Encyclopedia of the Beekeeper. From the First Hive to Your Own Apiary

Beekeeping is often seen as hard work that inevitably leads to a couple dozen stings. That’s why, before a newly converted happy owner of hives, a whole swarm of questions immediately arises. Where to place the apiary on a plot of land? What breed of bees to keep, and how to care for them season by season, so you don’t have to battle the bees just to be able to go outside? How to get honey, check its quality, and store it correctly? Where and how to survive the winter together with the bees? In fact, keeping an apiary isn’t as difficult as it seems to the uninitiated. This will be proven by the personal experience of the well-known practitioner beekeeper Vadim Tikhomirov. He will answer all the emerging questions step by step, share non-obvious secrets about organizing an apiary and caring for bee colonies, explain bee biology, and tell the history of beekeeping. The book will be useful not only for beginner beekeepers, but for everyone who loves honey and uses other beekeeping products.