A Beekeeper's Year: A Practical Guide to Caring for Bees and Beehives

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p>A Practical guide tonbsp;caring for bees andnbsp;beehivesnbsp;/p> p>Around the world,nbsp;beekeeping isnbsp;increasingly popular asnbsp;concern grows that beesnbsp;and their environmentsnbsp;are threatened by global warming and climate change.br />A beginnerrsquo;s guide for backyard hobbyist beekeepers, thisnbsp;guide includes everything you need to know aboutnbsp;keeping bees during that first crucial year.nbsp;/p> p>Janet Luke follows three new beekeepers on their journey setting up and managing three different popularnbsp;beehive designs: Top Bar, Warre and Flow. She interviews keepers and carries out inspections of theirnbsp;hives, discussing topics of interest to all readers, such as locating hives, introducing bees, combnbsp;management, varroa control, disease inspections, feeding bees, re-queening, harvesting honey andnbsp;preparing for winter./p>

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"colourful and self-explanatory." Evergreen Magazine, Summer 2017

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p>Janet Luke is a qualified landscape architect and she runs an innovative website lsquo;green urban livingrsquo; and anbsp;charitable trust called Save our Bees. She writes regular monthly columns on sustainable living, includingnbsp;beekeeping./p> p>Janet has published two sustainable lifestyle guides with New Holland, Green Urban Living and Embracenbsp;Your Space. This book will dispel the myths and provide the facts about beekeeping for beginners.nbsp;Showcases three different popular beehive designs and charts the progress of one season with threenbsp;beekeepers. A practical and useful hobbyistrsquo;s guide to the ancient art of keeping bees./p>