Honey Handbook

By Kim Flottum

The Backyard Beekeeper’s Honey Handbook

A guide to creating, harvesting, and cooking with natural honeys.

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 bee hive, 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.