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AIMED AT ANYONE considering keeping bees, Urban Beekeeping takes you through beekeeping season by season as Craig Hughes shows you how to purchase the hive, the equipment and training needed and how to site and manage it month by month to ensure that keeping bees is a relaxing pastime that could lead to commercial success as well as a venture that is managed safely with you very much in control.
Whilst not attempting to do away with instruction from a beekeeper, and preferably one prescribed by the Beekeepers’ Association, this book acts as the ideal companion. Filled with solid, sensible advice by someone with over 30 years of beekeeping experience, this book takes you step-by-step through the beekeeping experience, letting you know just what to expect and deals with the pitfalls as well as the joys of joining one of the world’s oldest professions. Paperback 160 pages
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Add ReviewDr Georg Wiessala - Nov 4 2010 11:39AM
There are numerous books about beekeeping currently available - no doubt a reflection of the new, and renewed, interest in keeping bees, and of the widespread concern for the decline in bee populations. It was, however, the title of this particular book that attracted my attention – a book on keeping bees in an urban environment. Although I don’t live in the heart of a city, I do live in a suburban area so I wondered if this book had anything new to offer. I was not disappointed. It is true that, as the author says, the principal of keeping bees is much the same wherever you are, but it is the suggestions like checking the deeds of your property to ascertain whether you are actually allowed to keep bees, being able to keep bees on a flat roof, and the type of hive which is best suited to that location, which are of value to both the suburban and urban beekeeper. The author presents an impressive wealth of information ranging from ‘what to do when’ to swarm control and extracting honey. He does so in an accessible format, interlaced with personal anecdotes which, for me, brought the page alive. In addition there are chapters on history, folklore, and on gardening for bees - which is a very welcome addition. Together with the illustrations, these chapters and stories add much value to the text. This book is particularly suitable for novice urban beekeepers, but it has information which would be of use to beekeepers with any level of experience contemplating setting up some hives the city. It can be highly recommended. Dr. Georg Wiessala University of Central Lancashire
