Beekeeping For Dummies: Edition 2

Howland Blackiston

Mar 2009 · John Wiley & Sons

About this ebook

Beekeeping For Dummies, 2nd Edition reviews the tools of the trade, including complete instructions for building and maintaining beehives; offers detailed and easy-to-follow guidelines for all phases of honey production--including harvesting, bottling, packaging and marketing your honey; explores theories into the recent unexplained collapse of colonies and its environmental and economic on society; and provides new information on mites and diseases and recommend changes in bee medication and treatments.

Ratings and reviews

I read it from start to finish and was very pleased. This is my first exposure to beekeeping in general, I can't imagine this being for anyone who isn't new but it does also serve as a reference so in that regard it could be useful

Very good read, for new and old hands

Can't open book

About the author

Howland Blackiston has more than 20 years' experience keeping bees. He has written many articles on beekeeping and appeared on dozens of television and radio programs, including CNBC, CNN, NPR, and Sirius Satellite Radio. Blackiston has been a keynote speaker at conferences in more than 40 countries.