Beekeeping for Dummies, 4th Edition

De: Howland Blackiston

Narrado por: Jonathan Yen

Everything you need to bee a successful backyard beekeeper.

If you've ever thought about becoming a backyard beekeeper - or have already tried a hand at it and want to be better one - then this is the book for you! In Beekeeping for Dummies, 4th Edition, you'll find everything you need to know in order to start your own colony, including how to assemble and maintain beehives, handle every phase of honey production, purchase and use all the latest tools, and what to do beyond your first season.

This hands-on guide provides all the tools, tips, tricks, and techniques needed to become a real backyard beekeeper. You'll learn to identify the queen from her workers and drones, properly open and close the hive, distinguish one type of honey from another, and preserve your colony if disaster should strike.

• Manage all phases of honey production
• Address what to do in the second season and beyond
• Care for and handle bees safely

Becoming a backyard beekeeper isn't as hard as people think - and with this hands-on guide, you'll be able to create one honey of a colony that will have the neighbors buzzing.

©2017 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (P)2019 Tantor

All encompassing

Very helpful guide, Covers all aspects of beekeeping. Only gripe is the chapters don’t line up.

To me :Here’s the info you needed

Taking up beekeeping again with changes to the industry after 10 years, I really needed a refresher. This book helped. Give me a great footing i needed
I believe it will help you if your looking for bee basics and in depth knowledge

Great book for beginners

I am new to bee keeping. I wanted to get some information before getting bees. This book is very informative

Very informative and relevant to the skillset.

A must listen audio book for new bee keepers. Easy to listen through and well organized. Would listen again. Very informative.

Exactly what a new beek needs!

This book is packed full of information to have successful and healthy hives! It’s worth reading repeatedly. Definitely 5 stars!

Great Listen

Extremely informative and highly detailed. Goes over so many things in clear step by step fashion.

Highly Recommended, Great Information!

The book is chalked-full of great information and insights. As someone looking to get into beekeeping, I found this book extremely beneficial. You can really tell the author is passionate and very knowledgeable about beekeeping. I’m really excited to get started next spring. My one complaint, that’s already been addressed in other reviews, is that the chapters mentioned in the book do not match with how they have the recording divided.

Comprehensive

Lots of great info for the beginning beekeeper and easy to follow and visualize even as an Audio book.

Packed full of useful information will beekeeping

I learned a ton listening to this book. I do wish you had an option to download or get the checklist materials, etc..

Well done

Exceptionally well done. There is a mountain of information in this work. So much in fact that it will require listening to the entire book several times while taking copious notes. I am also going to purchase a paper copy for reference.

The narrators voice was pleasant.

Very well done!!!