Steve Benbow

Steve is a living example of having a dream and living it. His tenacity in developing his urban beekeeping project matches that of the buzzing insects he adores. Be warned his enthusiasm is highly infectious and sure to bring out your inner beekeeper!

A charming and practical record of Steve Benbow’s life with bees. For me, a novice bee keeper, it is not only a great insight into the world of bees but is also full of practical, useful information

An informative and often touching book… Enthralling

An affectionate insight into the life of a London beekeeper

Heartfelt, honest, practical and inspirational

The diary of a typical year keeping bees in an urban environment, plus advice for budding city beekeepers, from the man who brought bees to the Tate Modern

A Year of Bees in the City

At a time when the UK bee population is in decline there's no better way to make a difference than to start up your own beehive. 
 
Steve Benbow's enormous success with urban beekeeping show's how easy it is to keep bees, whether you're in the city or in the countryside, a beginner or an experienced beekeeper, and you'll never look back once you've tasted your very own sticky, golden honey, or lit a candle made from the beeswax from your beehive. 
 
Steve Benbow is a visionary beekeeper who started his first beehive ten years ago on the roof of his tower block in Bermondsey and today runs 30 sites across the city. His bees live atop the Tate Modern and Tate Britain, Fortnum &amp; Mason and the National Portrait Gallery, and he supplies honey to the Savoy tearooms, Harvey Nichols, Harrods and delis across London. His bees forage in parks, cemeteries, along railway lines and in window boxes, and because of the diversity of the plants and trees in the city, produce far richer honey and greater yields than they would in rural areas. 
 
The Urban Beekeeper is a fact-filled diary and practical guide to beekeeping that follows a year in the life of Steve and his bees and shows how keeping bees and making your own delicious honey is something anyone can do. It is a tempting glimpse into a sunlit lifestyle that starts with the first rays of the morning and ends with the warm glow of sunset, filled with oozing honeycomb, recipes for sensational honey-based dishes, and honey that tastes like sunshine. 
 
A hugely affectionate but practical diary of a beekeeper's year and the immense satisfaction of harvesting your own delicious honey. Read it and join the revolution.

Steve Benbow

Praise for The Urban Beekeeper

Steve is a living example of having a dream and living it. His tenacity in developing his urban beekeeping project matches that of the buzzing insects he adores. Be warned his enthusiasm is highly infectious and sur ...

A charming and practical record of Steve Benbow’s life with bees. For me, a novice bee keeper, it is not only a great insight into the world of bees but is also full of practical, useful information

An informative and often touching book… Enthralling

Steve is a living example of having a dream and living it. His tenacity in developing his urban beekeeping project matches that of the buzzing insects he adores. Be warned his enthusiasm is highly infectious and sur ...

A charming and practical record of Steve Benbow’s life with bees. For me, a novice bee keeper, it is not only a great insight into the world of bees but is also full of practical, useful information

An informative and often touching book… Enthralling

Steve is a living example of having a dream and living it. His tenacity in developing his urban beekeeping project matches that of the buzzing insects he adores. Be warned his enthusiasm is highly infectious and sur ...

A charming and practical record of Steve Benbow’s life with bees. For me, a novice bee keeper, it is not only a great insight into the world of bees but is also full of practical, useful information

An informative and often touching book… Enthralling

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