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Compelling tales from the front line of urban beekeeping
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Beekeeping - once seen as an old-fashioned country pursuit - is increasingly attracting young metropolitan professionals, and new hives are springing up all over our cities. Whether you're attracted to beekeeping because you want to produce your own honey, do your bit to combat the threats that honeybee colonies face today, or simply reconnect with nature, Bees in the City provides a comprehensive guide to the subject. Written by the authors of the bestselling A World Without Bees, it:
- introduces you to the school teachers, inner-city youngsters, City professionals and budding entrepreneurs who are at the forefront of this exciting new movement
- suggests creative ways you can help bees in your own back garden without keeping a hive
- provides extensive, practical information for the novice urban beekeeper, including tips on getting started and a month-by-month job guide
Packed with invaluable advice on how to understand and support these extraordinary creatures, Bees in the City will inspire you to join this new urban revolution.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Bees have had a rather bad time of it lately. What with hive deaths, organo-phosphate chemicals, and the industrialisation of the countryside, their numbers were reported as dropping fast. Which is bad news for everybody as bees have a key role in the pollination of plants...and our food crops.
Then I picked up this book, and was pleased to see that (mostly young) urban people had taken to keeping bees in cities. Their efforts have raised bee populations in places like London, which explains why bees don't have to commute nowadays as they service the flower displays in city parks and streets. In gardens and on roofs, hives have been established by this new wave of enthusiast and the bee population has grown.
Of course it won't address the hive death problem, but its good news, and there is precious little of that around.
Lets be clear that if you are looking to be a professional bee-keeper you will need more than this book. If you want a detailed treatise about bees in general, then this won't do. If, on the other hand, you want a well written book about an industrious insect on which we depend, and the people who are trying to help, then this book will be enjoyable, if not uplifting.
I read it at one sitting, and am now reading it again. Just like good food, you need to savour it. A bit like honey in fact.
Then I picked up this book, and was pleased to see that (mostly young) urban people had taken to keeping bees in cities. Their efforts have raised bee populations in places like London, which explains why bees don't have to commute nowadays as they service the flower displays in city parks and streets. In gardens and on roofs, hives have been established by this new wave of enthusiast and the bee population has grown.
Of course it won't address the hive death problem, but its good news, and there is precious little of that around.
Lets be clear that if you are looking to be a professional bee-keeper you will need more than this book. If you want a detailed treatise about bees in general, then this won't do. If, on the other hand, you want a well written book about an industrious insect on which we depend, and the people who are trying to help, then this book will be enjoyable, if not uplifting.
I read it at one sitting, and am now reading it again. Just like good food, you need to savour it. A bit like honey in fact.
3 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The authors may have been partially responsible for creating the new beekeeping bandwagon with their book 'World without bees' but this seems to be a shameless attempt to jump it too. The first half of the book with its anecdotal tales of urban beekeeping is easily readable and of minor interest but the second half which covers some practical aspects of urban beekeeping contains nothing that has not been covered better and in more detail elsewhere. At one point they state that bees are prone to swarm "around Easter"...Easter can range from early March to late April and although late April swarms are not unknown swarms in early March are unlikely! - this is lazy writing. How they can describe this as an urban beekeeper's handbook is a mystery. I also take issue with the concept in the first place of there being an 'urban' beekeeping movement as opposed to a rural one - yes there are urban beekeepers but the vast majority of newcomers (in my experience) are suburban...doesn't make such a good title though does it?
1 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Having read previous publications on beekeeping I was looking for a unique take on this ancient art/craft/skill. The title promised something new but I was a little disappointed. It strikes me that the majority of beekeeping skills are the same whether you keep bees in the city, in the suburbs, or in the country and much of the content of this book is a rehearsal of those skills. Having said that, it is well presented and interesting to read.
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