Steve Benbow is a professional beekeeper who runs the London Honey Company. He runs courses for beginners, sells high-end honey and beeswax products and looks after hives for prestigious companies around the capital, the likes of Fortnum and Mason and Tate Modern.
Successful people are rarely popular with everyone, and Steve does appear to be a contentious figure amongst London beekeepers.
Good book, great review!!
Thanks so much Deborah!
[...] Book review – The Urban Beekeeper: A Year of Bees in the City, by Steve Benbow (2012) (romancingthebee.com) [...]
[...] Book review – The Urban Beekeeper: A Year of Bees in the City, by Steve Benbow (2012) (romancingthebee.com) [...]
I am keeping Apis cerana indica (local honeybee) in Mumbai city (India) for the past 4 years. Concept of “do bees get grumpy?” is good. How come do you know that the same bee has chased you for three days? I don’t know. Thanks anyway!