Confessions of a Bad Beekeeper: What Not to Do When Keeping Bees (with Apologies to My Own) - Softcover

Turnbull, Bill

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1615190325 ISBN 13: 9781615190324

Publisher: The Experiment, 2011

Synopsis

“Hello. My name is Bill, and I’m a beekeeper. A really bad beekeeper.”

Bill Turnbull had no intention of becoming a beekeeper. But when he saw an ad for beekeeping classes–after a swarm of bees landed in his suburban backyard–it seemed to be a sign. Despite being stung on the head–twice–at his first hands-on beekeeping class, Turnbull found himself falling in love with the fascinating, infuriating honeybee.

As a new beekeeper, Turnbull misplaced equipment for months, got stung more times–and in more places–than he cares to remember, and once even lost some bees up a chimney. But he kept at it, with a ready sense of humor and Zen-like acceptance of every mishap. And somehow, along the way, he learned a great deal about himself and the world around him.

Confessions of a Bad Beekeeper chronicles Turnbull’s misadventures (and brief moments of triumph) in the curious world of backyard beekeeping–and also highlights both the threat to our bee population and what we can do to help these vital little creatures do their wonderful work.

15 B&W in-text illustrations

About this title

About the Author

BILL TURNBULL is the award-winning longtime co-host of BBC Breakfast, Britain’s most-watched morning TV show. A career journalist, he has reported from more than 30 countries, and for four years was the BBC News foreign correspondent in Washington, DC. He is President of the Institute of Northern Ireland Beekeepers and a public ambassador for the British Beekeepers’ Association.

Edition details

• Publisher: The Experiment
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1615190325
• ISBN 13: 9781615190324
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256