Keeping Bees with a Smile

Principles and Practice of Natural Beekeeping

Fedor Lazutin, Leo Sharashkin, Mark Pettus

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English

New Society Publishers
07 April 2020

Food & society; Apiculture (beekeeping); Self-sufficiency; Farm & working animals

Series: Mother Earth News Wiser Living Series

"The updated bestselling guide to laid-back beekeeping for all, naturally!

Are you a beginner beekeeper curious about bees or a practicing beekeeper looking for natural alternatives that work? Then this book is for you!

In the second edition of the bestselling beekeeping guide Keeping Bees with a Smile , Fedor Lazutin, one of Europe's most successful natural beekeepers, shares the bee-friendly approach to apiculture that is fun, healthful, rewarding, and accessible to all. This new edition includes dozens of color photographs, new hive management techniques, and an updated version of ""Lazutin hive"" plans. Additional coverage includes:

Keeping bees naturally without interfering in their lives

Starting an apiary for free by attracting local bee swarms

Building low-maintenance hives that mimic how bees live in nature

Keeping colonies healthy and strong without any drugs, sugar, or gimmickry

Helping bees to overwinter successfully even in harsh climates

Enhancing local nectar plant resources

Producing truly natural honey without robbing the bees

Reversing the global bee decline... right in your backyard!

Keeping Bees with a Smile is an invaluable resource for apiculture beginners and professionals alike, complete with plans for making bee-friendly, well-insulated horizontal hives with extra-deep frames, plus other fascinating beekeeping advice you won't find anywhere else."

By: Fedor Lazutin
Edited by: Leo Sharashkin
Translated by: Mark Pettus
Imprint: New Society Publishers
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: Revised & Expanded 2nd Edition
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 658g
ISBN: 9780865719279
ISBN 10: 0865719276
Series: Mother Earth News Wiser Living Series
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 07 April 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Fedor Lazutin was one of Europe's leading natural beekeepers, the author of bestselling natural beekeeping guide Keeping Bees with a Smile. He founded a number of model apiaries southwest of Moscow, Russia, championed habitat restoration projects, and served as the first president of Russia's Ecovillage Union. Leo Sharashkin, PhD, is a full-time natural beekeeper and founder of HorizontalHive.com He has edited numerous books on natural beekeeping, writes for major magazines, and speaks internationally on bee-friendly beekeeping. He holds a PhD in Forestry from the University of Missouri and a master's in Natural Resources from Indiana University. Sharashkin's forest apiaries are composed entirely of local wild honeybees housed in bee-friendly horizontal hives. He lives in the Ozarks of southern Missouri.