Your First Hive — Beekeeping for Beginners in the UK

Start your beekeeping journey with confidence.

Your First Hive is a practical, approachable guide to beekeeping for beginners in the UK, by P N LANFRANCO — a beekeeper with more than 20 years of experience, who started with a swarm and went on to keep more than 200 hives over the years.

Across 47 pages, discover how to choose a hive and a suitable site, obtain your first bees, carry out inspections, understand swarming, support colony health, prepare for winter and harvest a genuine surplus of honey.

Inside you will find:

• Queen, worker and drone development at a glance

• A twelve-month beekeeping calendar at a glance

• Clear hive and comb diagrams

• UK supplier website addresses

• Printable arrival and winter checklists

• An inspection record, budget worksheet and glossary

No big garden? The guide also considers suitable terraces and flat roofs, safe access and how bees forage in the surrounding landscape.

Digital PDF ebook with clickable contents and website links. Read on your phone, tablet or computer, or print for personal use. No physical book is posted.

Designed to complement hands-on tuition and support from your local beekeeping association.