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natural beekeeping using low-cost, low impact top bar hives
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"Not just a different beehive, but a whole new way
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Natural Beekeeping for Gardeners
NEW AUDIO BOOKNatural Beekeeping for GardenersA four-part audiobook providing insight into natural beekeeping, tailored especially for gardeners. Approx. running time 85 mins. US$9.95 (approx. UK£6.00) more 
Barefoot Beekeeper podcastListen to the latest podcast here You can listen to all my natural beekeeping podcasts here and if you prefer to listen on your iPod, iPad or iPhone you can subscribe to the Barefoot Beekeeper app on iTunes. If you like it, please rate and review it! The Barefoot Beekeeper's Guide to Swarming and Swarm Management
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The Barefoot BeekeeperAre you looking for a simple, low-cost way to keep bees that requires NO heavy lifting, NO expensive equipment and NO extra storage space? 
The Barefoot Beekeeper is a revolutionary book about 'sustainable', chemical-free beekeeping, showing how it can be simplified and made accessible to all, including people with disabilities, as with this method there is no heavy lifting involved. The author strips away all unnecessary complication and confusion, demonstrating that 'modern' beekeeping methods are largely to blame for the poor state of health of the honeybee and that the commercialization of beekeeping marked the start of the disease and parasite problems that honeybees have been trying to deal with ever since.The author advocates small-scale, sustainable beekeeping, with minimal disturbance to the bees and more time spent observing and learning from them. This book shows how you can make everything you need to keep bees yourself, using recycled materials and simple tools: you do not need to buy any additional equipment at all, nor do you need synthetic medications or other chemicals. This is the companion volume to 'How To Build a Top Bar Hive', which is available as a free, downloadable supplement to The Barefoot Beekeeper. Some recent comments about The Barefoot Beekeeper: "The Barefoot Beekeeper is the best book out there as far as I'm concerned for those interested in pursuing sustainable beekeeping." Marty Hardison, USA "I had been a traditional type beekeeper since the mid 1980's and had been looking around for another way to keep bees as I felt that the ways we were keeping them was neither good for the bees nor the beekeeper. After reading The Barefoot Beekeeper I knew immediately I had found what I had been thinking about and searching for for years. It inspired me to immediately build several Top Bar hives and change my manner of keeping bees. ... read as much as you can about bees and beekeeping but do buy this one and follow it's suggested path." N, Spain "I have been using and promoting topbar hives for 30 years now. The shape of the topbar hive that I use is a little different ...but I am in full accord with the principles that he outlines. There are a lot of options out there... The Barefoot Beekeeper is the best book out there as far as I'm concerned for those interested in pursuing sustainable beekeeping." MH, USA "Inspired by this thread, I bought and read the book yesterday. It's a very helpful primer on the main issues and a VERY inspiring discussion of sustainable beekeeping. Some good history and background, as well." "I also think as an argument for sustainable beekeeping, the writing is unparalleled." G, UK BUY THE BAREFOOT BEEKEEPER HERE
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Natural BeekeepingThis site is about sustainable, low-impact, low-cost, chemical-free, small-scale, 'organic', natural beekeeping, using simple equipment that almost anyone can make at home. If you have not yet heard of 'top bar hives' or 'natural beekeeping', then this is a place to learn about them. You will find plenty of reading material here, with opportunities to learn from experienced beekeepers. Download free beekeeping articlesYou can get all my free beekeeping articles and ebooks - including instructions on how to build a top bar hive.Join the free
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