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88 reviewsKeeping Bees in Towns and Cities features everything an urbanite needs to know to start keeping bees: how to select the perfect hive, how to buy bees, how to care for a colony, how to harvest honey, and what to do in the winter. Urban beekeeping has particular challenges and needs, and this book highlights the challenges and presents practices that are safe, legal, and neighbor-friendly.
The text is rounded out with profiles of urban beekeepers from all over the world, including public hives at the Maryland Center for Horticulture, beekeeping on an office balcony in Melbourne, Australia, and a poolside hive at a hotel in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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Review"It’s filled with great advice and practical tips on everything from looking after your colony and keeping it healthy to planting a bee friendly garden and harvesting your honey."
(DC Honeybees Blog)
"An excellent overview of both the challenges and opportunities of urban beekeeping."
(New Life on a Homestead)
"Walks you step by step through the process of raising bees and harvesting honey with a contagious passion enough to make anyone consider placing a hive out back.”
(The Ecologist)
"Providing…a wealth of encouragement and comprehensive practical guidance to the aspiring beekeeper."
(The Republican Journal)
"From bee boxes to procuring bees and maintaining healthy colonies to harvesting the honey, it is all covered here in accessible and practical text and a wealth of accompanying images."
(Library Journal)
“...a solid overview. A worthy supplement to any beekeeping collection.”
(Mother Earth News)
"Dixon shares his compelling account that describes how urban bees enjoy excellent health, help pollinate plants, produce rich and plentiful honey and make for a rewarding hobby."
(Beekeeping in Ontario blog)
"This book is an excellent resource."
About the AuthorLuke Dixon is a professional beekeeper based in Soho, London. He manages hives for the London College of Fashion, Ted Baker, and Kensington Palace, among others, and keeps his own hives in the gardens of London's Natural History Museum. In the winter, when beekeeping duties slacken off, he returns to his first career as a theater director.
