Under threat from insecticides and habitat loss, bees need our help. So, if you'd like to show some love to our busy little pollinators by installing a hive or simply adding more bee-friendly plants to your patch, Backyard Bees will show you how.
Author Doug Purdie offers friendly, expert advice on keeping happy, healthy bees, and harvesting the liquid gold, including tips on choosing a hive and equipment.
This revised edition also has a chapter on the Flow Hive, the innovative beehive design that has taken beekeeping by storm.
You'll find case studies and anecdotes from beekeepers as well as 20 delicious recipes for all that honey, and tips for planting bee-friendly gardens and creating habitats and homes for solitary bees.
Backyard Bees - A complete guide for the beginner beekeeper or bee enthusiast, by Doug Purdie (Murdoch Books) RRP $36.99.
https://www.thesenior.com.au/story/7408521/win-beginners-guide-to-bees/?cs=6770 We have copies of ‘Backyard Bees: A complete guide for the beginner beekeeper or bee enthusiast” book. To enter, write your name, address & phone number, on back of an envelope and send to: Backyard Bees, P.O. Box 130, Wyong, NSW, 2259
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