Homegrown Honey Bees - by Alethea Morrison (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><b>This introduction to beekeeping covers everything from acquiring your first bees to sampling delicious honey.</b><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Discover the joys of harvesting honey from your own backyard. Alethea Morrison outlines what you'll need to know to make it through the first year, while stunning macrophotography by Mars Vilaubi brings the inner workings of the hive to life. With in-depth discussions of allergies, colony hierarchy, bee behavior, and more, this approachably informative guide bursts with enthusiastic encouragement. Keep your own bees, and enjoy the sweet buzz.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p>Beekeeping 1-2-3</p><p> </p><p>Essential information to see you through the first year -- from inspecting the hive to avoiding stings</p><p> </p><p>Keeping bees is fun and fascinating and stocks your pantry with liquid gold. Who could ask more of a hobby? With practical instruction and personal observations, Alethea Morrison guides you in choosing equipment and managing healthy colonies through every season. Profiles of urban beekeepers offer advice on keeping hives in cities, and Mars Vilaubi's up-close photography reveals the inner workings of a busy hive, the anatomy of a honey bee, and much more.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>This book is exactly what its subtitle describes it as - an absolute beginner's guide to keeping bees. Written and illustrated in full color by a couple who not too long ago were neophyte beekeepers themselves, it aims to first capture readers' interest in the fun and fascination of this hobby and then give them basic information needed to get through their first year keeping bees.</p><br><br><p><strong><em>Homegrown Honey Bees </em></strong>introduces the basic procedures, possibilities, and pleasures of keeping bees. Spectacular macro photography brings the inner workings of the hive to life, while the passionate, playful text leads the beginning beekeeper through the first year. All the primary concerns and questions are addressed, from allergies, permits and restrictions, and potential issues with the neighbors to hive structure, colony hierarchy, and bee behavior. Beekeepers Alethea Morrison and Mars Vilaubi chronicle the happening in their own hive and share the challenges of their first year, from replacing a failing queen bee to sustaining a colony over a cold winter, as well as the reward of tasting their first honey harvest. Beginners, dreamers, families, and educators will find this highly visual reference an indispensible guide to becoming a confident, happy beekeeper. </p>-- "Jenna Woginrich, author of Barnheart and Made from Scratch"<br>
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