Homegrown Honey Bees: An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Beekeeping Your First Year, from Hiving to Honey Harvest - Paperback

by Alethea Morrison (Author), Mars Vilaubi (Photographer)

Discover the joys of harvesting honey from your own backyard. Alethea Morrison outlines what you'll need to know to make it through the first year, while stunning macrophotography by Mars Vilaubi brings the inner workings of the hive to life. With in-depth discussions of allergies, colony hierarchy, bee behavior, and more, this approachably informative guide bursts with enthusiastic encouragement. Keep your own bees, and enjoy the sweet buzz.

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Beekeeping 1-2-3

Essential information to see you through the first year -- from inspecting the hive to avoiding stings

Keeping bees is fun and fascinating and stocks your pantry with liquid gold. Who could ask more of a hobby? With practical instruction and personal observations, Alethea Morrison guides you in choosing equipment and managing healthy colonies through every season. Profiles of urban beekeepers offer advice on keeping hives in cities, and Mars Vilaubi's up-close photography reveals the inner workings of a busy hive, the anatomy of a honey bee, and much more.

Author Biography

Alethea Morrison is the author of Homegrown Honey Bees. She and her husband, photographer Mars Vilaubi, live in the wild yonder of rural Massachusetts where they keep bees and chickens, brew beer, sew clothes, grow heirloom beans, and otherwise slow down to smell the flowers of a handmade life. She previously served as president of the Northern Berkshire Beekeepers Association and is now the founder Common Thread Studios, where she edits and designs books by makers, doers, and artists. She lives and works in Western Massachusetts and can be found online at www.commonthreadstudios.com.

Photographer Mars Vilaubi chronicled the adventures of his three backyard hens from their first days out of the egg through their first days laying eggs in Chick Days. He lives in western Massachusetts.