An Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Beekeeping

Photographs by Mars Vilaubi

On Sale: Jan 12, 2027
Page Count: 160 pages
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
ISBN-13: 9798897080151

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An easy-to-follow visual guide to the first year of beekeeping. Includes photographed step-by-step instructions and in-depth discussions of everything a beginning beekeeper needs to know—from understanding bee behavior to harvesting honey.

Backyard beekeeper Alethea Morrison presents an enthusiastic and informative guide to the wonders and joys of beekeeping, and stunning macrophotography by Mars Vilaubi brings the inner workings of the hive to life. Nine chapters cover all the basics, from Why Bees? to Bee Life 101, The Gear, The First Month, The First Season, and The First Harvest. Morrison explains exactly how to get started, from where to put the hives to which types of honey bees to purchase. Visual step-by-step instructions walk readers through essential tasks, like installing bees in the hive, checking vital signs, and replacing a queen.

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Alethea Morrison is the author of Homegrown Honey Bees. She lived in San Francisco with her husband, photographer Mars Vilaubi, before stepping into the wild yonder of rural Massachusetts together to raise their son, keep bees and chickens, brew beer, sew clothes, grow heirloom beans, and otherwise slow down to smell the flowers of a handmade life. Their experience raising chickens was chronicled in Chick Days. Morrison founded Common Thread Studios, where she edits and designs books by makers, doers, and artists. She served as president of the Northern Berkshire Beekeepers Association.

Alethea Morrison

About the Author

Alethea Morrison lives with her husband, photographer Mars Vilaubi, in rural Massachusetts, where they have kept bees and chickens, brewed beer, sewn clothes, grown heirloom beans, and otherwise slowed down to smell the flowers of a handmade life. Morrison founded Common Thread Studios, where she edits and designs books by makers, doers, and artists. She was president of the Northern Berkshire Beekeepers Association.

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Mars Vilaubi

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Photographer Mars Vilaubi chronicled the adventures of his three backyard hens from their first days out of the egg through their first days laying eggs in Chick Days. He lives in western Massachusetts.

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