The Idle Beekeeper: The Low-Effort, Natural Way to Raise Bees by Anderson, Bill

The Idle Beekeeper: The Low-Effort, Natural Way to Raise Bees

From building a hive to harvesting honey, a top urban beekeeper shares how to care for bees...
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Author: Bill Anderson
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The Idle Beekeeper: The Low-Effort, Natural Way to Raise Bees by Anderson, Bill

The Idle Beekeeper: The Low-Effort, Natural Way to Raise Bees

¥7,404

The Idle Beekeeper: The Low-Effort, Natural Way to Raise Bees

¥7,404
Author: Bill Anderson
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

From building a hive to harvesting honey, a top urban beekeeper shares how to care for bees the simple, mindful way.

Global bee populations have been rapidly declining for years, and it's not just our honey supply that's at stake: the contribution of bees to the pollination of crops is essential to human survival. But even in industrial apiaries, bees are in distress, hiving in synthetic and hostile environments. Enter idle beekeeping: the grassroots, low-intervention system that seeks to emulate the behavior and habitat of bees in the wild--and it only requires two active days of beekeeping per year, one in the spring and another in the fall.

In The Idle Beekeeper, Bill Anderson calls upon his years of applied curiosity as an urban beekeeper to celebrate these underappreciated insects and show how simple and rewarding beekeeping can be. In this entertaining, philosophical, and practical guide, Anderson shares why and how to build a hive system that is both cutting-edge and radically old. Maximum idleness is achieved through step-by-step directions to help the beekeeper gently harvest honey with minimum effort, make mead and beeswax candles, and closely observe and understand these fascinating and productive social creatures. For anyone interested in keeping bees, The Idle Beekeeper is the definitive guide to getting started, even in a city, and without effort.

Author: Bill Anderson
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Published: 05/07/2019
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.50w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781468317060


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 04/15/2019
Booklist 05/15/2019 pg. 17

About the Author
Anderson, Bill: - Bill Anderson is an urban beekeeper and educator based in London who writes the regular beekeeping column for The Idler Magazine, and his online Idle Beekeeping course is currently available from The Idler website. The other 363 days he isn't tending to his hives, Anderson is a television drama director, working on a huge variety of shows, including Dr. Who and Mr. Selfridge.

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