The 50 page booklet deals with fundamantal concepts and practical beekeeping advice for new beekeepers. Personal experience shows throughout the booklet. Even experienced beekeepers will find something new here and there. Adrian is one of those beekeepers who has observed thousands of colonies during his career. He knows how to read the signs inside and outside the hive and take actions to the beekeepers best advantage. In his sound and intuitive views, the understanding of whole colonies as a living organisms, and the improvement of bee stocks by simple selective breeding, lies his basic messages for beginners. "Good beekeepers possess that indefinable but essential quality, stockmanship."

The author Adrian Waring is a beekeeper and writer of considerable experience. He has kept bees since 1961. He holds the highest UK qualification , the National Diploma in Beekeeping. His career has included employment as a County Beekeeping Advisor and Bee Diseases Officer for Northamptonshire and Leicestershire. He is currently General Secretary of the British Beekeepers' Association (BBKA) and regular contributor to their magazine "Bee Craft". Adrian has enjoyed a lively interest in bee breeding for many years and was an early member of BIBBA. He is currently a member of the BIBBA Executive Committee and has served as Chairman and Secretary.

If you are thinking of starting beekeeping, or have been looking for some straight answers to beekeeping FAQ then this would be a good place to start.