Technical Abstract: This book, used by many beekeeping associations as a beginner's teaching text, explains how to establish bee colonies, what beekeepers need for equipment, what to wear and how to take notes on hive conditions, the diseases and pests that bees encounter and an extensive reference section and glossary. The format has been changed to portrait instead of landscape, and includes space for note-taking. It is now translated into three languages (Russian, Turkish and Spanish). The chief strong point of this book is the presentation of the information, where major beekeeping procedures, such as swarm collecting or moving colonies, are presented using different methods to accomplish these actions. The reader can choose which way works best, given the pros and cons outlined for each procedure. Accompanied by hand-drawn illustrations that clarify the accompanying methods, this book has been a standard for non-commercial beekeepers since it was first published.