The Backyard Beekeeper's
Honey Handbook:
A Guide to Creating, Harvesting, and Cooking with Natural
Honeys (2009).
By Kim Flottum.
Quarry Books.
Paperback.
Paperback.
ISBN-10: 1592534740
ISBN-13: 978-1592534746
ISBN-13: 978-1592534746
Description:
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.
Lush, full-color photographs take you from flower bud to beehive, then onward through the mechanics and choreography of the honey harvest.
Expert instructions and
insight on cultivating varietal honeys show you how to tap into honey’s
time-tested health benefits.
More
than 50 delicious, healthy recipes for both sweet and savory dishes featuring
honey.