26 — 281 ratings — published 2007
The Beekeeper's Lament: How One Man and Half a Billion Honey Bees Help Feed America (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as beekeeping)
avg rating 3.92 — 2,351 ratings — published 2011
Storey's Guide to Keeping Honey Bees: Honey Production, Pollination, Health (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as beekeeping)
avg rating 4.13 — 341 ratings — published 2010
The Secret Life of Bees (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as beekeeping)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,363,031 ratings — published 2001
The Lives of Bees: The Untold Story of the Honey Bee in the Wild (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as beekeeping)
avg rating 3.98 — 756 ratings — published
Robbing the Bees: A Biography of Honey--The Sweet Liquid Gold that Seduced the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as beekeeping)
avg rating 3.99 — 1,027 ratings — published 2005
A Honeybee Heart Has Five Openings (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as beekeeping)
avg rating 3.73 — 2,099 ratings — published 2018
The Bee Book: Discover the Wonder of Bees and How to Protect Them for Generations to Come (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as beekeeping)
avg rating 4.46 — 389 ratings — published 2016
The ABC and XYZ of Bee Culture (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as beekeeping)
avg rating 4.10 — 84 ratings — published 1877
The Beekeeper's Problem Solver: 100 Common Problems Explored and Explained (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as beekeeping)
avg rating 3.66 — 68 ratings — published 2015
The Thinking Beekeeper: A Guide to Natural Beekeeping in Top Bar Hives (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as beekeeping)
avg rating 4.15 — 179 ratings — published 2012
Better Beekeeping: The Ultimate Guide to Keeping Stronger Colonies and Healthier, More Productive Bees (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as beekeeping)
avg rating 4.04 — 56 ratings — published 2011
The Buzz about Bees: Biology of a Superorganism (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as beekeeping)
avg rating 4.48 — 196 ratings — published 2007
Mad Honey (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as beekeeping)
avg rating 4.07 — 595,379 ratings — published 2022
The Beekeeper of Aleppo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as beekeeping)
avg rating 4.16 — 183,263 ratings — published 2019
Song of Increase: Listening to the Wisdom of Honeybees for Kinder Beekeeping and a Better World (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as beekeeping)
avg rating 4.34 — 275 ratings — published 2014
Following the Wild Bees: The Craft and Science of Bee Hunting (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as beekeeping)
avg rating 4.32 — 141 ratings — published
The ABC and Xyz of Bee Culture: An Encyclopedia of Beekeeping (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as beekeeping)
avg rating 4.31 — 39 ratings — published 1990
Plan Bee: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Hardest-Working Creatures on the Planet (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as beekeeping)
avg rating 3.81 — 432 ratings — published 2009
Sweetness and Light: The Mysterious History of the Honeybee (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as beekeeping)
avg rating 3.69 — 394 ratings — published 2004
The Hive: The Story of the Honeybee and Us (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as beekeeping)
avg rating 3.72 — 378 ratings — published 2004
Beekeeping At Buckfast Abbey (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as beekeeping)
avg rating 4.32 — 66 ratings — published 1987
Buzz: The Nature and Necessity of Bees (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as beekeeping)
avg rating 4.21 — 2,113 ratings — published 2018
Beeswax Alchemy: How to Make Your Own Soap, Candles, Balms, Creams, and Salves from the Hive (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as beekeeping)
avg rating 4.09 — 304 ratings — published 2015
The Bees (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as beekeeping)
avg rating 3.71 — 44,555 ratings — published 2014
Increase Essentials (Perfect Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as beekeeping)
avg rating 4.12 — 56 ratings — published 2014
Homegrown Honey Bees: An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Beekeeping Your First Year, from Hiving to Honey Harvest (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as beekeeping)
avg rating 4.17 — 329 ratings — published 2013
The Queen Must Die and Other Affairs of Bees and Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as beekeeping)
avg rating 4.31 — 333 ratings — published 1985
Honey and Venom: Confessions of an Urban Beekeeper (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as beekeeping)
avg rating 3.54 — 618 ratings — published 2020
The Honey Bus: A Memoir of Loss, Courage and a Girl Saved by Bees (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as beekeeping)
avg rating 4.32 — 12,916 ratings — published 2019
Hive Management: A Seasonal Guide for Beekeepers (Storey's Down-To-Earth Guides)
by (shelved 6 times as beekeeping)
avg rating 3.74 — 82 ratings — published 1991
100 Plants to Feed the Bees: Provide a Healthy Habitat to Help Pollinators Thrive (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as beekeeping)
avg rating 4.31 — 364 ratings — published 2016
At the Hive Entrance (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as beekeeping)
avg rating 4.15 — 26 ratings — published 2010
Bees in America: How the Honey Bee Shaped a Nation (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as beekeeping)
avg rating 3.77 — 159 ratings — published 2005
Honeybee: Lessons from an Accidental Beekeeper (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as beekeeping)
avg rating 3.60 — 406 ratings — published 2009
The Hive and the Honey Bee (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as beekeeping)
avg rating 4.21 — 24 ratings — published 1992
The Sacred Bee in Ancient Times and Folklore (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as beekeeping)
avg rating 3.98 — 164 ratings — published 1937
The Barefoot Beekeeper : A simple, sustainable approach to small-scale beekeeping top bar hives (softcover)
by (shelved 6 times as beekeeping)
avg rating 4.15 — 96 ratings — published 2008
Guide to Bees and Honey (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as beekeeping)
avg rating 4.29 — 42 ratings — published 1976
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“I don’t remember the particulars but when he [Dr. Hichiro Shimanuki, aka ‘Shim’] was nearly finished he offered an observation that was, for the most part, missed by the majority of those present. … Answers and dogma, went the feeling, saves bees, money, and time. … Shim’s observations were, however, profound, and any beekeeper who listened carefully to his challenge is probably doing quite well today.
Basically, his observation was this: He called it the Rule of Rights. — If you produce the right number of bees that are the right age and the right condition, and are in the right place at the right time, you will be successful.
The complexity of achieving this goal is well hidden in the simplicity of his statement. But to accomplish this requires making intelligent and correct decisions based on sound planning, correct timing, and getting the balance of business and biology to work in an operation. There’s little how-to hidden within this simple statement. Rather, it is a goal to strive for in many ways. It is, in the real world, not easy and it is not often that it will be achieved.
[From the ‘Introduction.’]”
― Better Beekeeping: The Ultimate Guide to Keeping Stronger Colonies and Healthier, More Productive Bees
Basically, his observation was this: He called it the Rule of Rights. — If you produce the right number of bees that are the right age and the right condition, and are in the right place at the right time, you will be successful.
The complexity of achieving this goal is well hidden in the simplicity of his statement. But to accomplish this requires making intelligent and correct decisions based on sound planning, correct timing, and getting the balance of business and biology to work in an operation. There’s little how-to hidden within this simple statement. Rather, it is a goal to strive for in many ways. It is, in the real world, not easy and it is not often that it will be achieved.
[From the ‘Introduction.’]”
― Better Beekeeping: The Ultimate Guide to Keeping Stronger Colonies and Healthier, More Productive Bees
“When you are taking care of bees, being able to protect yourself from their stings is crucial to working in comfort and with great efficiency. A beekeeper suit, often just called a bee suit, is the best way to protect your body from the bees from head to toe when you are working in the hives or collecting the honey.”
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