The backyard beekeeper's honey handbook : a guide to creating, harvesting, and cooking with natural honeys

Summary: "In 'The Backyard Beekeeper's Honey Handbook', hive hints and honey-harvesting tutorials abound, all delivered with the sound, practical, and common-sense perspective of a seasoned expert. Also, an illustrated guide to honey plants explores their regional bloom dates and honey flows in unprecedented detail. A wide array of honey-handling equipment is illustrated, explained, and reviewed. With this book at your side, you will be the sweetest, savviest, beekeeper in the neighborhood"--Cover, p. 4.

Record details

ISBN: 1592534740
ISBN: 9781592534746
Physical Description: 168 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 26 cm.
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Publisher: Beverly, Mass. : Quarry Books, c2009.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 164-165) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	1. Where and why bees forage -- 2. Guide to honey plants -- 3. The honey harvest -- 4. Fragile : handle with care -- 5. Using what you and the bees have made : varietal and artisan honey recipes.