Just like the entire line of Storey's Guide to Raising books, the Storey's Guide to Keeping Honey Bees offers a comprehensive reference book for hive management and installation, pollination, harvesting honey, bee health, and anatomy, along with practical advice on beekeeping equipment and tools.
Contributor bios: Dr. Malcolm T. Sanford is professor emeritus at the University of Florida. He has been published in the apiculture press including the journals Bee Culture and American Bee Journal. He has been the author of The Apis Newsletter for more than 20 years at Ohio State University and the University of Florida, writing on beekeeping management, and is the coordinator of the Apis Information Resource Center. He has been a beekeeping management consultant in Egypt, Italy, France, Chile, Ecuador, Iraq, and Mexico. He lives in Gainesville, FL.