I just wanted to tell you that your honey was the best stuff I've ever had.  I finished off the jar you gave us, and got some that was locally made here in NC...it couldn't hold a candle to yours, so I just put a check in the mail so I can get my fix again. I think I'm addicted to the stuff. - Ruth, North Carolina

...Natural Beekeeping promises a holistic method for maintaining healthy hives, but it might altogether change your perspective on beekeeping. Instead of looking at bees as livestock, to be corralled, or shepherded toward ever greater honey production, Conrad presents a set of ground rules to sustain your bees as they go about the all important tasks of reproduction, pollination, and setting aside winter stores. He liberally peppers each chapter with personal stories that explain his extensive beekeeping experience, and the many potholes he fell into along the way. He communicates his philosophy about apiculture without being preachy or dogmatic. Like the proverbial spoonful of honey helping the medicine go down, he sneaks in a mountain of technical and practical information along the way.
...Wherever you live on the agrarian edge, whether you already keep bees, or plan to in the future, this book belongs on your book shelf. At a suggested retail price of $35-it's far cheaper than the cost of fall treatments for a small apiary. Do yourself, the bees and the environment a favor-read it and find out what all the buzz is about. - Charles Capaldi, Small Farmer's Journal, Fall 2007

I've been wanting to tell you for the past couple of weeks about our last visit to England. We attended a dinner party in London, the 70th birthday party of a good friend.  We wanted to bring the hosts a gift and we brought them a jar of your honey.  We weren't sure they would appreciated it, but it turned out that one of them considers himself a connoisseur of honey.  He opened the jar, sniffed it and was in ecstasy.  His comment was that yours was the right stuff. - Victor, Vermont

Beekeepers face new challenges in keeping bees alive and healthy but until now there's been no holistic orientation on beekeeping.  NATURAL BEEKEEPING: ORGANIC APPROACHES TO MODERN APICULTURE offers up an alternative to chemical practices and delivers a program of natural hive management using nontoxic methods to control mites, eliminate common bee diseases, and produce naturally resistant, healthier hives.  Both novices and neo-pros receive tips on everything from genetics and breeding to pests and harvesting, with chapters coming from one who learned from world-renowned beekeeper Charles Mraz.  Any collection strong in organic gardening, harvesting or beekeeping needs NATURAL BEEKEEPING. -  Diane C. Donovan, California Bookwatch - Midwest Book Review

Your book was very down to earth, practical, and a lot more hands on than I expected. It was a great read. Thanks for taking the time to put it together. - Richard, Virginia