- Blackiston, Howland (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 480 Pages – 01/17/2017 (Publication Date) – For Dummies (Publisher)
Title: Beekeeping For Dummies (For Dummies (Pets)) 4th Edition
Author: Howland Blackiston
About the Book:
“Beekeeping For Dummies” is a comprehensive guide that serves as an invaluable resource for anyone interested in becoming a backyard beekeeper. Whether you’re a beginner or have already tried your hand at beekeeping, this book provides a wealth of knowledge to help you succeed.
Content:
The book is packed with practical advice and step-by-step instructions. It covers everything from how to assemble and maintain beehives, handle every phase of honey production, purchase and use all the latest tools, to what to do beyond your first season. It 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. It also guides you on how to safely inspect and manage your colony, and even how to harvest and sell your own honey.
Usability:
The book is suitable for keeping bees in various settings, from a small urban rooftop to a large country yard. It provides guidance on how to assemble your own hive and sustain it for years to come. The book emphasizes that becoming a backyard beekeeper isn’t as hard as people think, and with this hands-on guide, you’ll be able to create a thriving colony that will have the neighbors buzzing.
Book Details:
Published by For Dummies, this book is written in English and has a total of 480 pages. The dimensions of the book are 7.3 x 1.1 x 9.1 inches. The ISBN-10 is 1119310067 and the ISBN-13 is 978-1119310068. The book is eligible for return, refund, or replacement within 30 days of receipt.
- Blackiston, Howland (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 480 Pages – 01/17/2017 (Publication Date) – For Dummies (Publisher)
My Opinion
Is there anyone who hasn’t heard of the famous and staggeringly extensive “for dummies” series? The series has long been known for those black and yellow covers, the triangle headed “dummies man” and, of course, an excellence of practical advice for beginners of all disciplines. The over 2500 titles still on the market speaks to the overwhelming popularity of this media franchise.
The title on beekeeping, now in its 4th edition and stretching to nearly 500 pages, is no exception to the brand’s reputation for thoroughness. Herein you will find plenty of information on even the more obscure and less-practiced forms of beekeeping. It is also yet another title in my list that more experienced beekeepers will find well worth having. The title is written by Howland Blackiston, a beekeeper of some forty years who will be a familiar face to anyone tuning in to nature documentaries on all of America’s major networks.
A winsome aspect of this book is that it stresses the importance of both tradition and individuality within beekeeping. As anyone who has read either Langstroth’s revolutionary work on beekeeping or some of the older books featured on my list will appreciate that there has been a beekeeping way of doing things for literally millennia. And yet, this book stresses that, as time goes on, most beekeepers will develop their own practices. Everyone’s immediate natural environment will affect their beekeeping, so this is by no means a bad thing. This book gives beginners the solid foundation upon which to develop their personal techniques.
The book is ever so slightly out of date – not featuring some problems that are pretty common nowadays (such as queen abscondence). But with this book as popular as it is (check those amazon reviews), and already in its fourth edition, this is nothing but a minor issue that will probably be corrected in the fifth.
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