Keeping Bees - "Beekeeping for Beginners" Review

Reviewed by: Greta Hilliard 

I have to admit, I really did not know much about bees or keeping bees except they can sting and they make honey. This was the extent of my knowledge until reading the e-book, "Beekeeping for Beginners". The book was really interesting and I learned a great deal from it. I now feel I could start home beekeeping and enjoying all the benefits that brings. It is nice to know a few things about bees that most people do not as well.

For instance, I didn't know the best honey comes from the little white clover flowers that grow in your yard. The very same clover we used to play with as children and tie together to make garlands as long as we could get them are the perfect flower for making honey. This information comes from page 107 and is tucked in among the other types of flowers that bees use to produce honey.

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Perusing the e-book a little further I found quite a few other facts about bees that were quite astonishing. One of the facts is the amount of honey a bee must consume (yes, they actually consume some honey, not just produce it) to make one comb. This ranges from 7 to 15 lbs. How can something so tiny consume that much honey?

Another thing is the honeycomb - the shape is perfect little hexagon shaped cells. They are only 1/ 180th of an inch thick. It is amazing to think these tiny insects can do something so precise.  Even if you didn't end up keeping bees this would still be a fascinating read. 

I found the e-book very informative and well put together. Starting with explanations of what each bee is responsible for and the excellent descriptions were a plus. Each bee from the queen to the worker was described and their job description was explained. The illustrations helped as well. I never knew bees have tongues!

This is definitely an e-book you will want to read if home beekeeping is of interest. Even if it is not an interest, you will find it just plain enjoyable to discover things about bees that most people do not know. Most likely those bee stings you used to get as a child walking barefoot through the grass were inflicted by a worker bee. Bet you didn't know that.

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From the beginning of the book to the end, the different aspects of keeping bees are explained. Although the book may not contain everything there is to know about bees, it has covered much of the processes a bee goes through after it is hatched until it dies. Just long enough to keep you interested in the lifecycle of a bee, the e-book is enlightening and could even be used for educational purposes.

Children as well as adults would probably be quite interested in the information contained in "Beekeeping for Beginners" whether they intended to start home beekeeping or not.

A list of illustrations is contained at the end of the e-book for quick reference to certain aspects of the life of a bee. From drawings of the different flowers that bees use to the hives, the ease of finding what illustration you would like to see can be found by utilizing this part of the book.

All in all, this is a great e-book.  The information about keeping bees you glean from reading it is well worth while. I do believe, I now know where the phrase 'busy as a bee' originated!

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