Letters to a beekeeper - Steve Benbow

This the story of how, over the course of a year, AlysFowler, the Guardian gardening writer, learns how to keep bees; and SteveBenbow, the urban beekeeper, learns how to plant a pollinator-friendly garden.

Part beautifully designed coffee-table book, part manifesto,this collection of engaging letters, emails, texts, recipes, notes and gloriousphotos creates a record of the trials, tribulations, rewards and joys ofworking with, rather than against, nature. And along the way, you will pick upa wealth of advice, tips and ideas for growing food and keeping pollinatorswell fed.

Letters to a Beekeeper is for lazy gardeners, novicebeekeepers and everyone in between. It is the best rule-breaking, wildlife-friendly,guerilla, urban gardening, insect-identifying, honey-tasting, wax-dripping,epistolary how-to book you could ever hope to own.