The Rooftop Beekeeper the scrappy guide to keeping Urban honeybees

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Title
Copyright
Contents
Introduction: How a City Girl Got Stung
Chapter 1: Why Keep Bees? Here’s Why You Should Consider Becoming an Urban Apiarist
	Reason #1: The Community
	Reason #2: Pollination Across the Nation
	Reason #3: Forging the Human Connection to Food
	Reason #4: Conjuring Your Inner Hippie
	Reason #5: Sticky Sweet Products of the Hive
Chapter 2: Know Your Bees
	The Nuts and Bolts of the Hive
	The Anatomy of a Bee
	A Hive for all Seasons
Chapter 3: Hives
	Location, Location, Location
	Getting Started
	Hives for Urban Beekeepers
	Bee Gear
	Procuring Bees
	The Big Day: Bringing Your Bees Home
	Hiving a Package
	Transferring a Nuc to a Langstroth Hive
Chapter 4: So, You’re a Beekeeper . . . Now What?
	The First Inspection
	Dealing with Disaster
	Moving Hives
Chapter 5: Show Me the Honey!
	Harvesting
	Extracting Honey from the Combs
	What To Do with Excess Wax
	How Much Is Too Much?
Chapter 6: Wrapping It Up—End-of-Season Maintenance
	Winterizing A Hive
	Winter Treatment of Pests and Diseases
	Are My Bees Alive?
	What To Do with Your Seasonal Downtime
Chapter 7: Recipes
	Honey Infusions: Hibiscus, Vanilla, and Pink Peppercorn
	Fresh Ginger, Herb, and Honey Elixir
	Strawberry-Honey Lemonade
	Spiced Iced Coffee with Honey
	Country Girl Julep
	The Best-Ever Honey and Olive Oil Granola with Sea Salt
	Salty-Sweet Roasted Nuts
	Grapefruit Salad with Honey and Mint
	Honey Crostini Three Ways
	Milk and Honey Oat Bread
	Jalapeño and Honey Skillet Cornbread
	Speck, Cherry Pepper, and Honey Pizza
	Honey BBQ Seitan Sandwich with Quick Cabbage Slaw and Pickles
	Crispy Chicken Salad with Egg and Honey-Mustard Vinaigrette
	Honey and Soy-Glazed Duck Breast with Garlicky String Beans
	Honey and Thyme-Glazed BBQ Pork Ribs
	Molasses-Free Gingerbread Cookies
	Honey “Treacle” Tart
	Goat’s Milk Ice Cream with Cardamom, Dates, and Honey
	Clove and Honey Orange Marmalade
	Honeycomb Candy with Rosewater
	Healing Honey Salve
	Propolis Tincture
	Honey Rhassoul Clay Facial Mask
	Beehive Stain-n-Seal
	Easy Beeswax Candles
Glossary
Resources
Index
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Copyright
Title Page
Dedication
Contents
Chapter 1: ‘I’m thinking’ – Oh, but are you?
Chapter 2: Renegade perception
Chapter 3: The Pushbacker sting
Chapter 4: ‘Covid’: The calculated catastrophe
Chapter 5: There is no ‘virus’
Chapter 6: Sequence of deceit
Chapter 7: War on your mind
Chapter 8: ‘Reframing’ insanity
Chapter 9: We must have it? So what is it?
Chapter 10: Human 2.0
Chapter 11: Who controls the Cult?
Chapter 12: Escaping Wetiko
Postscript
Appendix: Cowan-Kaufman-Morell Statement on Virus Isolation
Bibliography
Index