Bees in the City: The urban beekeepers’ handbook is a resource for beekeepers in cities to find out how to keep bees in an urban environment.

You can check out reviews and buy the book at Amazon UK.

See this frank review by a Amazon-customer-reader, for example -

“Bees have had a rather bad time of it lately. What with hive deaths, organo-phosphate chemicals, and the industrialisation of the countryside, their numbers were reported as dropping fast. Which is bad news for everybody as bees have a key role in the pollination of plants…and our food crops. Then I picked up this book, and was pleased to see that (mostly young) urban people had taken to keeping bees in cities. Their efforts have raised bee populations in places like London, which explains why bees don’t have to commute nowadays as they service the flower displays in city parks and streets. In gardens and on roofs, hives have been established by this new wave of enthusiast and the bee population has grown. Of course it won’t address the hive death problem, but its good news, and there is precious little of that around. Lets be clear that if you are looking to be a professional bee-keeper you will need more than this book. If you want a detailed treatise about bees in general, then this won’t do. If, on the other hand, you want a well written book about an industrious insect on which we depend, and the people who are trying to help, then this book will be enjoyable, if not uplifting. I read it at one sitting, and am now reading it again. Just like good food, you need to savour it. A bit like honey in fact”.

More resources -

Check out the pages of Basingstoke & District Beekeepers Association and Lincolnshire Beekeepers’ Association. Both sites have plenty of useful material on beekeeping.