Association Library
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The Association library contains a useful collection of books and videos, listed below, on beekeeping and associated subjects. |
Books:
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titles or authors.
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No. |
Title |
Author |
Publisher |
|
1 |
The Skyscraper Hive |
M Dugat |
Faber & Faber |
|
2 |
The Introduction of Queen Bees |
L E Snelgrove |
Snelgrove (1943) |
|
3 |
The Beekeepers' Guide |
W Herrod-Hempsall |
British Bee Journal (1941) |
|
4 |
Beekeeping up to Date |
A B Flower |
Cassell (1941) |
|
5 |
Practical Beekeeping & Honey Production |
D T McFie |
Collingridge |
|
6 |
Elements of Agriculture |
D H Robinson |
John Murray (1962) |
|
7 |
The Beecraftsman |
H J Wadey |
Bee Craft (1943) |
|
8 |
The Behaviour of Bees |
H J Wadey |
Bee Craft (1948) |
|
9 |
The Anatomy, Physiology & Natural History of the Bee |
W Herrod-Hempsall |
British Bee Journal (1943) |
|
10 |
The Book of Bees |
A Chesnakov |
Owl Press |
|
11 |
Beekeeping |
K K Clark |
Penguin (1951) |
|
12 |
Swarming - its control and prevention |
L E Snelgrove |
Purnell (1959) |
|
13 |
The World of the Honeybee |
C G Butler |
Collins (1974) |
|
14 |
The Golden Throng |
E W Teale |
Museum (1946) |
|
15 |
The Joy of Beekeeping |
R Taylor |
Barrie & Jenkins |
|
16 |
The Lore of the Honeybee |
Tickner Edwardes |
Methuen (1946) |
|
17 |
The Practical Bee Guide (8th, 9th and 16th Editions) |
J G Digges |
Talbot |
|
18 |
Honey Farming |
R O B Manley |
Faber & Faber |
|
19 |
Honey Bees of the British Isles |
B A Cooper |
BIBBA (1986) |
|
20 |
The Life of the Bee |
M Maeterlinck |
Allen & Unwin |
|
21 |
Honey Production in the British Isles |
R O B Manley |
Faber & Faber |
|
22 |
L L Langstroth on the Hive and the Honeybee |
L L Langstroth |
Dadant (1890) |
|
23 |
The Beekeepers' Handbook |
O Meyer |
Thorsons (1983) |
|
24 |
Some Important Operations in Beekeeping |
T S K & M P Johansson |
IBRA (1978) |
|
25 |
Plants and Beekeeping |
F N Howes |
Faber & Faber (1979) |
|
26 |
Honey Bees: A Guide to Management |
R Brown |
Crowood Press (1988) |
|
27 |
Practical Bee-keeping |
H Mace |
Ward Lock (1977) |
|
28 |
The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Beekeeping |
Morse & Hooper |
Blandford Press (1985) |
|
29 |
Keeping Bees |
P Beckley |
Pelnam Books (1977) |
|
30 |
Practical Microscopy |
E J Marson |
Northern Supplies (1983) |
|
31 |
At the Hive Entrance |
H Storch |
Brussel (1985) |
|
32 |
A Book of Honey |
E Crane |
OUP (1980) |
|
33 |
The Complete Handbook of Bee-keeping |
H Mace |
Ward Lock (1976) |
|
34 |
Anatomy and Dissection of the Honeybee |
H A Dade |
IBRA (1977) |
|
35 |
A Manual of Beekeeping |
E B Wedmore |
BBNO (1988) |
|
36 |
The Art of Beekeeping |
W Hamilton |
Herald (1951) |
|
37 |
Bees and Beekeeping |
I Diemer |
Merehurst (1988) |
|
38 |
Teach Yourself Beekeeping |
A N Schofield |
Teach Yourself Books (1971) |
|
39 |
Garden Plants Valuable to Bees |
T Hooper |
IBRA (1981) |
|
40 |
Teach Yourself Bee-keeping |
F Vernon |
Teach Yourself Books (1971) |
|
41 |
Beekeeping at Buckfast Abbey |
Brother Adam |
BBP (1974) |
|
42 |
Beekeeping Craft and Hobby |
Cumming & Logan |
Oliver & Boyd (1950) |
|
43 |
Bee Flowers and Fruit |
H Mace |
Beekeeping Annual (1949) |
|
44 |
The Mystery of the Hive |
E Evrard |
Methuen (1923) |
|
45 |
Bee-keeping Practice |
F S Stuart |
Arthur Pearsons (1945) |
|
46 |
Modern Beekeeping |
H Mace |
Wyman (1927) |
|
47 |
A Manual of Bee-keeping (1st Edition) |
E B Wedmore |
Arnold (1974) |
|
48 |
A Manual of Bee-keeping (2nd Edition) |
E B Wedmore |
BBNO (1942) |
|
49 |
Handy Book of Bees |
A Pettigrew |
Blackwood (1889) |
|
50 |
Every Step in Beekeeping |
B W Douglas |
Bobbs-Merrill (1921) |
|
51 |
Beekeeping in Britain |
R O B Manley |
Faber & Faber |
|
52 |
Queen Breeding for Amateurs |
C P Abbot |
Bee Craft (1951) |
|
53 |
Beekeeping for Profit & Pleasure |
A Webb |
Museum (1945) |
|
54 |
Successful Beekeeping |
E B Wedmore |
Foyle (1946) |
|
55 |
Breeding Techniques & Selection |
F Ruttner |
BIBBA (1988) |
|
56 |
Microscopy on a Shoestring |
O Meyer |
Northern Bee Books |
|
57 |
My Bee Book (1970 reprint of 1842 edition) |
W C Cotton |
Rivington |
|
58 |
The Hive and the Honeybee |
R A Grout |
Dadant (1947) |
|
59 |
Oilseed Rape & Bees |
A Calder |
Northern Bee Books (1986) |
|
60 |
The Honey Bee |
Gould & Gould |
HPHLP (1945) |
|
61 |
The Legend of the Hive |
M Owsianca |
Pagoda (1988) |
|
62 |
Bees at the Bottom of the Garden |
A Campion |
Black (1984) |
|
63 |
Beekeeping |
Eckbert & Shaw |
MacMillan (1972) |
|
64 |
The ABC & XYZ of Beekeeping |
A I Root |
A I Root (1877) |
|
65 |
Bees: Their Vision, Chemical Senses and Language |
K von Frisch |
Cape (1950) |
|
66 |
Bee-keeping for All |
Tickner Edwardes |
Methuen (1923) |
|
67 |
Philosophy and Practice of Beekeeping |
A L Gregg |
Bee Craft (1949) |
|
68 |
Queen Rearing |
V Cook |
BBP (1986) |
|
69 |
Beekeeping for Recreation & Profit |
J H Armitt |
Ladbrook (1952) |
|
70 |
The Seasons Through |
S M Masters |
Jenkins (1948) |
|
71 |
Varroa! Fight the Mite |
Munn & Jones |
IBRA (1997) |
|
72 |
The Behaviour of Bees |
H J Wadey |
Bee Craft (1948) |
|
73 |
The Lore of the Honey Bee |
Tickner Edwardes |
Methuen (1925) |
|
74 |
Guide to Bees & Honey |
T Hooper |
Blandford Press (1976) |
|
75 |
Keeping Honey Bees |
Judy Urquhart |
Urquhart (1975) |
|
76 |
Honey |
E Crane |
Heineman (1979) |
|
77 |
The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Beekeeping |
Morse & Hooper |
Blandford Press (1985) |
| 78 | Home Honey Production | W B Bielby | E P Publishing (1977) |
| 79 | Hive Management | Richard E Bonney | Blandford (1992) |
| 80 | Principles of Practical Beekeeping | Robert Couston | Northern Beebooks (1990) |
| 81 | Curiosities of Beekeeping | L R Croft | Northern Beebooks (1990) |
| 82 | Beekeeping Techniques | Alexander S C Deans | Oliver & Boyd (1963) |
| 83 | Bee Farming in Britain | Herbert Mace | Beekeeping Annual (1936) |
| 84 | A Book About the Bee | Herbert Mace | Hutchinson |
| 85 | Beekeeper's Folly | John R Ratcliff | Macdonald (1949) |
| 86 | Honey Marketing | Harry Riches | Bee Books New and Old (1989) |
| 87 | Pollen Identification for Beekeepers (book and punched cards) | Rex Sawyer | University College Cardiff Press (1981) |
| 88 | Bee-keeping for All | Tickner Edwardes | Methuen (1941) |
| 89 | The Life of the Bee | M Maeterlinck | George Allen (1902) |
Videos
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1 |
The Search for Varroa in the UK |
|
2 |
Nepal: Its Bees & Beekeepers |
|
3 |
Honey Hunting in Nepal |
|
4 |
An Introduction to Beekeeping with Paul Metcalf |
Slides
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1 |
The Life History of the Honeybee. Oxford Scientific Films. |
Booklets, Leaflets and Pamphlets
| L1 | A Hive of Industry | DARG | Devon Apicultural Research Group |
| L2 | Advice to intending beekeepers | MAFF | HMSO (1983) |
| L3 | Honey from Hive to Market | MAFF | HMSO (1957) |
| L4 | Beekeeping | C.G Butler | HMSO (1947) |
| L5 | Beekeeping | MAFF | HMSO (1976) |
| L5 | Beekeeping | MAFF | HMSO (1981) |
| L6 | Bee Keeping | Reginald Gamble | Evans Bros for Young Farmers' Clubs (1950) |
| L7 | Advice to Intending Beekeepers | MAFF | HMSO (1953) |
| L8 | Don't be an Awful Beekeeper | Bruce Crookston | Northern Beebooks (1987) |
| L9 | The Beeway Code | DARG | Devon Apicultural Research Group (1985) |
| L10 | Seasonal Management | DARG | DARG |
| L11 | Migratory Beekeeping | MAFF | HMSO (1976) |
| L12 | Trees and Shrubs valuable to bees | M F Mountain | Bee Research Association (1965) |
| L13 | The Beekeeping Potential of Oilseed Rape | Ingrid H Williams & V A Cook | |
| L14 | Insects and Crop Pollination | MAFF | HMSO (1972) |
| L15 | The pollination of apples and pears | MAFF | HMSO (1980) |
| L16 | Bees for Fruit Pollination | MAFF | HMSO (1971) |
| L17 | The Importance of Bees in Orchards | MAFF | HMSO (1953) |
| L18 | The Farmer needs Bees | R.L. Hodgkinson | Bradley & Son |
| L19 | Feeding bees | MAFF | HMSO (1984) |
| L20 | The Controlling and Subduing of Bees | F Sumpter | Queen Bee-Hive Co? |
| L21 | The British National Hive | MAFF | HMSO (1972) |
| L21 | Langstroth and Modified Dadant (MD) Hives | MAFF | HMSO (1980) |
| L22 | The Smith Hive | MAFF | HMSO (1981) |
| L23 | The Modified Commercial Hive | MAFF | HMSO (1982) |
| L24 | Swarming of Bees | MAFF | HMSO (1970) |
| L25 | Swarm Control for the Beginner | BBKA | BBKA |
| L26 | A Guide to Swarm Control | DARG | Devon Apicultural Research Group |
| L27 | Beekeeping - making increase | MAFF | HMSO (1984) |
| L28 | Queen Rearing with Simplicity | Jack Berry | 1996 |
| L29 | Queen Raising the Jenkins Way | Griff Jenkins | BBKA (1984) |
| L30 | Queen Rearing | DARG | Devon Apicultural Research Group |
| L31 | Setting up the Microscope | G W White | The Quekett Microscopical Club (1983) |
| L32 | The Microscope - A Beginner's Guide | W G Hartley | Q M C (1983) |
| L33 | Microscopy | Roy Winsby | Manchester Microscopical & Natural History Society |
| L34 | Honeybee Anatomy | BBKA | BBKA |
| L35 | The Study of Pollen | Rex Sawyer | National Honey Show |
| L36 | Management, Production and Exhibition of Heather Honey | George Vickery | National Honey Show |
| L37 | Granulated or Crystallized Honey | Cecil C Tonsley | National Honey Show |
| L38 | Production and Exhibition of Comb Honey | W S Robson | National Honey Show |
| L39 | Preparation of Liquid Honey | Cecil C Tonsley | National Honey Show |
| L40 | Showing honey products | Ron Brown | National Honey Show |
| L41 | Judging Honey in the Jar | Cecil C Tonsley | National Honey Show |
| L42 | Natural Honey. A new class for Honey shows? | Beowulf Cooper | Village Bee Breeders' Association (1967) |
| L43 | Pure Honey, Variations, Chemistry and use | Harold Inglesent & Paul Wix | Village Bee Breeders' Association |
| L44 | Mead and Meadmaking | S W Andrews | National Honey Show |
| L45 | Beeswax from the Apiary | MAFF | HMSO (1983) |
| L46 | The Preparation of Beeswax | NAAS | HMSO (1950) |
| L47 | Wax for Show | F Padmore | National Honey Show |
| L48 | Recipes using Beeswax | Margaret Calder | Northern Bee Books |
| L49 | Sweet and Savoury Honey recipes | Margaret Calder | Northern Bee Books (1978) |
| L50 | Honey Cookery | Northern Bee Books | |
| L51 | Diseases of Bees | MAFF | HMSO (1951) |
| L52 | The Diseases of Bees | Annie D Betts | Hickmott & Co (1951) |
| L53 | Honeybee brood diseases and disorders | MAFF | HMSO (1980) |
| L54 | Foulbrood | MAFF | HMSO (1983) |
| L55 | Foulbrood diseases of honey bees | MAFF | MAFF (1996) |
| L56 | Statutory procedures for controlling foulbrood | MAFF | MAFF (1996) |
| L57 | Monitoring for Varroa Mites | BBKA | BBKA (March 1997) |
| L58 | Managing Varroa | MAFF | MAFF (March 2000) |
| L59 | Varroasis disease of honey bees | MAFF | MAFF (1992) |
| L60 | Varroa jacobsoni | MAFF | MAFF (1998) |
| L61 | Living with Varroa Jacobsoni | DARG | Devon Apicultural Research Group |
| L62 | Dysentery in Bees | MAFF | HMSO (1984) |
| L63 | Acarine | MAFF | HMSO (1982) |
| L64 | Examination of Bees for Acarine | MAFF | HMSO (1972) |
| L65 | Nosema and amoeba | MAFF | HMSO (1984) |
| L66 | Wasps | MAFF | HMSO (1978) |
Plus:
A variety of back copies of: