Product Description

A guide to beekeeping and management. Topics covered include: the bee and its environment; hives and other equipment; management of the apiary; and control of pests and diseases.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #44514 in Books
• Published on: 1997-11-24
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 288 pages

Customer Reviews

The Perfect Beekeeping Book
Just the right balance of knowledge and not too awe inspiring for the beginner who wants to manage a colony without problems.
Also a reference book to come back to when you need it.
Excellent value.

Mr de Bruyn is a better beekeeper than writer
Yes, this book does tell you everything you need to know, and Mr de Bruyn is an acknowledged expert, but .... the book could do with being re-edited to make it more usable to the reader who often wants to know (for instance) 'what do I do NOW with a large group of bees making comb on the outside of my hive---help!'. A step-by-step approach that is more clearly instructional, rather than a genial discourse, is what's needed.

Hooper is the better book for this. 'Bees at the bottom of the garden' is a good, but less detailed, alternative.

Very nearly the Best Bee Keeping Book
This is my other Bible, not as reader freindly as Ted Hoopers Book, but a close second and well read.