Letters to a Beekeeper

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<p>This the story of how, over the course of a year, Alys, the<i>Guardian</i>gardening writer, learns how to keep bees; and Steve, the urban beekeeper, learns how to plant a pollinator-friendly garden.</p><p>Part beautifully designed coffee-table book, part manifesto, this collection of engaging letters, emails, texts, recipes, notes and glorious photos creates a record of the trials, tribulations, rewards and joys of working with, rather than against, nature. And along the way, you will pick up a wealth of advice, tips and ideas for growing food and keeping pollinators well fed.</p><p><i>Letters to a Beekeeper</i> is for lazy gardeners, novice beekeepers 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.</p>

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<p><b>Alys Fowler</b>(@AlysFowler) likes growing food and flowers. Her flowers are a bit too far away for Steve's bees, so she's keeping the pollinators of Birmingham happy instead. She has written four books, presents gardening programmes on TV (including her own show<i>The Edible Garden</i>) and writes for the<i>Guardian</i>. She likes wild swimming, riding bikes and cooking.</p><p><b>Steve Benbow</b>(@Londonhoneyman) runs the London Honey Company which he set up twelve years ago from the roof of an ex-council block in Tower Bridge. It now has hives on the roof of Fortnum and Mason, Tate Modern and the National Portrait Gallery. Random House published his first book<i>The Urban Beekeeper</i>in 2012.</p>

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