Keeping Bees with a Smile

Revised and expanded second edition of the best-selling natural beekeeping guideFirst edition sold over 5,000 copies A grassroots best seller that created its own following Author revived the millennia-old tradition of keeping bees in horizontal hives Editor Leo Sharashkin is the leading expert on this method and has popularized it in the US and internationally Provides bees with an ideal habitat and harvests surplus honey once a yearEnhances local strains of bees resilient to disease and pestsLow-maintenance, easy to buildUnique approach that respects the bees as fellow living entities and develops a connection with the natural world through beekeeping Encourages readers to slow down and adopt a more nature-based lifestyle Comprehensive, thorough, and practical Beginner friendly Accessible to everyone Time-tested method that is very simple Beekeeping videos on YouTube have received hundreds of thousands of views Second edition has 50% new information including:twice as many color photos new footnotes summary boxes new hive management technique expanded discussion of hive models new afterword improved hive building plans Differs from other books on beginning beekeeping because:It is the best method for keeping bees in any climate Honey comb is not destroyed at harvesting Approaches beekeeping from the bees' point of view Mimics natural processes that build bee resilience and strength of hive Introduces the human dimension of beekeeping Endorsement from Tom Seeley, PhD, Cornell University, author of Honeybee Democracy and The Wisdom of the Hive; Nicola Bradbear, Bees for Development, the largest international nonprofit using beekeeping to improve people's lives around the world; Bonnie Morse, Bee Audacious, founder of the nonprofit that serves as a platform for envisioning the beekeeping of the future Selected to be in the Mother Earth Wiser Living seriesNew Society Publishers are committed to the highest environmental practices in the industry, including: printing all their books in North America, on 100% post-consumer recycled FSC-certified paper, using vegetable-based, low-VOC inks; and offsetting their emissions to make all of their business operations carbon neutral and is proudly B Corp certified. Their books are so Green you could eat them!

Audience: Beginning beekeepers, anyone interested in natural beekeeping, small- and medium-scale established beekeepers, homesteaders, urban farmers, people interested in healthy lifestyle, animal rights activists

Regional: North and South Dakota, Florida, and Montana are the leading beekeeping states.

Canada: There are over 8,000 beekeepers in Canada. Leading provinces are Ontario, BC, Alberta, and Saskatchewan.