The Backyard Beekeeper, 4th Edition: An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Keeping Bees in Your Yard and Garden

The Backyard Beekeeper, now in its 4th edition, makes the time-honored and complex tradition of beekeeping an enjoyable and accessible backyard pastime that will appeal to urban and rural beekeepers of all skill levels.

More than a guide to beekeeping, this handbook features expert advice for: • Setting up and caring for your own colonies

• Selecting the best location to place your new bee colonies for their safety and yours

• The most practical and nontoxic ways to care for your bees

• Swarm control

• Using top bar hives

• Harvesting the products of a beehive and collecting and using honey

• Bee problems and treatments

What's New? • Information for urban bees and beekeepers

• Using your smoker the right way

• Better pest management

• Providing consistent and abundant good food

• Keeping your hives healthy

With this complete resource and the expert advice of Bee Culture editor Kim Flottum, your bees will be healthy, happy, and more productive.