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Keeping Bees with a Smile
Principles and Practice of Natural Beekeeping
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The second edition of bestselling Keeping Bees with a Smile shows beginner and practicing beekeepers how to attract local bee swarms, keep bees healthy and productive, build simple bee-friendly hives, and harvest honey without stressing bees. Chock-full of techniques for natural beekeeping.
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- Galleys available to sales reps
- Digital galleys on Edelweiss
- National advertising: Mother Earth News, Hobby Farms, Urban Farm, GRIT, Bee Culture
- National print campaign: Mother Earth News, Hobby Farms, Urban Farm, GRIT, American Bee Journal, Bee Culture
- Online/social media campaign:
- Outreach to beekeeping associations across the US and homestead blog network
- Promotion on New Society Publishers social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter, our blog, Pinterest, Instagram, and YouTube
- General eBook marketing plan
- eBook will be available at the same time as print publication to maximize sales
- eBook ISBN will be included on all press materials, author and publisher websites, and whenever print ISBN is listed
- publisher and author will be promoting both e and p through social media
- Excerpts target for first serial rights: Mother Earth News, Hobby Farms, GRIT, American Bee Journal, Bee Culture
- Promotion through Sharashkin's website: www.HorizontalHive.com
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The updated bestselling guide to laid-back beekeeping for all, naturally!
Are you a beginner beekeeper curious about bees or a practising 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 colour 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.
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Keeping Bees with a Smile by Fedor Lazutin is highly praised for its approachable and natural method of beekeeping, suitable for both beginners and experienced beekeepers. Reviewers appreciate the emphasis on sustainable practices and the personal anecdotes that make the book engaging. The clear and detailed instructions are commended for making complex concepts accessible, encouraging readers to explore beekeeping without using harsh chemicals or creating stress for the bees.
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ISBN: 9780865719279
Publisher: New Society Publishers
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 07 April 2020
Country: United States
Imprint: New Society Publishers
Edition: Revised & Expanded 2nd Edition
Illustration: 34 Illustrations, color; 40 Illustrations, black and white; 24 Plates, color
Contributors:
- Edited by Leo Sharashkin
- Translated by Mark Pettus
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 24.0mm
Width: 152.0mm
Height: 229.0mm
Weight: 658g
Pages: 400
About the Author
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.
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