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The Backyard Beekeeper: An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Keeping Bees in Your Yard and Garden by Kim Flottum Staff Pick Bees used to freak me out... then I took up gardening and discovered that bees were in fact more interested in pollinating my flowers and fruit trees than in stinging me to death. I still get a little nervous if I find one crawling on my arm, but we've... (read more) Your price: $24.99 New - Trade Paper 
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Beekeeping for Dummies (For Dummies) by Howland Blackiston Publisher Comments ' The Beekeepers Bible is as much an ultimate guide to the practical essentials of beekeeping as it is a beautiful almanac to be read from cover to cover. Part history book, part handbook, and part cookbook, this illustrated tome covers every facet of... (read more) Your price: $19.99 New - Trade Paper
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Teach Yourself: Get Started in Beekeeping (Teach Yourself) by Adrain Waring Publisher Comments An indispensable bible of information and practical advice on beekeeping Get Started in Beekeeping covers everything from bee behavior to what to do with honey. It balances all the background context on bee biology with the day-to-day and seasonal... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Beekeeper's Bible: Bees, Honey, Recipes & Other Home Uses by Richard A Jones Publisher Comments The Beekeepers Bible is as much an ultimate guide to the practical essentials of beekeeping as it is a beautiful almanac to be read from cover to cover. Part history book, part handbook, and part cookbook, this illustrated tome covers every facet of the... (read more) Your price: $35.00 New - Hardcover
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Confessions of a Bad Beekeeper: What Not to Do When Keeping Bees (with Apologies to My Own) by Bill Turnbull Publisher Comments Bill Turnbull had no intention of becoming a beekeeper. But when an advertisement for beekeeping classes appeared in the family vet"s office shortly after a swarm of bees landed in Bill"s suburban backyard, it seemed to be a sign. Beekeeping turned out... (read more) Your price: $13.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Beekeeping (Complete Idiot's Guides) by Dean Stiglitz Publisher Comments The buzz on beekeeping. The Complete Idiot's Guide(r) to Beekeeping has all the information a begin­ning beekeeper needs to know to start a hive and keep it buzzing. Expert beekeepers Dean Stiglitz and Laurie Herboldsheimer, owners of Golden Rule... (read more) Your price: $14.95 New - Trade Paper
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Natural Beekeeping: Organic Approaches to Modern Apiculture by Ross Conrad Publisher Comments '\' The Beekeepers Bible is as much an ultimate guide to the practical essentials of beekeeping as it is a beautiful almanac to be read from cover to cover. Part history book, part handbook, and part cookbook, this illustrated tome covers every facet of... (read more) Your price: $35.00 New - Trade Paper
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Robbing the Bees: A Biography of Honey. The Sweet Liquid Gold That Seduced the World by Holley Bishop Publisher Comments Honey has been waiting almost ten million years for a good biography. Bees have been making this prized food -- for centuries the world's only sweetener -- for millennia, but we humans started recording our fascination with it only in the past few... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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A Short History of the Honey Bee: Humans, Flowers, and Bees in the Eternal Chase for Honey by Readicker Henderson Publisher Comments There are around 16,000 species of bee. Only seven of these are responsible for creating the world's sweetest treat -- honey. Combining Ilona's gorgeous photography and E. Readicker-Henderson's engaging text, A Short History of the Honey Bee follows the... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Pollination with Mason Bees: A Gardener's Guide to Managing Mason Bees for Fruit Production by Margriet Dogterom Publisher Comments A Gardeners Guide to Managing Mason Bees for Fruit Production Pollination with Mason Bees is an invaluable tool for anyone wishing to know more about mason bees. It is an informative and well-presented how-to book for those considering starting this... (read more) Your price: $16.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Beekeeping Handbook: A Practical Apiary Guide for the Yard, Garden, and Rooftop by Vivian Head Publisher Comments Keeping bees in your garden is a fascinating and rewarding hobby that not only helps to restore the balance in the natural environment, but also provides the keeper with a rich supply of honey and beeswax. This book will tell you everything you need to... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Fifty Years Among the Bees by C. C. Miller Publisher Comments Long a classic within the beekeeping community, this book is one of the greatest works on the ancient art and science of beekeeping. A practical, yet endlessly charming handbook on all aspects of this romantic, arcane pursuit, it offers advice... (read more) Your price: $14.95 New - Trade Paper
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Beekeeping: A Practical Guide by Richard E Bonney Publisher Comments Whether you're a beginning beekeeper or one with a season or two of experience, Richard Bonney tells you how to keep bees, not just have them. This new book by the acclaimed author of Hive Management offers vital, up-to-date information about how to... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Backyard Beekeeper's Honey Handbook: A Guide to Creating, Harvesting, and Cooking with Natural Honeys (Backyard) by Kim Flottum Publisher Comments A truly lush, radiant enthusiast's guide, The Backyard Beekeeper's Honey Handbook goes beyond the scope of a cookbook to introduce to readers the literal cornucopia of honey varieties available. An intuitive follow-up to The Backyard Beekeeper, this book... (read more) Your price: $24.99 New - Trade Paper
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Bees: Nature's Little Wonders (David Suzuki Foundation Series) by Candace Savage Synopsis The bee may have a brain the size of a grass seed, but in its brief, five-week life it works as a brood nurse, wax producer, comb builder, honey maker, home guard, and floral forager. Bees: Nature's Little Wonders invites readers to take a new look at... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Way to Bee: Meditation and the Art of Beekeeping by Mark Magill Publisher Comments the Way to Bee explores the mindful practices common to both beekeeping and meditation. It combines practical beekeeping information with the environmental and spiritual lessons we can learn from the bees. Meditations based on Buddhist teachings help you... (read more) Your price: $16.95 New - Hardcover
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Fruitless Fall: The Collapse of the Honey Bee and the Coming Agricultural Crisis by Rowan Jacobsen Publisher Comments How the disappearance of the worlds honeybee population puts the food we eat at risk. Many people will remember that Rachel Carson predicted a silent spring, but she also warned of a fruitless fall, a time when “there was no pollination and there... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $13.95 Used - Hardcover
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A World Without Bees by Allison Benjamin Publisher Comments From Los Angeles to London, from Slovenia to Taiwan, honeybees are dying. What is behind the catastrophe? Writers and beekeepers Benjamin and McCallum have traveled across Europe and North America investigating the plight of the honeybee, which is... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Beekeeping: A Primer on Starting & Keeping a Hive by Dominique Devito Publisher Comments For centuries humans have relied on bees' miraculous, life-sustaining work to pollinate crops, produce honey and wax, and sustain our natural food chain. Although beekeeping may seem like a daunting, even dangerous task, it doesn't have to be. Regardless... (read more) Your price: $12.95 New - Trade Paper
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Pheromones of Social Bees by John B Free Review ...this is a worthy and timely summary of our present knowledge and provides valuable leads to further research. Quarterly Review of Biology... (read more) List Price $220.75 Your price: $60.00 Used - Hardcover
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