{"product_id":"the-beekeepers-guide-building-skills-and-knowledge-9780691263564","title":"The Beekeeper's Guide: Building Skills and Knowledge","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA comprehensive guide on establishing and maintaining beehives\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeekeeping is a popular pastime that more and more people are taking up for fun or even modest profit. Today, you will find hives not only in large fields or rural spaces, but also in city gardens and on rooftops--to the benefit of both bee and beekeeper. If you're at the early or middle stages of your beekeeping journey and need a go-to guide on establishing and maintaining your hives, \u003ci\u003eThe Beekeeper's Guide\u003c\/i\u003e is the perfect companion. It offers invaluable information about a wide range of bee species and their life cycle, behavior, and optimal habitat, and covers the practicalities of beekeeping, from personal safety and hive hygiene to feeding methods and record keeping. Complete with an extensive troubleshooting section and a directory of useful resources, \u003ci\u003eThe Beekeeper's Guide \u003c\/i\u003eis a comprehensive tool for all beekeepers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMeredith May\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Honey Bus\u003c\/i\u003e, a bestselling memoir about her beekeeping childhood with her grandfather in Big Sur, California, and a children's book, \u003ci\u003eMy Hive\u003c\/i\u003e, among other books. She is a fifth-generation beekeeper and a former award-winning reporter for the \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eClaire Jones\u003c\/b\u003e has been beekeeping in her Maryland meadow for more than twenty-five years and writes about beekeeping and gardening on her blog, \u003ci\u003eThe Garden Diaries\u003c\/i\u003e. She is an award-winning garden designer, garden communicator, and organizer of garden-centric trips around the world. \u003cb\u003eAnne Rowberry\u003c\/b\u003e is president of the British Beekeepers Association and lectures on bees in the UK and internationally. She is a Master Beekeeper and has been beekeeping for close to two decades. \u003cb\u003eMargaret Murdin, \u003c\/b\u003ea former president of the British Beekeepers Association, has been beekeeping for more than twenty years and recently downsized her bee colonies from more than forty to six. A winner of the prestigious Wax Chandlers' Award, she is a Master Beekeeper and earned the National Diploma in Beekeeping.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50878010786066,"sku":"9780691263564","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8b992c6c-8edf-4811-a414-60f3649bcf98.jpg?v=1738234893","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-beekeepers-guide-building-skills-and-knowledge-9780691263564","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}