The Beginner's Guide to Beekeeping: Everything You Need to Know, Updated & Revised

by Samantha Johnson, Daniel Johnson

Overview

This expanded version of the Future Farmers of America (FFA)–licensed Beginner’s Guide to Beekeeping is the complete DIY guide for budding beekeepers.

Raising bees is becoming increasingly popular in backyards and on farms large and small—and it’s easy to see why. These resourceful insects produce organic honey and beeswax, all while constantly providing natural aid to the health of your yard and garden.

And even better, bees are easy to keep, especially with the expert instruction of the FFA-licensed The Beginner’s Guide to Beekeeping, now expanded with 16 more pages of information and redesigned to appeal even more to middle- and high-school-age enthusiasts.

Beginning with the basics, seasoned beekeepers Daniel and Samantha Johnson answer all of a prospective beekeeper’s questions on how to set up, care for, and harvest their very own bee colonies. With the help of this comprehensive DIY guide, raising bees can be an enjoyable and accessible backyard pastime for gardeners, crafters, and cooks everywhere.

Beautifully designed and authoritatively written, The Beginner’s Guide to Beekeeping is a trusted source of information to new beekeepers of all ages, sure to inspire further investigation of beekeeping.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780760364093
Publisher:	Harvard Common Press, The
Publication date:	01/08/2019
Series:	FFA Series
Edition description:	2nd Enlarged ed.
Pages:	160
Sales rank:	525,792
Product dimensions:	7.30(w) x 9.60(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Samantha Johnson (Phelps, Wisconsin) and her brother, Daniel, have collaborated on a number of rural-living guidebooks, including How to Raise Rabbits and Beginner's Guide to Beekeeping. Both are 4-H alumni and live on the family farm, Fox Hill Farm, in far northern Wisconsin. Samantha is a certified horse show judge and raises purebred Welsh Mountain ponies and Dutch, Holland Lop, and Netherland Dwarf rabbits.

Daniel Johnson (Phelps, Wisconsin) and his sister, Samantha, have collaborated on a number of rural-living guidebooks, including How to Raise Rabbits and Beginner’s Guide to Beekeeping. Both are 4-H alumni and live on the family farm, Fox Hill Farm, in far northern Wisconsin. Daniel is a professional photographer whose work can be seen at foxhillphoto.com.

Table of Contents

Introduction 6

1 Getting To Know Your Bees 12

2 Starting Out As A Beekeeper 24

3 Installing Bees And Routine Care 58

4 Pests, Diseases, And Problems 88

5 Sweet Rewards: Honey 98

6 Selling Your Hive Products 116

7 Having Fun With Your Bees 134

8 Recipes 144

Resources 154

Index 156

Acknowledgments 159

About The Authors 160