Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Beekeeping

A Honey of a Project
Interested in bees and beekeeping? Learn how to put a hive together and acquire the equipment necessary to do so, by consulting these books. The books may also be useful and interesting to people who are currently tending a hive.

Beekeeping for Dummies by Howland Blackiston

A Keeper of Bees: Notes on Hive & Home by Allison Wallace

Robbing the Bees: A Biography of Honey -- The Sweet Liquid Gold that Seduced the World by Holley Bishop

Made from Scratch by Jenna Woginrich

Further Reading
A Spring Without Bees : How Colony Collapse Disorder Has Endangered Our Food Supply
by Michael Schacker

Surf's Up
The Connecticut Beekeepers Association is a great resource for budding and experienced beekeepers alike.


Post by Bev Simmons