The Bee-Kind Garden - Apian wisdom for your garden

A delightfully illustrated look at the lives of bees, alongside valuable tips on how to attract them to your garden.

List of contents

Introduction
Getting to know bees
Attracting bees
Where do bees live?
Bee-keeping equipment
Talking to bees
Honey, mead and wax
Proverbs, limericks and verse
Index

About the author

David Squire has a lifetime’s experience with plants and bees. He studied botany and gardening at the Hertfordshire College of Horticulture and at RHS Garden Wisley, where he gained the Wisley Diploma in Horticulture. He also was awarded an N.K. Gould Memorial Prize for his collection of herbarium specimens of native British plants. David’s passionate interest in native plants ranges from eating and survival to their historical roles in medicine, folklore and customs.

Throughout his gardening and journalist career, David has written more than eighty books on plants, gardening and insects, as well as dogs and self-sufficiency, including keeping chickens and honey bees. David’s books have been sold in twenty countries and The Scented Garden won the Garden Writer’s of America ’Quill and Trowel’ award.

Summary

A delightfully illustrated look at the lives of bees, alongside valuable tips on how to attract them to your garden.

Product details

• Authors: David Squire, Squire David
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.11.2025
• EAN: 9781399427500
• ISBN: 978-1-3994-2750-0
• No. of pages: 96
• Dimensions: 126 mm x 196 mm x 8 mm
• Weight: 111 g
• Illustrations: Black and white illustrations throughout.
• Series: Wise Words
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works; GARDENING / Garden Design, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Beekeeping, NATURE / Animals / Insects & Spiders, GARDENING / Organic, NATURE / Animals / Butterflies & Moths, Garden design & planning, Organic gardening, Garden design and planning, Wildlife: butterflies, other insects & spiders, Apiculture (Beekeeping), Organic gardening / Sustainable gardening