Beekeeping for Gardeners is a comprehensive guide to sustainable beekeeping, offering tips on creating beautiful gardens that are rich in pollen and nectar for bees. It covers the practicalities of keeping bees in various settings, including rural and urban gardens, and emphasizes the importance of beekeeping in the wider environment. With lists of top-performing plants and how to grow them, this guide is perfect for gardeners of all types and sizes.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 304 pages
Publication date: 23 May 2024
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

SHORTLISTED FOR THE GARDEN MEDIA GUILD AWARD PETER SEABROOK PRACTICAL BOOK OF THE YEAR AND WINNER OF THE 2024 LIVING NOW AWARD IN GREEN LIVING. A comprehensive gardeners guide to sustainable beekeeping. Beekeeping has changed. While once it was a hobby that pursued the rich rewards of honey and wax, many new beekeepers now instead seek the gratification of knowing that they are aiding the survival of one of the world's most important creatures. Keeping bees today is as much about providing the right habitats and resources to help pollinators thrive as it is about chasing every drop of golden honey. This beautifully illustrated guide to the ancient hobby of beekeeping shows today's gardeners how to create beautiful gardens that are richly rewarding for people and bees alike. Flowers, shrubs, trees, and vegetable plots can provide colourful beauty and delicious produce as well as vital pollen and nectar when bees need it the most. There are lists of the top-performing plants and how and where to grow them, including window boxes, lawns, borders, wild gardens, and even ponds. Beekeeping for Gardeners looks at the pleasures and benefits of keeping honey bees in gardens of all types and sizes, both rural and urban. It explains the practicalities involved in keeping bees in the domestic garden setting, as well as on rooftops, allotments, parks, farmland, and other locations. Importantly, and unlike any book before, this guide sets the delightful hobby of beekeeping within the context of the wider environment, asking how it can best serve the needs of all types of pollinator and the local ecology in general. Whether you're looking to attract more bumblebees and solitary bees or want to install a beehive, this wonderful book contains all the guidance you'll need to have a successful and sustainable beekeeping experience.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE GARDEN MEDIA GUILD AWARD PETER SEABROOK PRACTICAL BOOK OF THE YEAR AND WINNER OF THE 2024 LIVING NOW AWARD IN GREEN LIVING.

A comprehensive gardeners guide to sustainable beekeeping.

Beekeeping has changed.

While once it was a hobby that pursued the rich rewards of honey and wax, many new beekeepers now instead seek the gratification of knowing that they are aiding the survival of one of the world's most important creatures.

Keeping bees today is as much about providing the right habitats and resources to help pollinators thrive as it is about chasing every drop of golden honey.

This beautifully illustrated guide to the ancient hobby of beekeeping shows today's gardeners how to create beautiful gardens that are richly rewarding for people and bees alike.

Flowers, shrubs, trees, and vegetable plots can provide colourful beauty and delicious produce as well as vital pollen and nectar when bees need it the most.

There are lists of the top-performing plants and how and where to grow them, including window boxes, lawns, borders, wild gardens, and even ponds.

Beekeeping for Gardeners looks at the pleasures and benefits of keeping honey bees in gardens of all types and sizes, both rural and urban.

It explains the practicalities involved in keeping bees in the domestic garden setting, as well as on rooftops, allotments, parks, farmland, and other locations.

Importantly, and unlike any book before, this guide sets the delightful hobby of beekeeping within the context of the wider environment, asking how it can best serve the needs of all types of pollinator and the local ecology in general.

Whether you're looking to attract more bumblebees and solitary bees or want to install a beehive, this wonderful book contains all the guidance you'll need to have a successful and sustainable beekeeping experience.

Weight: 952g
Dimension: 190 x 248 x 24 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781399404846