Beekeeping for Gardeners: The complete step-by-step guide to keeping bees in your garden – SHORTLISTED FOR THE GARDEN MEDIA GUILD AWARD 2024

Author:   Richard Rickitt
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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9781399404846


Pages:   304
Publication Date:   23 May 2024
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Richard Rickitt
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Dimensions:   Width: 18.90cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781399404846


ISBN 10:   1399404849
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   23 May 2024
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction Part One: Keeping honey bees Introducing the honey bee Becoming a beekeeper How to get started Keeping bees Handling bees How to manage swarming Queen and apiary management The rewards of beekeeping Caring for bees in winter Health and hygiene Part Two: Bees in your garden Bumblebees Solitary bees Part Three: Gardens for bees A world outside your back door What to plant for bees Lawns, meadows and wild areas Ponds and damp gardens Shrubs, hedges and trees Garden and farm crops The beekeeping year The best garden plants for bees Recommended further reading Acknowledgements Index

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A visually captivating guide, essential for all bee enthusiasts and garden lovers. It provides precise instructions on nurturing honey and bumble bees, accompanied by a helpful guide on the plants that attract and support our vital pollinators. * Jekka McVicar, award-winning gardener and writer * Beautifully written and lavishly illustrated – this is surely the garden bee bible. * Dr George McGavin, TV presenter, entomology and author * Richard immerses the reader in the wonderful world of bees. This book is informative, entertaining and compelling – it’s the bees’ knees! * Sarah Mead, Chelsea gold medal-winner and head gardener at Yeo Valley Organic Gardens * Expert advice from a leading beekeeper. Whether you want to keep bees, encourage bees to your garden or just learn more about them, this is the book you need. * Professor Jürgen Tautz, author and world-renowned bee researcher *


A visually captivating guide, essential for all bee enthusiasts and garden lovers. It provides precise instructions on nurturing honey and bumble bees, accompanied by a helpful guide on the plants that attract and support our vital pollinators. * Jekka McVicar, award-winning herb garden designer and writer * Beautifully written and lavishly illustrated – this is surely the garden bee bible. * Dr George McGavin, broadcaster, entomologist and author * Richard immerses the reader in the wonderful world of bees. This book is informative, entertaining and compelling – it’s the bees’ knees! * Sarah Mead, Chelsea gold medal-winner and head gardener at Yeo Valley Organic Gardens * Expert advice from a leading beekeeper. Whether you want to keep bees, encourage bees to your garden or just learn more about them, this is the book you need. * Professor Jürgen Tautz, author and world-renowned bee researcher *


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Richard Rickitt is an award-winning author and co-editor of BeeCraft, the UK's best-selling beekeeping magazine, read by beekeepers and entomologists around the world. He has been keeping bees for more than twenty years and keep hives for a number of commercial and private clients. Richard is beekeeper at Westonbirt, the National Arboretum, and he teaches beekeeping courses in the UK and abroad.

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