{"product_id":"9781624141416","title":"Save the Bees with Natural Backyard Hives: The Easy and Treatment-Free Way to Attract and Keep Healthy Bees","description":"\u003cp\u003eYou don't need to live on a farm to raise happy, healthy honeybees. All it takes is a small backyard and the guidance of Rob and Chelsea McFarland, founders of HoneyLove - a Los Angeles-based nonprofit dedicated to protecting honeybees and educating a new generation of urban, suburban and rural beekeepers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeekeeping is a relaxing and intriguing hobby that requires little time. It yields fresh, local honey beekeepers can keep or share, and bees help pollinate nearby gardens, trees and crops, which need help. Around the country, bee populations are declining - in part because bees raised to pollinate crops are not as durable as wild bees. \u003ci\u003eSave the Bees with Natural Backyard Hives\u003c\/i\u003e has the solution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSave the Bees with Natural Backyard Hives\u003c\/i\u003e will walk readers through the inexpensive and easy to use equipment, their method for acquiring a hive for free, caring for the bees as they grow their colony, harvesting honey and prepping their bees for the cooler months. With the approach in this book, readers will learn to attract wild bees, which while hybridized, are hardier than genetically homogenized bees that are raised in labs. Factory-farmed bees are often advertised as \"natural\" but are more susceptible to disease and tend to require farmers to use chemicals and pesticides to keep them alive. This approach does not use chemicals or pesticides and, instead, opts for natural care and management. With minimal upkeep, the hives will pollinate local crops and flowers and provide a bounty of delicious, all-natural, backyard honey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Page Street Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47056775151856,"sku":"9781624141416","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781624141416_p0.jpg?v=1763862995","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781624141416","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}