The Backyard Beekeeper

by Flottum, Kim

• ISBN13: 9781592536078
• ISBN10: 1592536077
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-02-01
• Publisher: Quarry Books

Summary

This book isnAEt only a guide to beekeeping or a honey cookbook; itAEs both. No other book on the market provides an in-depth review of beekeeping and what honey is good for and how to use it. Beautifully illustrated, "The Backyard Beekeeper" is perfect for the health conscious person who wants to sweeten up their life by saying no to processed sugars and yes, to eating organic, natural healthy food. This book is the complete "honey bee" resource with general information on bees, a how-to guide to the art of bee keeping and how to set up, care for and harvest your own hives, as well as tons of fun facts and projects that are bee related. The second half of the book is the complete guide to honey. It reviews the different types of honey, health effects as well as provides 100s of ideas and recipes for using honey in recipes, cosmetically in facemasks and shampoos, and for medicinal uses.

Author Biography

Kim Flottum has been the editor of Bee Culture magazine for more than 20 years. He is also the author of The Backyard Beekeeper's Honey Handbook (Quarry, 2008). He edited (with Dr. Shimanuki and Ann Harman) the popular 41st edition of the ABC and XYZ of Bee Culture, the bible of U.S. beekeeping. Kim blogs for www.thedailygreen.com on the beekeeping world, plus he is a regular columnist for the U.K. beekeeping magazine The Beekeeper's Quarterly. He also contributes to Bee Craft magazine in the U.K., Farming Magazine, Homestead.org, and Back Home magazine in the U.S. He and his wife Kathy are hobby beekeepers, manage an Observation Hive in the local Library, and eat well from their backyard garden.