The Beginner's Guide to Beekeeping: Everything You Need to Know (FFA) 
by Daniel Johnson and Samantha Johnson
Voyageur Press | July 2013 | ISBN-10: 0760344477 | ePUB | 121 pages | 37 mb 
http://www.amazon.com/The-Beginners-Guide-Beekeeping-Everything/dp/0760344477

Raising bees is becoming increasingly popular in backyards and on farms large and small—and it’s easy to see why. These resourceful insects produce organic honey and beeswax, all while constantly providing natural aid to the health of your yard and garden. And even better, bees are easy to keep, especially with the expert instruction of the The Beginner's Guide to Beekeeping. Beginning with the basics, seasoned beekeepers Daniel and Samantha Johnson answer all of a prospective beekeeper’s questions on how to set up, care for, and harvest your very own bee colonies. With the help of this comprehensive DIY guide, raising bees can be an enjoyable and accessible backyard pastime for gardeners, crafters, and cooks everywhere.
From start to finish, let veteran beekeepers and farming professionals Daniel and Samantha Johnson walk you through the dos and do-nots of raising a happy and healthy hive of honey bees. Like many backyard endeavors, beekeeping can be as rigorous as it is rewarding, and many considerations must be taken into account when deciding when, where, and how to establish your hive.
 
Within this book, you’ll find helpful tips, strategies, and information on:
- Basic bee anatomy and behavior
- Health, home, yard, and neighborhood considerations
- Installation and routine care of your bees
- Dealing with pests, diseases, and problems
- How to harvest, bottle, market, and sell your own custom honey and other hive products
- Delicious recipes and creative ideas for your honey
 
An old beekeeping adage remarks that the more you think you know, the less experienced you are as a beekeeper. Regardless of whether that’s true or not, The Beginners Guide to Beekeeping will arm you with the necessary knowledge and insight to begin a bountiful hive of your own. Fully illustrated with over 250 photos, charts, and diagrams, a new world of backyard beekeeping awaits!

About the Author
Daniel Johnson and Samantha Johnson are a brother-and-sister team who have paired up to write and photograph several books on raising horses, rabbits, and other farm animals. Both 4-H alumni, they live on Fox Hill Farm, a family-owned farm with a large vegetable garden outside the town of Phelps, Wisconsin.