Customer Ratings:

• Great but avoid as american. This is a well written book, has some great pictures (really), is easy to read and is imformative, BUT:
  If this is the only book you read on bee keeping then you will really come unstuck as some much of the language, equipment, contacts etc are only valid in america. You actually only get to read half a book as there is something on every page that does apply to the UK. In case you don t know UK bee keeping let me give you a list:
  - The UK uses different types of hives to the US, and there are options in the UK and you need to know what they are
  - There system for keeping their hives is different to the UK
  - They sell bees in 3lb packs with a queen, in the UK bees tend to come in Nucleus, or from swarms
  - All the information about the BBKA, local associations etc is wrong/missing
  - Their seasons, flowers, crops etc are different to ours
  - Their support systems for disease and inspection is different
  - They ventilate their hives differently
  - etc
  
  So you can read and enjoy this book but please dont make it the first and only one you read, and you will find yourself filtering the american stuff out all the time.
• American book. I was very disappointed to find it was an American book andtherefore of very limited use.
• best book by far. very intresting book found out lots of things i did not no about bees, a very helpful book to guide you, so I think you can start bee keeping and feel good about yourself.
  
  lots of useful tips for through out the year so you dont forget what to do each month.
  
  enjoy jason
• Most informative!. I bought this book when I first thought of keeping bee s. The day it arrived I opened it and didnt move again until I d finished it! Funny, honest, informative and interesting. A Dummies book that surpised me, rather than look for the power button and press, but works in exactly the same way. I love it!
• Beekeeping for Dummies. I always thought that the Howells series were for techno dudes. So I was amazed to see this title. And what an excellent surprise it is. This is one of the best guides to the keeping of bees, anywhere in the world, I ve read. It s informative, honest, helpful and entertaining. Thus making bee keeping an achievable and enjoyable pastime. Everyone should read this, even if you don t ever get the bees.

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• Keeping Bees and Making Honey
• Bee Keeping: Inspiration and Practical Advice for Would-be Smallholders (Country Living)
• Teach Yourself Beekeeping (Teach Yourself General)
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