Backyard Beekeeper - Revised and Updated, 3rd Edition
An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Keeping Bees in Your Yard and Garden - New Material Includes: - the Latest Techniques in the Battle Against Invasive Mites - the 25 Rules of Modern Beekeeping - All About Urban Beekeeping - How to Use Top Bar Hives
3rd Edition
Published on 1. July 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-1-59253-919-2 (ISBN)
Description
The Backyard Beekeeper is Quarry's comprehensive, hands-on guide to beekeeping for hobbyists, first published in 2005 and revised in 2009. It features how-to advice on setting up colonies, caring for the bees, and harvesting honey. The reader learns how to choose the right location for their bees, from fresh water availability to protection from the elements, and how to include organic/nontoxic options. New to this edition are an expanded section on urban beekeeping, a guide to using top bar hives, and an overview of the latest techniques in the ongoing battle against invasive mites.
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Edition
3rd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
Dimensions
Height: 204 mm
Width: 254 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-59253-919-2 (9781592539192)
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Person
KIM FLOTTUM is the editor of Bee Culture magazine. He is the author of Backyard Beekeeping and The Backyard Beekeeper's Honey Handbook. He edited (with Dr. Shiminuki and Ann Harman) the popular 41st edition of the ABC and XYZ of Bee Culture, the bible of United States beekeeping. Kim blogs on the beekeeping world for www.thedailygreen.com, plus he is a regular columnist for the UK beekeeping magazine The Beekeeper's Quarterly.