Beekeeping: An Ultimate Guide to Beekeeping at Home (An Introduction to Building and Maintaining Honey Bee Colonies) : 9781777638153

Building and maintaining honey bee colonies is an empowering hobby and the rewards are plentiful. Besides boosting yields in your garden, you also receive some of nature's sweetest gifts: delicious honey and nourishing beeswax.

The art of beekeeping is an extremely rewarding practice and contrary to common belief, extremely safe and easy. All you need is some guidance to get you started and this is exactly what this guide provides. This easy-to-follow guide is carefully tailored toward 'bee-ginners' as well as more advanced apiarists.

Here is a preview of what's included...

• Building your first hive
• Apiculture
• Collecting honey
• Making your own honey
• Caring for your bees
• Understanding common bee illnesses and how to treat them
• Plus, much, much more!

A beginner's guide to backyard beekeeping explains the pros and cons of raising bees. It also describes the various types and species of bees and the different types of hives. You'll also learn about the history of beekeeping and what bees are up to all day.

When you download this book, you'll also learn about the yearly cycle of a bee colony, interesting bee facts, all about honey, and everything you'll need to know to get your backyard beehive started.