This book will introduce beekeeping to you and show you how to get started with this fascinating hobby. You will learn about the lives of honey bees, how to manage bee colonies and how to be a successful beekeeper, just for fun or even for profit. You'll also discover exactly how to setup a hive or hives, what equipment you will need and how to care for your bees. More importantly though, you will learn how to harvest that delicious honey successfully.

There are tens of thousands of hives in every state of the union – at least a million across the nation - and more new beekeepers are taking up this activity every year. Even the White House has two hives! Most hives are kept by amateurs or small businesses that have extensive networks of friends and associates across the country.

Beekeeping is growing as more and more people adopt a more self-sufficient lifestyle. If you are already growing vegetables and fruit, then beekeeping is the natural next step. If you live in a rural or semi-rural area, you are already surrounded by flowers that will keep a hive of bees happy and productive.