BKB33 Homegrown Honey Bees

Beekeeping Your First Year from Hiving to Honey Harvest By Alethea Morrison 159 pages filled with color pictures, drawing and diagrams. Published 2013 Homegrown Honey Bees introduces the basic procedures, possibilities, and pleasures of keeping bees. Spectacular macro photography brings the inner working 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. Essential information to see you through the first year, from inspecting the hive to avoiding stings.