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The Biggle Bee Book: A Swarm of Facts on Practical Beekeeping, Carefully Hived
Author(s): Jacob Biggle (Author)
- Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
- Publication Date: 3 Sept. 2013
- Edition: Illustrated
- Language: English
- Print length: 144 pages
- ISBN-10: 1626361428
- ISBN-13: 9781626361423
Book Description
If there are any so-called secrets to the art of beekeeping, Jacob Biggle does his best to expose them all in this delightful little volume. His hope was that readers could profit from his hard-earned wisdom that included:
- The benefits of keeping bees
- How to care for bees through the winter
- The marketing and selling of wax- and honey-based products
- What bee-friendly plants to raise in the garden
- How to introduce a new queen to the hive
Written not only for the professional beekeeper, but also for the backyard farmer, and anyone interested in rural life, self-sufficiency, and farming techniques of the past, this book is an essential addition to the home library.
Editorial Reviews
Review
Many years’ experience with a good-sized apiary (now fifty colonies) has gone into this book, and it has had, besides, the careful examination and suggestions of one of the foremost American beekeepers. It may be relied on as conservative, reliable, and up to date in every particular.
“Many years’ experience with a good-sized apiary (now fifty colonies) has gone into this book, and it has had, besides, the careful examination and suggestions of one of the foremost American beekeepers. It may be relied on as conservative, reliable, and up to date in every particular.”
