Beekeeping for Dummies | 
| Author: Howland Blackiston
Publisher: For Dummies
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
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Pages: 336
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.3 x 0.8
ISBN: 0764554190
Dewey Decimal Number: 638.1
UPC: 785555102156
EAN: 9780764554193
ASIN: 0764554190
Publication Date: March 1, 2002
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Product Description
Believe it or not, bees are one of the oldest species of domesticated animals. Archeologists have found evidence of beekeeping, or apiculture, in the Middle East dating back more than five thousand years. If you’ve ever tasted good clover honey, it’s not hard to understand why. But it’s not just for the honey that more than 125,000 people (and growing) in the United States, alone, keep hives. Anyone interested in nature can’t help but be fascinated by those buzzing yellow bundles of energy and the exotic world they inhabit, with all its weird rituals and incredible efficiency. Also, dedicated gardeners appreciate the extra bounty that pollinating bees bring to their fruits, flowers, and vegetable gardens. In this easy-to-follow guide, Howland Blackiston, one of the nation’s most respected authorities on the subject, takes the mystery (and the sting) out of beekeeping. Taking a step-by-step approach to successful backyard beekeeping, he gets you up and running with all the information you need to: - Build a hive
- Establish your first colony
- Inspect your hives with confidence
- Maintain healthy colonies
- Deal with pests and fix common problems
- Harvest and enjoy fresh homemade honey
- Bottle and market your honey
Howland Blackiston covers all the bases, from bee anatomy, society, and behavior, to identifying and healing common illnesses afflicting bees. He also offers inventive solutions to most common and many uncommon problems you’re likely to run into. Among other things, you’ll discover: - Where to put your hive, basic equipment you’ll need, and how to assemble a hive
- The best and safest way to inspect and enjoy your bees
- Year-round tasks a beekeeper must perform to maintain a healthy colony
- How to recognize and deal with common problems with brood production and the precious queen
- How to harvest honey and decide what kind of honey you’d like to make
- Making products from beeswax and propolis
For both fun and profit, beekeeping has become a booming enterprise. A real honey of a book, Beekeeping For Dummies gets you on the road to enjoying this ancient, highly-rewarding, and oh-so-tasty hobby.
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 Great learners guide. July 25, 2008
This book is probably the most important book for anyone new to the hobby. Lots of great information on the entire aspect of beekeeping. It isn't for the person who already knows the general idea of beekeeping though.
It was the first book I read about beekeeping and have found that the only other beekeeping books I would need would be books on detailed information on either medicating or raising queens or something of that nature.
 Beekeeping fo dummies July 12, 2008
This book has been very helpful, inasmuch as I am a new beekeeper.
It is very thorough and easy to read.
It's the best! June 24, 2008
This is the best for those interested in backyard beekeeping. Written with humor and a great deal of information about bees and beekeeping. You can't go wrong here. It's a real gripper; couldn't put it down. If you weren't interested in beekeeping before, you will be after reading this book. Also, you will certainly get a better understanding of this most important pollinator. This book has everything you may need to know to give you a really good start with the most captivating hobby ever. Also included are great resources to help you get started.
this is a good for beginners and some older beekeepers April 5, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
there is no right way to keep bees you just get them and try
to keep them.if you are a beginner. YOU must have this book if you need to
find something fast no problem its in here.everybody keeps bees different
even me iv'e been around beekeeping all my life heard alot of different
ways.but if you follow mr Howland's book YOU will have NO problems keeping
bees.even me i'll forget something and before i can remeber it i've found
it in his book.thanks mr Blackiston p.s. he has a good web site too.stan
Good basics January 29, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book gives the basics and gives enough information for the reader to be able to start his own backyard colony of bees. It is hard to beat this book for the basics of bee keeping.
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