About this item
Beekeeping is nothing new - the ancient Egyptians were well versed in the benefits of living with bees - but in recent years, there has been a surge of folks struck with the desire to build and nurture a hive of their own. Beekeeping has become the passion of farmers in rural Vermont, urbanites with rooftops in LA, and thousands of people in between. This book is for beginners and experts alike, with all the basic information you need to get started, as well as stories and tips that will inspire and instruct the most seasoned beekeeper.In this guide, you will learn how to:Choose a spot for your hiveBuild a hive with simple tools and materialsBuy bees or attract them to your hiveHarvest the fruits of the bees' laborMake beeswax candles and lip balmUtilize honey, wax, and propolis for medicinal purposesAnd much more!Cummings offers readers something truly unique - a book that comes alongside you like a wise friend, offering sage advice as well as humorous anecdotes and fascinating interviews with beekeepers across the country.
About the Author
Dede Cummings is a poet/writer, award-winning book designer, publisher, and commentator for Vermont Public Radio. At Middlebury College, she was the recipient of the Mary Dunning Thwing Award and attended the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference as an undergraduate fellow. In 1991, she recieved a fellowship to study with Hayden Carruth at the Bennington Writers' Workshop. In 2013, she returned as a poetry contributor to the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference to work on her poetry collection begun in 1978. Her poetry has been published in Mademoiselle, The Lake, InQuire, Vending Machine Press, Birchsong, Connotation Press, Mom Egg Review, Figroot Press, Bloodroot Literary Magazine, Green Mountains Review, Roads Taken: Contemporary Vermont Poetry, and Healing the Divide: Poems of Kindness and Connection. She was a Discover/The Nation poetry semi-finalist. In 2016, she was awarded a writer's grant and a partial fellowship from the Vermont Studio Center. Her first poetry collection entitled To Look Out From was the winner of the 2016 Homebound Publications Poetry Prize and was published in the spring of 2017. Her second poetry collection, The Meeting Place, was published in spring 2020 by Salmon Poetry. Her nonfiction titles are about holistic and alternative healthy lifestyles: organic gardening, beekeeping, herbal gardening and home remedies. Dede's first book (co-written by naturopath Dr. Jessica Black) , "Living With Crohn's & Colitis" is a bestseller in the field of medical memoir and coping with an incurable autoimmune disease. She is an advocate for people with Crohn's and colitis and has run three half-marathons to raise money for the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America. Dede lives in Vermont on a dirt road, in a solar-powered house her husband Steve Carmichael built, where she designs books and runs Green Writers Press. Her hobbies include hiking, yoga, running, reading, gardening, traveling, and backcountry skiing. Her publishing company, Green Writers Press, is distributed by IPG in Chicago (www.greenwriterspress.com) , and her personal website is https://dedecummingsdesigns.com
