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See Honey Bees in action gathering nectar and pollinating flowers.
Twelve Month Calendar

Honey Bee Playing Cards featuring seven different photos of Honey Bees in action gathering nectar and pollen.

The Bee Manual offers a clear and concise introduction into the fascinating world of the honey bee and the craft of beekeeping. Anyone wanting to keep bees first needs to learn about the individuals, how colonies operate and how the beekeeper can work with these insects to help them thrive.

The Beekeeper's Lab is an extensive guide book featuring 52 beekeeping and hive-inspired projects to keep you involved with your bees and hive all year long.

Beekeeping A Practical Guide describes how to acquire bees, manage a hive, prevent & treat diseases, and extract honey. Beekeepers will benefit from Richard E. Bonney’s astonishing knowledge of the craft - from beekeeping history and honeybee biology to the complex social structure of the hive

Beeswax Alchemy features over 40 DIY projects that illustrate how to transform one of the world’s most natural ingredients into tangible creations. Among the useful and beautiful things you’ll learn to make out of beeswax are: Candles, Lip Balm, Salves, Perfumes, Soaps & More!

Hive Management: A Seasonal Guide for Beekeepers stresses practices that are based on understanding the intimate lives, behaviors & motivations of honey bees. Learn proven methods for inspecting and troubleshooting problems, introducing a new queen, collecting honey & dealing with swarms.

Homegrown Honey Bees outlines what you will need to know to make it through the first year, with in-depth discussions of allergies, colony hierarchy, bee behavior, and more! Keep your own bees and discover the joys of harvesting honey from your own backyard.

Honey Bee Diseases & Pests, 3rd Edition is 68 pages long and includes a number of new sections on exotic threats, expanded contents on pesticides, a new integrated pest management (IPM) chapter and new diagnostic table of diseases.

Keeping Bees Alive discusses sustainable beekeeping, looking at the causes of colony loss and detailing how to keep colony numbers stable and growing. It also reviews concepts of biodynamic beekeeping.

Package Essentials details the time-tested starting method of establishing a new colony with the purchase of package bees. Discussions are clear and concise. Readers will like the discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of using specific bee stocks currently available for the new beekeeper.

QueenSpotting celebrates the unique, fascinating life of the Queen Bee and chronicles her royal hive happenings. Also the Queens well-being is linked to the well-being of the entire colony, your ability to find her among the residents of the hive is an essential beekeeping skill.

Storey’s Guide to Keeping Honey Bees 2nd Edition is a trusted handbook that is a must-have for all beekeepers. Includes up-to-date information on honey bee health, planning & installing a colony, preventing disease and managing productive hives that will produce honey harvests year after year.

Sweet Remedies Healing Herbal Honeys turns natural remedies that can be unpleasant to take into a tasty treat. Honey is well known for its healing properties and is used for addressing a variety of common health ailments when infused with medicinal herbs and fruits.

.The Backyard Beekeeper 4th Edition is more than a guide to beekeeping. This handbook features expert advice for setting up and caring for colonies, selecting the best location, swarm control, bee problems & treatments, pest management, urban beekeeping, keeping your bees healthy and much more!

The Beekeeper's Handbook 5th Edition by Diana Sammataro and Alphonse Avitabile provides step-by-step instructions for setting up an apiary, handling bees, and working throughout the season to maintain a healthy colony and a generous supply of honey. Various colony care techniques are explained.

The Beekeeper's Problem Solver 100 Common Problems Explored and Explained by James E. Tew clearly spells out their underlying causes, and how to solve all of them. Each one is tackled in depth, with photographs and diagrams, as well as a wide range of practical tips and useful insights.

The Beginner's Guide to Beekeeping Everything You Need to Know is a complete DIY guide for beekeepers. Beginning with the basics on how to set up, care for, and harvest their very own honey from bee colonies. With this comprehensive DIY guide, raising bees can be an enjoyable and accessible pastime

The Fresh Honey Cookbook 84 Recipes from a Beekeeper’s Kitchen by Laurey Masterton is a delightful book filled with bits of honey lore and beekeeping history to sweeten your exploration of the varied and delicious ways you can use honey every day. Indulge your sweet tooth all year long with honey!