Product details:
ISBN13: | 9781399404846 |
ISBN10: | 1399404849 |
Binding: | Paperback |
No. of pages: | 304 pages |
Size: | 246x189 mm |
Language: | English |
Illustrations: | 400 colour photos |
700 |
Category:
Beekeeping for Gardeners
The complete step-by-step guide to keeping bees in your garden
Publisher: Green Books
Date of Publication: 23 May 2024
Number of Volumes: Paperback
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Long description:
A comprehensive gardener's guide to sustainable beekeeping.
Beekeeping has changed. While once it was a hobby that pursued the rich rewards of honey and wax, many new beekeepers now instead seek the gratification of knowing that they are aiding the survival of one of the world's most important creatures. Keeping bees today is as much about providing the right habitats and resources to help pollinators thrive as it is about chasing every drop of golden honey.
This beautifully illustrated guide to the ancient hobby of beekeeping shows today's gardeners how to create beautiful gardens that are richly rewarding for people and bees alike. Flowers, shrubs, trees and vegetable plots can provide colourful beauty and delicious produce as well as vital pollen and nectar when bees need it the most. There are lists of the top-performing plants and how and where to grow them, including window boxes, lawns, borders, wild gardens and even ponds.
Beekeeping for Gardeners looks at the pleasures and benefits of keeping honey bees in gardens of all types and sizes, both rural and urban. It explains the practicalities involved in keeping bees in the domestic garden setting, as well as on rooftops, allotments, parks, farmland and other locations. Importantly, and unlike any book before, this guide sets the delightful hobby of beekeeping within the context of the wider environment, asking how it can best serve the needs of all types of pollinator and the local ecology in general.
Whether you're looking to attract more bumblebees and solitary bees or want to install a beehive, this wonderful book contains all the guidance you'll need to have a garden buzzing with bees.
Beekeeping has changed. While once it was a hobby that pursued the rich rewards of honey and wax, many new beekeepers now instead seek the gratification of knowing that they are aiding the survival of one of the world's most important creatures. Keeping bees today is as much about providing the right habitats and resources to help pollinators thrive as it is about chasing every drop of golden honey.
This beautifully illustrated guide to the ancient hobby of beekeeping shows today's gardeners how to create beautiful gardens that are richly rewarding for people and bees alike. Flowers, shrubs, trees and vegetable plots can provide colourful beauty and delicious produce as well as vital pollen and nectar when bees need it the most. There are lists of the top-performing plants and how and where to grow them, including window boxes, lawns, borders, wild gardens and even ponds.
Beekeeping for Gardeners looks at the pleasures and benefits of keeping honey bees in gardens of all types and sizes, both rural and urban. It explains the practicalities involved in keeping bees in the domestic garden setting, as well as on rooftops, allotments, parks, farmland and other locations. Importantly, and unlike any book before, this guide sets the delightful hobby of beekeeping within the context of the wider environment, asking how it can best serve the needs of all types of pollinator and the local ecology in general.
Whether you're looking to attract more bumblebees and solitary bees or want to install a beehive, this wonderful book contains all the guidance you'll need to have a garden buzzing with bees.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Part One: Keeping honey bees
Introducing the honey bee
Becoming a beekeeper
How to get started
Keeping bees
Handling bees
How to manage swarming
Queen and apiary management
The rewards of beekeeping
Caring for bees in winter
Health and hygiene
Part Two: Bees in your garden
Bumblebees
Solitary bees
Part Three: Gardens for bees
A world outside your back door
What to plant for bees
Lawns, meadows and wild areas
Ponds and damp gardens
Shrubs, hedges and trees
Garden and farm crops
The beekeeping year
The best garden plants for bees
Recommended further reading
Acknowledgements
Index
Part One: Keeping honey bees
Introducing the honey bee
Becoming a beekeeper
How to get started
Keeping bees
Handling bees
How to manage swarming
Queen and apiary management
The rewards of beekeeping
Caring for bees in winter
Health and hygiene
Part Two: Bees in your garden
Bumblebees
Solitary bees
Part Three: Gardens for bees
A world outside your back door
What to plant for bees
Lawns, meadows and wild areas
Ponds and damp gardens
Shrubs, hedges and trees
Garden and farm crops
The beekeeping year
The best garden plants for bees
Recommended further reading
Acknowledgements
Index