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interesting books on how they evolved into what they are today, Has info on some flowers for certain bee species like, Etc. Also it has great info on becoming beekeeper, their behaviors, few recipes to work with honey/wax,

I highly recommend this book for anyone who have interest in bees, Great info for a hobbyist beekeeper like myself, with amazing photography and art on every page, A visually appealing book filled with good information, This is a great book to get if you want to keep bees, Another amazing book to read for beekeepers, So much useful information. I find myself going back to it every season change to freshen up on any facts I may have forgotten to keep my bees happy and healthy.
I didn't read this book to review it like other books, I didn't even read it like other books! I've flicked through each individual page to see what was best for me to know and what I felt was important and now I own it as a baseboard for bee and honey related information which is excellent!

I really liked the first half of the book with all the facts and information about bees the most.
Learning about species, about patterns, queens and hives was interesting, Then moving into types of flowers and how we can enhance their survival was wonderful! It made me very happy to read, especially as someone who probably cannot own bees due to allergies.
Which is what the second half of the book looked at, as well as uses for honey! So it's a fully encompassing bee dictionary and it's yeah, very beautiful!

Pros:
Amazing illustrations
Lots of fun facts
Nicely set out
I just love it
binding and material is great

Cons:
It'sEuros which is aboutAUD, but we're still being charged.
here That feels a bit wrong and not economical at all and I don't know that the bees would approve
it's very heavy and I would be scared if I accidentally dropped it on a bee.
This is another fun book to read about bees, My favorite chapter was the chapter about attracting bees, I have to build a bamboo bee house, the clay bee house, the wood block house, and the pallet hotel.
And I wish I could plant every one of the plants, Bring on the bees.
I also liked the two pages about changing comb, In other books I read that its good to change brood comb everyears or so but, I don't recall those other books saying how to change the comb.
So it was interesting to read about the Bailey and shook swarm method, I learn something never every time I read another book about bees, Bees are awesome.
I have not kept bees in a beehive so I don't know if I would like it or be any good at it.
I do want to try keeping bees, It sounds so interesting. I do know one thing, I like growing pants and I want to plant plants that will attract bees, This was defiantly worth the read, The pictures were nice to look at also, Straightforward but brimful of information, Beautifully laid out and with great infographics, A really pleasurable read. This is one of the first books I read before becoming a beekeeper, It's simple, visual, and highly informative, I highly recommend this book for new beekeepers or anyone generally interested in learning more about honeybees, The Bee Book is a terrifically informative read detailing everything you could possibly want to know about bees and the lives they lead.
It is marvelous that we could know so much about the intricacies of their existence! This fab book brings to mind elementary school and the great text books we had to learn from with lots of great graphics and loads of detailed facts from their anatomy and the way their wings work and so much more.


I read this because I am fascinated by bees, and always stop to help one in distress, and because I have toyed with the idea of keeping bees.
I can say definitely that I will not after reading this book, There is just so much that could go wrong and imperil the bees in my care, I don't want to take that risk.
Plus, keeping 'domesticated' bees might put a strain on the wild varieties that already exist here so I don't want to tamper with that careful balance.
Best to continue providing habitat for wild bees and as many nectarproducing plants as possible,

But, if you are looking to keep bees, there is no better guide, This documents all sorts of things to be on the look out for when caring for your small charges.
From dealing with pests, feeding them over winter to caring for the group as a whole, this book describes all you could need to know.


If you aren't looking to keep bees, that's ok too as this book gives clues on best forage plants for them and plenty of information on giving them a suitable environment to find the nectar they need whether you live in the country or the heart of a city.
So much useful guidance packed into this beautiful book, It is a must read if you want to do your bit to help our precious, hardworking pollinators, Great book. I am adding this to my book shelf as a quick reference guide, It has nice layout, big bright pictures and clealy defined sections, This is a really beautiful, fullcolor book by the DK company about bees, keeping bees, and using their wax and honey.
While I've become thoroughly convinced that it's far too much trouble and too timeconsuming to keep bees, I did learn quite a lot of interesting information while reading this book:

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It's thought that flowers trick bees into coming back for more and more pollen because "caffeine, nicotine, and a host of other chemicals are found in small quantities in the nectar of certain plants, and the result is similar to the human response to these substances: the bees are stimulated to think they're getting a bigger reward than they actually are.
This keeps them coming back for hit after hit, . . "

. It's thought that bees originated from their "wasp ancestors who kept eating beetles covered in pollen and eventually developed a taste for the pollen instead of beetles.
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. Females are the only bees that sting because "the sting is a modification of the egglaying apparatus, "

. The male drones have no fathers, They exist to mate with queens from different colonies for genetic diversity and die after a few seconds of mating.
Within a hive, there are workers whose sole job is to destroy any eggs not carrying their own queen's scent.
That makes more sense than a totally incestual hive,

. Queen bees can sting repeatedly, but they only do so to murder competitor queens, "When a virgin queen emerges from her cell, the first thing she is likely to do is kill her rivals for the throne.
she does this by stinging the unemerged queens through their cells, "

. A bee's waggle dance indicates where food is found in relationship to the sun, If the dance is a clock, the sun would be ato'clock and the waggle part is done at the angle of the food from the sun.
A slow dance means the food is far away, A quick dance means it's close by,

So whether you're curious about bees or want to start to keep bees, this is a good starter book.
Een compleet en informatief boek voor iedereen die geïnteresseerd is in het gedrag van bijen, hoe je ze kan helpen en hoe je ze kan houden This is a beautiful and comprehensive guide to all things bee, from their evolutionary origins and biology right through to how to support them as a gardener and start and maintain them as a beekeeper.
As well as being comprehensive and well researched, it is also a beautiful book in and of itself combining photos and illustrations as well as a surprisingly enjoyable and reader friendly layout that allows for both 'normal' reading and dipping in and out as needed.
A beautifully written book which is educational and informative, I particularly found it useful when it explains which plants to use in your garden, We all need to give a helping hand to these wonderful creatures, Well worth a read Earth Day is "the world's largest environmental movement" and is celebrated on April, But, really every day should be Earth Day, And one of the most important players in our ecosystem, "At leastof the worlds crops andof all plants require crosspollination to spread and thrive, and here in Canada, bees are our most important pollinators.
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I recently received a hive kit as a gift, I'm pretty excited to get started, but the instructions included were quite minimal, I just knew that DK Canada would have a book that would give me all the information I need.
And they did The Bee Book!

But before even getting to setting up a hive, you need to know more about the bees themselves.
The first few chapters of The

Bee Book give you just that history, evolution, decline, species and an in depth look at honey bees that was absolutely fascinating.
"LB of honey takes up to,miles of flying to produce, " " A worker can visit up toflowers a day, " And did you know about the honey bee waggle dance

How to attract bees is the next entry.
Flowers there are colour photos and descriptions of many varieties, vegetable garden plans, houses separate from hives, the how and the whys.


Next was caring for bees, I had absolutely zero knowledge before reading The Bee Book, I was happy to find a box similar to mine explained, Where to set up and why, And dealing with the thing that does frighten me a bit getting stung, Tools, equipment and care are covered, And let's not forge you need to actually have bees to start where to get them There is much more to caring for bees than providing a hive.
This seems somewhat daunting, but there are detailed, very clear instructions included,

And after all that hard work more on the part of the bees I think! the harvest! Jarred honey, beeswax candles, beeswax polish, soaps and even some health remedies.


Am I ready to start my own hive Well, I feel much more prepared now thanks to The Bee Book.
But I'll be referring to it often! The Bee Book has detailed entries, colour photos and is well laid out with easy to read text boxes.
exactly what I've come to know and appreciate from all DK books,