You can't go wrong with gardening and managing a menagerie, but if you're looking to expand your outdoor hobby horizons, beekeeping makes for the perfect pastime. Not only can you reap the benefits of fresh backyard-to-table honey, but you also get to revel in the satisfaction of maintaining your colony. Plus, the buzzy critters can lend a huge helping hand in the flowerbed-they pollinate your plants. It's a true win-win.

This guide will help you get started and make your journey with the bees easier.

Nevertheless, here are some things you would learn after reading this book:

- How to Set Up Your Beehive
- How to Gather Your Beekeeping Supplies
- How to Choose the Right Hive System
- How to Order Your Honey Bees
- How to Maintain Queen Right Colony
- How to Introduce Bees to the Hive
- How to Keep Your Bees Healthy and Happy
- How to Control Overcrowding
- How to Inspect a Beehive
- Ten-Frame Langstroth Hive
- Eight-Frame Langstroth Hive
- Top-Bar Hive
- Warré Hive
- Beekeeping tasks by the season
- How to Know When to Feed Your Honey Bees
- How to Open the Hive
- How to Remove Bees from the Hive
- How to Uncap the Honey
- How to Extract the Honey
- How to Filter & Bottle your Honey
- How to aim for Honey Quality Over Quantity
- How to Combine Two Beehives
- When to Combine Hives
- How to Protect and Prevent Beehive from Bears
- How to Connect With Your Local Beekeeping Organizations
- And many more...