Anyone can keep bees. It is absorbing, sometimes taxing, but never out of reach. One of the aims of this guide is to point out that beekeeping is not difficult and if you want to do it you jolly well should. The other thing I want to make clear is that this book will not make you into a beekeeper. No book can. The idea behind this guide is to give you enough information to see if you might at some time wish to keep bees. Hopefully it will encourage you along the path, help you to look at whatever space you have and decide if bees will fit in.