Might not need to wait for the book, as Jacob actually has much of this info available on the Ploughshare site at www.sustainlife.org. Also some excellent basic beekeeping videos in addition to detailed hive plans, material list, & assembly instruction in both .pdf & video. We got an Expo special price package so not sure what the plans only part might come to.
We met Jacob at the Self Reliance Expo in Arlington Tx last spring and when we later drove down to his workshop to pick up the hive kit, we spent an amazing hour on his porch just talking about stuff & wound up with a mini education on all kinds of things. We really liked his approach that he was just doing what he finally worked out that gave consistent results for this environment, and he had no apparent interest in getting into debates on all the various methodologies out there...
And P.S. Thanks for all the warm welcomes from everyone!
