Bees Make the Best Pets: All the Buzz About Being Resilient, Collaborative, Industrious, Generous, and...

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Jack Mingo

Bees Make the Best Pets

All the Buzz About Being Resilient, Collaborative, Industrious, Generous, and Sweet–Straight...

Jack Mingo

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Mango Media
12 August 2022

Apiculture (beekeeping); Wildlife: butterflies, other insects & spiders

All the Buzz for Beekeeping Beginners#1 Bestseller in Entomology

What happens when a writer sets up a backyard beehive? You get a beekeeping book full of fun and fascinating facts about honey bees and our other favorite pollinators.

A nature guide book for beekeeping beginners. Full of trivia, tips, legends, and lore-this quirky bee book swarms with interesting information, so you can have fun, learn stuff, grow your farm, or just relax. Writer and beekeeper Jack Mingo lives with half a million bees, and has picked up a thing or two at his bee farm. In this collection of humorous and often unusual observations, Mingo shows us a glimpse of the mystical and matriarchal world of bees.

The save the bees sign you've been looking for. How many legs do bees have? Enough not to crowd your bed at night. They don't track mud or bugs into your house, and they won't bark and whine. They even greet you with raw honey and beeswax. And these are just some of the reasons bees make the best pets of all. Whether you're a beekeeping beginner, looking to save the bees, or interested in fun nature facts about bugs and insects, there's something here for every nature lover.

Step into Mingo's hive for tidbits like:

Fun and interesting tips and tricks for beekeeping beginners Knowledge about the color, quality, and benefits of local honey The history and legendary stories of bees, like the role they played in the Civil War and the Legend of the Caroling Bees

If you liked Beekeeping for Dummies, The Beekeeper's Handbook, or Beekeeping for Beginners, you'll love Bees Make the Best Pets.

By: Jack Mingo
Imprint: Mango Media
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 178mm, Width: 127mm, Spine: 10mm
ISBN: 9781684810550
ISBN 10: 1684810558
Pages: 174
Publication Date: 12 August 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Jack Mingo is a writer specializing in offbeat trivia books, authoring over twenty books. Since setting up his first hive in 2004, he now maintains six hives and half a million bees in his Alameda, California, backyard. His bees produce 650 pounds of honey per year.

Reviews for Bees Make the Best Pets: All the Buzz About Being Resilient, Collaborative, Industrious, Generous, and Sweet–Straight from the Hive (Beekeeping Beginners)

In between musings both sacred and silly, Mingo provides facts about honeybees and how to raise them.... This is a lovely little book. -Daily Local News, Pennsylvania The book oozes with bee facts and trivia.... Bees do make good pets and this book is a gentle introduction to the world of backyard bee keeping. -Patsy Bell Hobson, writer and master gardener emeritus