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Catch the latest buzz with GRIT'S Guide to Backyard Bees and Honey. This new edition to GRIT'S Country Skills Series is filled with more than 67 keys to better beekeeping, beautiful color photos, recipes and more! 

 

 

Honeybee working on a flowerBee veil over hat 

Beekeeping for Beginners 

Some might seem obvious, but reading these 10 urban beekeeping tips will make you a better beekeeper. 

 

  

Savory Bacon Muffins with honey 

Baking with Honey Recipes 

Put down the sugar bowl and switch to honey with these wholesome baking-with-honey recipes. 

 

Italian honeybee on avocado blossom 

Types of Honeybees  

Find your favorite types of honeybees for your backyard hive. 

 

 Single hive in winter 

Wintering Hives  

There may be snow on the ground and ice on the trees, but your bees are a balmy 96 degrees inside their honeybee hives. Here's the lowdown on wintering bees. 

 

 

 

Using a smoker on urban hive 

10 Urban Beekeeping Tips 

Some might seem obvious, but reading these 10 urban beekeeping tips will make you a better beekeeper.

 

Bees flying back to the hive 

Reverend Langstroth's Beehive 

Nineteenth-century invention is still on the job. Take a look at beehive history.

 

Bees on flowers 

Nutrition and Health Benefits of Honey 

Famous as a sweet treat, the nutrition and health benefits of honey are added incentive to consume this bee staple.


 

 

 

 

 

 



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