What is beekeeping? How to start dealing with bees? How to get a rich harvest of honey? All this and much more is described in this handbook, as well as the handbook describes the basic methods of keeping and breeding a bee family, provides extensive material about the honey base and bee products, discusses the features of modern beehives and beekeeping equipment. A separate chapter is devoted to the main diseases of bees and their pests, and methods of their treatment.