Natural Beekeeping

This 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.

Listen

You can listen to all my previous natural beekeeping podcasts here and if you want 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!

An interview with Phil Chandler on Expats Radio - Part I - Part II

BUY THE BAREFOOT BEEKEEPER HERE

buy The Barefoot Beekeeper here as printed book or downloadable PDF file Third edition now available in 9"x6" format (currently USA only, print $15.00; PDF $9.99)
Buy the original larger format printed edition (A4: same content as 9"x6" book) from Lulu - available worldwide; GB£15.00
Buy it as a downloadable PDF, fully-illustrated, full-colour, printable, instant download with free preview, available worldwide - only US$9.99
international sales You can also order The Barefoot Beekeeper from your local book shop using ISBN 978-1-4092-7114-7.
NEW - low-cost, text-only version for ebook readers, Kindle, iPod, iPad, etc. Get the text-only Barefoot Beekeeper here for only US$4.99

Build Your Own Hive!

How To Build a Top Bar Hive - free, fully-illustrated instructions for building your own top bar hive - it's easier than you think!

Distribute

Would you like to do something simple to help save the bees?

Download, copy and distribute this free leaflet now. (Link is to UK/A4 version - click here for US Letter version)

Beekeeping News

A honey harvest for Philadelphia beekeepers Philadelphia Inquirer But until I became a beekeeper, I never fully considered how wonderful honey is to cook with. Only lately has honey become a muse for my culinary creativity ... Beekeeper Supplies - The Essential KitBoosh News (press release) (blog) Simple Beekeeping GuideBoosh News (press release) (blog) 3 Uses of Beekeeper HoneyBoosh News (press release) (blog) Boosh News (press release) (blog) -Boosh News (press release) (blog) -Boosh News (press release) (blog) all 8 news articles »

Northwest Illinois Audubon Society presents, Beekeeping in The Midwest, by ... MyStateline.com Terry Ingram of Apple Creek Apiaries will provide a program addressing the issues of beekeeping in the Midwest. His program will discuss insights into CCD ...

Beekeeping And Understanding The Beekeeping Hive In Different Perspectives Boosh News (press release) (blog) Beekeeping and understanding the beehive is one in common-it's all got to do with bees. A beehive is a confined habitat where the bees settle and nurture ... The Selection of a Beekeeping HiveBoosh News (press release) (blog) Basic Beekeeping InformationBoosh News (press release) (blog) This is going to leave a markScience Friday (blog) all 4 news articles »

Your Champions: Conwy Valley beekeeper buzzing at nomination North Wales Weekly News A CONWY Valley beekeeper gets a buzz not only from his bees and their honey, but is the brains behind a number of local tourism events which bring visitors ...

Irish Times

Beekeeper Facts - About the Beekeeping Hive Boosh News (press release) (blog) If you are thinking about becoming a beekeeper then you are going to want to know more about bee hives. Some of the first bee hives that were ever ... A Peek Into the World of Honey Bees BeekeepingBoosh News (press release) (blog) Honey bee farm attraction at fairCanton Repository Avoid the Bee Sting! Is a Beekeeping Guide Necessary?Boosh News (press release) (blog) Boosh News (press release) (blog) -BSCkids -Gary Post Tribune all 8 news articles »

Klobuchar creates buzz over Chinese honey imports KARE Dave Ellingson, a former president of the American Beekeeping Federation, said the Chinese honey is a major threat to the domestic industry. ... Honey laundering' draws protests from producersVictoria Advocate all 43 news articles »

3 Ways to Access Used Beekeeping Equipment Boosh News (press release) (blog) As a timeless practice, beekeeping tends to have many changes as the beekeepers usually want to make some alterations to their practice to improve their ...

Grocott's Mail Online

Michelle Obama Inspires Urban Beekeeping GlobalShift Consider getting into beekeeping, the ancient art of tending bees and cultivating honey. Once largely viewed as a novelty of farms and granola ranch owners, ... Bees join St Andrews UniversityBBC News Students earn a 'bee' plusDubuque Telegraph Herald Scientists study for their PhBeeScotsman Boosh News (press release) (blog) -Bury Free Press all 45 news articles »

Tasting a new sweetness in Rosh Hashanah Jewish Telegraphic Agency According to Claudia Roden, author of “The Book of Jewish Food," "Beekeeping is not mentioned in the Bible, and it is believed that every mention of honey ... and more »

Telegraph.co.uk

Beekeepers' Guild plans educational field trip Delmarva Daily Times MELFA -- The Beekeepers' Guild of the Eastern Shore will meet Saturday, Aug. 28, from 10 am until noon at the Eastern Shore Community College in the new ... British beekeeper breeds 'super-bee' that can protect itself from deadly mite ...Daily Mail all 44 news articles »