"What is the apple man doing with the bees?"

The APFELMANN has always been with the bees, right from childhood, as he was born into a beekeeping household, helped out in his father's apiary from an early age and almost became a professional beekeeper himself.

Here, the poetic apple farmer Eckart Brandt passes on his vast knowledge of beekeeping.

From the contents:

• The breeds of bees
• Beekeeping then and now
• The Lüneburg heath beekeeping
• The biology of the bee
• The bee in mythology, religion and culture
• Beekeeping today
• How are the bees doing?
• Tips for young beekeepers and those who want to become one