All of the following titles are available to members of the QBKA. There are too many to take to our meetings but you can book them and then arrange some method of collection.
Most of the good books that are needed for the BBKA assessments and exams are available.
Get in touch with the Acting Librarian on 01278 671544 or email [email protected]
           
  • A Manual of Bee-keeping for English-speaking Bee-keepers, ( 2 nd ed), 1975, E. B.  Wedmore 
  • A Honey-Bee and Her Master, 1944, A. D'arcy Chapman
  • A Murmer of Bees, 1980, Amoret Scott
  • ABC and XYZ of Bee Culture, 1923, A.I. and E.R. Root. (A Cyclopedia of Everything Pertaining to the Care of the Honeybee: Bees, Hives, Honey, Implements, Honey Plants etc. Facts gleaned from the Experience of Thousands of Beekeepers and Afterward Verified by the Authors).
  • ABC and XYZ of Bee Culture, 1962, 32 nd edition A.I. Root. (An encyclopedia pertaining to the scientific and practical culture of bees).
  • About Honey , 1959, P.E. Norris. (Nature’s Elixir for Health and Energy),
  • Anatomy and Dissection of the Honeybee ,1962, H.A. Dade. (The Bee Research Association).
  • Background to Beekeeping , 1955, Allan G. Waine
  • Backyard Beekeeping, 1977, William Scott
  • Bee Craft, 1964, British Bee Keepers Association Yearbook.l
  • Bee World, 1982, International Bee Research Association Vol. 63
  • Beekeepers Folly, 1949, John R. Ratcliff
  • Beekeeping, 1960, John E. Eckert and Frank R. Shaw 
  • Bekeeping, Young Farmers Club Booklet No. 2
  • Beekeeping , 1951, Kenneth K, Clark. (How bees live, how to look after them, Honey and wax production, Bee diseases).
  • Beekeeping at Buckfast Abbey, 1975, Brother Adam
  • Beekeeping Study Notes, 1999, J.D. Yates & B.D. Yates (BBKA Basic Certificate, SBKA Basic Beemaster Certificate, FIBKA Preliminary Certificate)
  • Beekeeping Study Notes, 2002, J.D. Yates & B.D. Yates (BBKA Certificate in Beekeeping Husbandry)
  • Beekeeping Study Notes, 1996, J.D. Yates & B.D. Yates (Modules 1, 2, 3, 4)
  • Beekeeping Study Notes, 1997, J.D. Yates & B.D. Yates (Modules 5, 6, 7, 8)
  • Beekeeping Study Notes, 1995, J.D. Yates & B.D. Yates ( Microscopy Certificate)
  • Beekeeping Techniques, 1963, Alexander S. C. Deans
  • Bee-keeping at Buckfast Abbey, 1974, Brother Adam. (With a section on mead making).
  • Bee-keeping for Beginners, I. H. Jackson
  • Bee-keeping for Beginners and Others, 1949, E. L. B. James
  • Bee-keeping for Recreation and Profit , 1952, J. Harold Armitt. (Relating craftsmanship to the colony’s natural development and instinctive behaviour).
  • Bee-keeping in Britain, 1948, R. O. B. Manley
  • Bee-keeping New and Old,(Volume 1) 1930, William Herrod-Hempsall. - Described with pen and camera. (Please note Volume 2 was in the original Library but we have not been able to find it yet)
  • Bee-keeping Practice, 1947, F.S. Stuart. Bees and Beekeeping, 1975, A.V. Pavord. (Will appeal to both beginner and professional),
  • Bees and Honey, 1948, George A. Carter. (A guide to the better understanding of bees, their diseases, and the Chemistry of Bee-Keeping), (2 copies)
  • Bees and Wasps, 1991, Jiri Zahradnik
  • Bees, Beekeeping Honey and Polination 1980, Walter L Gojmerac 
  • Bees, Flowers and Fruit, 1949, Herbert Mace. (The Story of Insect-Plant Relations).
  • Bees: Habits, Management, and Treatment, 1853, Rev. J. G. Wood.
  • Beeswax, 1981, R. Brown.
  • British Bee Farming 1880, James F. Robinson
  • City of the Bees, 1947, Frank S. Stuart
  • Discovering Beekeeping 1977, Daphne Moore
  • Diseases of Bees 1951, Annie D. Betts
  • Fifty Years Among the Bees, 1980, Dr C. C. Miller
  • Flowers, Janet Harvey Kelman.
  • Flowers for Bees, the Bee Research Association. (Month by month). Pamphlet.
  • Form and Function in the Honey Bee , 2003, Lesley Goodman (Probably the best book there is on bee anatomy)
  • Guide to Bees and Honey, 1976Ted Hooper. (A complete handbook for the beginner and experienced beekeeper). (2 copies)
  • Haynes Bee Manual. 2011 Claire and Adrian Waring (3 copies)
  • Hogs at the Honeypot 1981, Frank Vernon
  • Home Made Wines, Syrups and Cordials , 1954, (ed) F.W. Beech. (Recipes of Women’s Institute Members).
  • Honey Bee – Brood Diseases, Henrik Hansen
  • Honey Bees and Their Management, 1945, Stanley B. Whitehead
  • Honey By the Ton, 1983, Oliver Field
  • Honey Farming, 1949, R. O. B. Manley
  • Honey from Hive to Market, 1963, Ministry of Agriculture. Fisheries and Food, Bulletin No. 134.
  • Honey from Your Garden , 1940, (ed) Walter Brett. (A Handy Guide to Beekeeping).
  • Honey Marketing, 1951, the Bee World. (Around the world). Article.
  • Honey Production in the British Isles, 1948, R. O. B.Manley
  • Honey-Bee and her Master, 1944, A. D'arcy Chapman
  • Honeycraft in Theory and Practice, 1931, J. A. Lawson 
  • Infectious Diseases of the Honey-Bee , 1965, L. Bailey (2 copies)
  • Insect Communities, 1956, Harold
  • Insect Polination of Cultivated Crop Plants, 1976 S.E. McGregor
  • Manual of Beekeeping, 1975, E.B. Wedmore
  • Nine Lectures on Bees, 1923, Rudolph Steiner
  • Plants and Beekeeping, 1945, F. N. Howes (an account of those plants, wild and cultivated, of value to the hive bee, and for production in the British Isles).
  • Polination of Fruit Crops 1969, The Fruit Committee
  • Polination of Fruit Trees, 1960, J. B. Free
  • Practical Bee-Breeding , 1928, A. Gilman.
  • Principles of Practical Beekeeping, 1972, Robert Couston
  • Queen Rearing, 1962, Harry H. Laidlaw, Jr., and J. E. Eckert
  • Queen Rearing, 1949, L. E.  Snelgrove (2 copies)
  • Shining Hours, 1946, C. N. Buzzard
  • Somerset Beekeepers and Beekeeping Associations A History, 1875 - 2005, 2005, David Charles
  • some Important Operations in Bee Management, 1978, T.S.K. And M.P. Johansson
  • Swarming – It’s Control and Prevention, 1956, L. E. Snelgrove
  • Swarming of Bees, 1970, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
  • Teach Yourself Bee-keeping, 1948, A. Norman Schofield
  • The Art of Bee-Keeping , 1951, William Hamilton.
  • The Art of Bee-Keeping , (3 rd ed) 1971, William Hamilton.
  • The Behaviour and Social Life of Honeybees , 1964, C. R. Ribbands.
  • The Bee Craftsman , 1949, H. J. Wadey. (A Short Guide to the Life Story and Management of the Honey Bee).
  • The Bee-Keeper’s Guide to the Management of Bees in Movable Comb, 1941, (4 th Ed), W.Herrod-Hempstall
  • The Bee-Keeper’s Guide to the Management of Bees in Movable Comb, 1942, (5 th Ed), W. Herrod-Hempstall
  • The Beeway Code, 1982, DARG
  • The New Comb Honey Book, 1981, Richard Taylor
  • The Dancing Bees , 1955. Karl Von Frisch. (An Account if the Life and Senses of the Honey Bee).
  • The Glow-Worm and the Other Beetles, 1919, J. Henri Fabre
  • The Golden Throng – A book about bees, 1946, Edwin Way Teale
  • The Honey Bee , 1890, T.W. Cowan. (Its Natural History, Anatomy, and Physiology).
  • The Honey Bee Around and About , 2007, Celia Davis
  • The Honey Bee Inside Out 2004, Celia Davis
  • The Introduction of Queen Bees, 1948, L. E. Snelgrove
  • The Key of the Hive, 1945, J. M. Dunning. (The Habits and Products of the Honey-Bee).
  • The Life of the Bee, 1942, Maurice Maeterlinck
  • The Mind of the Bees, 1939, Julien Francon
  • The Pollen Loads of the Honey Bee, 1952, Dorothy Hodges. (A Guide to their Identification by Colour and Form).
  • The Practical Bee Guide, 1949, J.G. Digges. (A Manual of Modern Beekeeping).
  • The Spell of the Honey Bee, 1947, W. Eric Kelsey
  • The Story Book of Birds and Beasts, J. H. Fabre 
  • The Way of a Bee, 1933, Georg Rendl
  • The World of Bees, 1959, Gilbert Nixon
  • The World of the Honeybee , 1962, Colin G. Butler
  • Towards Regulated Cropping, 1970, R. R. Williams and D. Wilson
  • Varroasis a Honeybee Disease, 1977, Apimondia Publishing House