The Backyard Beekeeper, 4th Edition: An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Keeping Bees in Your Yard and Garden

The Backyard Beekeeper, now in its 4th edition, makes the time-honored and complex tradition of beekeeping an enjoyable and accessible backyard pastime that will appeal to urban and rural beekeepers of all skill levels. More than a guide to beekeeping, this handbook features expert advice for: • Setting up and caring for your own colonies • Selecting the best location to place your new bee colonies for their safety and yours • The most practical and nontoxic ways to care for your bees • Swarm control • Using top bar hives • Harvesting the products of a beehive and collecting and using honey • Bee problems and treatments What's New? • Information for urban bees and beekeepers • Using your smoker the right way • Better pest management • Providing consistent and abundant good food • Keeping your hives healthy With this complete resource and the expert advice of Bee Culture editor Kim Flottum, your bees will be healthy, happy, and more productive.

© 2018 Quarry Books (Ebook): 9781631595776

Release date

Ebook: 2 January 2018