The Beginner's Guide to Beekeeping: Everything You Need to Know, Updated &am [Paperback]

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 organichoneyandbeeswax, 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 withthe basics, seasoned beekeepers Daniel and Samantha Johnson answer all of a prospective beekeeper’s questions onhow to set up,care for, andharvesttheir very own bee colonies. With the help of this comprehensiveDIY 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.

Samantha Johnson(Phelps, Wisconsin) and her brother, Daniel, have collaborated on a number of rural-living guidebooks, includingHow to Raise RabbitsandBeginner'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.

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Daniel Johnson(Phelps, Wisconsin) and his sister, Samantha, have collaboratló&