Balanced Beekeeping I: Building a Top Bar Hive

This is the book I would recommend to you if you are considering keeping bees, as it is the most natural and kind way to keep them. His Royal Highness Prince Charles has three top bar hives, and he knows what he’s talking about. Dorcas

Grate book

Book is fine, although better information is already online.

Gret book easy to follow the building instructions.

lovely book well presented

Great information and well presented. I'm just starting to build my first hive using the plans in this book.

not what I wanted to read bad book

An interesting read

No building instructions inside.

a well written book for any bee keeper get both books in the series.

This was a good read, and fairly easy to follow. Initially converting the measurements from mm to inches was a chore, but a few quick notes in the book and I was set. I am a fairly new beekeeper and intend to do the best I can to "get out of the bees' way" and let them do what they do best, as well as avoid using toxic chemicals to manage pests. To this end, I'm very much in Phil Chandler's camp and making small design adjustments to the hive could better enable the bees to keep themselves healthy. Chandler is constantly tinkering with/inventing hive components to be more natural, not more technological. He is a student of nature, and uses Biomimicry to try to bring his designs closer to emulate the natural balance that was working for thousands of years before man started introducing synthetic solutions.

After I bought the first one The Barefoot Beekeeper, I was hook and bought the other two. If your interest is the survival and well being of the bees, this are your guiding manuals.

Very interesting