Homegrown Honey Bees by Alethea Morrison

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Homegrown Honey Bees by Alethea Morrison

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This introduction to beekeeping covers everything from acquiring your first bees to sampling delicious honey.

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Homegrown Honey Bees by Alethea Morrison

Discover the joys of harvesting honey from your own backyard. Alethea Morrison outlines what you'll need to know to make it through the first year, while stunning macrophotography by Mars Vilaubi brings the inner workings of the hive to life. With in-depth discussions of allergies, colony hierarchy, bee behavior, and more, this approachably informative guide bursts with enthusiastic encouragement. Keep your own bees, and enjoy the sweet buzz.
Alethea Morrison is the author of Homegrown Honey Bees. She lived in San Francisco with her husband, photographer Mars Vilaubi, before stepping into the wild yonder of rural Massachusetts together to raise their son, keep bees and chickens, brew beer, sew clothes, grow heirloom beans, and otherwise slow down to smell the flowers of a handmade life. Their experience raising chickens was chronicled in Chick Days. Morrison works as the Creative Director at Storey Publishing and serves as president of the Northern Berkshire Beekeepers Association.Photographer Mars Vilaubi chronicled the adventures of his three backyard hens from their first days out of the egg through their first days laying eggs in Chick Days. He lives in western Massachusetts.
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ISBN 13 9781603429948
ISBN 10 1603429948
Title Homegrown Honey Bees
Author Alethea Morrison
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Workman Publishing
Year published 2013-01-29
Number of pages 160
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.