Monday 16 May 2011

Keeping Bees And Making Honey

Product Description - Keeping Bees And Making Honey

Beekeeping isn't just for the country dweller-- hives can be found on many an urban rooftop, inner-city balcony or mounted on walls in the strangest of places.
Keeping Bees and Making Honey is a comprehensive and attractive lifestyle guide to beekeeping that takes readers from finding their bees to getting them home, housing them, collecting honey and using their produce.
The book includes a detailed look at the history of bees and beekeeping, and an extensive introduction to help readers to fully understand bees and keep them happy.
Keeping Bees And Making Honey is packed with images, information, practical advice, recipes and gardening tips, Keeping Bees and Making Honey is the ideal companion for every aspiring beekeeper.

About the Author

Alison Benjamin is a Guardian journalist. She writes on environmental issues and social affairs and currently edits The Guardian's environment website. Brian McCallum is a designer, builder and yachtsman. Alison and Brian ? who now studies apiculture ? have many hives in different locations across London.

Their blog www.urbanbees.co.uk provides a fascinating insight into beekeeping in the city.

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