Homegrown Honey Bees: An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Beekeeping Your First Year, from Hiving to Honey Harvest

Morrison, Alethea

ISBN 10: 1603429948 / ISBN 13: 9781603429948

Published by Storey Publishing, LLC, 2013

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Fairly worn, but readable and intact. If applicable: Dust jacket, disc or access code may not be included.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Homegrown Honey Bees: An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Beekeeping Your First Year, from Hiving to Honey Harvest
• Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1603429948
• ISBN 13: 9781603429948
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: acceptable

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Alethea Morrison is the author of Homegrown Honey Bees. She and her husband, photographer Mars Vilaubi, live in the wild yonder of rural Massachusetts where they keep bees and chickens, brew beer, sew clothes, grow heirloom beans, and otherwise slow down to smell the flowers of a handmade life. She previously served as president of the Northern Berkshire Beekeepers Association and is now the founder Common Thread Studios, where she edits and designs books by makers, doers, and artists. She lives and works in Western Massachusetts and can be found online at www.commonthreadstudios.com.

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.