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Confessions of a Bad Beekeeper

by Bill Turnbull
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The popular host of BBC Breakfast recounts his many misadventures as a backyard beekeeper—"A truly wonderful read" (Diana Sammataro, PhD, coauthor of The Beekeeper's Handbook).
Bill Turnbull had no intention of becoming a beekeeper. But when he saw an ad for beekeeping classes—after a swarm of bees landed in his suburban backyard—it seemed to be a sign. Despite being stung on the head—twice—at his first hands-on beekeeping class, Turnbull found himself falling in love with the fascinating, infuriating honeybee.
As a new beekeeper, Turnbull misplaced essential equipment, got stung more times—and in more places—than he cares to remember, and once even lost some bees up a chimney. But he kept at it, with a ready sense of humor and Zen-like acceptance of every mishap. And somehow, along the way, he learned a great deal about himself and the world around him.
Confessions of a Bad Beekeeper chronicles Turnbull's often hilarious and occasionally triumphant adventures in the curious world of backyard beekeeping. Along the way, he offers plenty of hard-won apiarian wisdom and highlights both the threat to our bee population and what we can do to help these vital little creatures do their wonderful work.
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Publisher: The Experiment

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  • Release date: May 10, 2011

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  • ISBN: 9781615191338
  • Release date: May 10, 2011

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  • ISBN: 9781615191338
  • File size: 2830 KB
  • Release date: May 10, 2011

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Biography & Autobiography Nature Technology Nonfiction

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English

The popular host of BBC Breakfast recounts his many misadventures as a backyard beekeeper—"A truly wonderful read" (Diana Sammataro, PhD, coauthor of The Beekeeper's Handbook).
Bill Turnbull had no intention of becoming a beekeeper. But when he saw an ad for beekeeping classes—after a swarm of bees landed in his suburban backyard—it seemed to be a sign. Despite being stung on the head—twice—at his first hands-on beekeeping class, Turnbull found himself falling in love with the fascinating, infuriating honeybee.
As a new beekeeper, Turnbull misplaced essential equipment, got stung more times—and in more places—than he cares to remember, and once even lost some bees up a chimney. But he kept at it, with a ready sense of humor and Zen-like acceptance of every mishap. And somehow, along the way, he learned a great deal about himself and the world around him.
Confessions of a Bad Beekeeper chronicles Turnbull's often hilarious and occasionally triumphant adventures in the curious world of backyard beekeeping. Along the way, he offers plenty of hard-won apiarian wisdom and highlights both the threat to our bee population and what we can do to help these vital little creatures do their wonderful work.
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Biography & Autobiography Nature Technology Nonfiction