Practical advice for beginners including excellent colour photos in a well laid out book. It takes them through their first two years of keeping bees, explaining the hive, how it works, and constructing a National hive and frames. Chapters cover the equipment needed and where best to site the hive. It also covers the life cycle of the honey bee, how to get your first bees, doing inspections, collecting swarms, wintering your bees, finally covering how to extract honey and sell it. The book also has a glossary of bee keeping terms, useful website links and a Colour Pollen Guide. ( )