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

I did a good hour of research over this book and found it did the best work for someone jumping into the foray of beekeeping.I bought this for a gal who I hit it off with. Fantastic first date. Being the romantic I am, instead of buying flowers for the first date, I picked this up. The reason being that she mentioned that beekeeping was a dream of hers when she moves out of her apartment. I figured supporting someones dreams was more romantic than flowers.Anyhow the second date never happened because she ghosted me. Now I have this very comprehensive guide on beekeeping. Who knows, maybe I'll take up a new hobby...

I got the second edition of this a year before I started bee keeping and read it cover to cover several times. The 3rd edition came with a beginner-all-inclusive kit I got the next year when I started keeping bees. I also took 2 beginning bee keeper courses - one at MSU and one on-line, and both seemed to follow this book almost chapter by chapter. Now I always get the updated version. Well written, up to date, great information for the beginning hobby bee keeper. This is my go-to bible. It should be the first book in any bee keeper’s library (in my opinion). The science of bee keeping is constantly changing. This book keeps me appraised of changing recommendations. If you’re thinking of bee keeping or just interested in learning about bee keeping, this is the place to start. I’ve compared this with several other books for the hobby bee keeper and none seem as simple and strait forward.

I'm thinking about possibly starting to keep bees and figured I would read about it first to learn. I bought this book and found it very confusing. I don't think this is a good book for the beginner. I also purchased another book and hopefully it wil be clearer on how to raise and kkep bees. This is probably a very good book for someone who already has the basics of bee keeping down. I don't recommend this book for anyone who is just starting this hobby.

If you are considering getting involved in beekeeping, this is a book that will give you a general idea of what work is involved. Now better than half way through reading this book, I know I will not add bees to my garden for at least another year.Local information is still critical and can be found through your local beekeepers' association. But, for an introduction to the equipment and an overview of the seasonal work involved, this book is worth buying.

I found helpful tips in this book, but some of it was quite buried in random places. I did feel like some pretty basic things were lacking though, whereas other basic things were far too drawn out.This book would be more helpful for those installing packages, but seems to leave out nucs other than one small section. It also very strongly leans towards 8 frame and top bar hives. It gives a large amount of space to disease and problems one may experience. Spending that much time discussing problems to look out for would be fine if more time had also been given to some very simple aspects of even just the bees themselves. It comes off as sounding negative.The pictures in this book don't always coincide with the current topic or even get expanded on at all in the book, and sometimes show beekeepers doing the opposite of what the given suggestions are.I suggest reading other books along with this one or doing a lot of internet searches for what you need to know.My book also arrived with bent corners on some pages and the back cover.

This is the first beekeeping book I have ever purchased. I did a large amount of research before deciding on which book to buy. I like that many reviewers stated this book was not only good for beginner beekeepers but also used by advanced beekeepers as their beekeeping Bible of choice. I've included a few pictures including the table of contents and a couple of the graphs and demonstrations from the book. I did not want to violate the copyright infringement and therefore it did not post any of the texts. If you want to read the book get your own. Do not steal other people's work. Now I've just started reading this book but I do love how the history of beekeeping and the current challenges beekeepers are facing are given to you and the prologue of this book. I've already started highlighting and this is just the beginning. Skipping ahead the book appears to be a step-by-step, with pictures for those of us who have issues, book to beekeeping.

I really like this book. As a newbie, I have lots of questions. I think it answered all of them and much, much more. I especially like the color photos which are helping me in identification. I highly recommend this ebook.

This book explores a lot of issues that a person considering beekeeping might not be aware of, not just about beekeeping itself, but the interaction you might have (good or bad) with neighbors. I would recommend this book for anyone who wants to learn about the science, equipment and skills necessary to be a successful bee hobbyist or professional.

Lots of sound advice and useful colour pics, great information about most every day beekeeping issues, small niggle - written for the US market so some references to seasonal events aren't 100% accurate but otherwise a good reference book.

This book is filled with lots of great and useful information about bees and the keeping of them. It is written by an american so it is good to be able to ignore the bits about skunks attacking the hive and wonder whether foxes are as brave!This is a book that will be looked at again and again.

Good product

An informative book with clear illustrations / photos of processes. Written for a North American readership.

Fantastic book! Very useful and well researched