The backyard beekeeper : an absolute beginner's guide to keeping bees in your yard and garden
Flottum, Kim
The backyard beekeeper : an absolute beginner's guide to keeping bees in your yard and garden / Kim Flottum - Gloucester, MA : Quarry Books , c2005 - 167 p. : illus. ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index
This book isn't only a guide to beekeeping or a honey cookbook; it's 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.
English
9781592531189
Bee culture
Honeybees
PS3558.A33 / W5 1983
638.1 FLO
The backyard beekeeper : an absolute beginner's guide to keeping bees in your yard and garden / Kim Flottum - Gloucester, MA : Quarry Books , c2005 - 167 p. : illus. ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index
This book isn't only a guide to beekeeping or a honey cookbook; it's 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.
English
9781592531189
Bee culture
Honeybees
PS3558.A33 / W5 1983
638.1 FLO