We have a good selection of books in our library. The library is maintained by Gail, one of out committee members. If you are a member of the association you can borrow any of the books listed below to help you study for a BBKA module or, for improving your beekeeping skills or, just for your own personal enjoyment. If you want to borrow one of the books you can use our Contact Us page
We also have a number of leaflets held in the library;
- Pollen, its Collection and Preparation for the Microscope
- The Beeway Code…For a Safe and Peaceful Apiary
- Man’s Relationship with Honey-Storing Bees
- The Dance of the Honey Bee
- Bees and Rural Livelihoods
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Below is a list of the books we hold in our library, click on
the links to find out more about a book.
| Title |
Author |
| Queen Rearing Simplified |
Cook, Vince |
| A Manual of Beekeeping |
Wedmore, EB |
| Guide to Bees and Honey x2 copies |
Hooper, Ted |
| Some Important Operations in Bee Management |
Johansson, TSK & MP |
| Honey Bees and their Management |
Whitehead, SB |
| Bees, their vision, chemical senses and language |
Von Frisch, Karl |
| Bees and Beekeeping |
Pavord, AV |
| Beeswax 4th Edition |
Brown, Ron |
| Medical Aspects of Beekeeping |
Riches, Harry |
| The Hive and the Honey Bee |
Grout, RA |
| The Buzz about Bees |
Tautz, Jurgen |
| Life of the Honey Bee |
Ladybird Book |
| The BBKA guide to Beekeeping |
Davies et al, Ivor |
| The Honey Bee inside out |
Davies, Celia |
| The World of the Honey Bee |
Butler, CG |
| Honey Farming |
Manley, R. O. B. |
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Producing, preparing, exhibiting, & judging bee produce
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Herod-Hempsall, W |
| Background to Beekeeping |
Waine, AC |
| Anatomy And Dissection of the Honey Bee |
Dade, HA |
| Managing Mini Nucs |
Brown, Ron |
| Great Masters of Beekeeping |
Brown, Ron |
| Beekeeping |
Riches, HRC |
| Ex Africa |
Brown, Ron |
| Plants and Beekeeping |
Howes, F.N. |
| A Book of Honey |
Crane, Eva |
| The Bee-master of Warrilow |
Edwardes, Tickner |
| A World Without Bees |
Benjamin Allison & McCallum, Brian |
| For the love of Bees |
Bill, Lesley |
| Honey for Health |
Tonsley, Cecil |
| History of Beekeeping in Britain |
Fraser, H. Malcolm |
| The Asian Hornet |
Martin, Stephen |
| The biology of the honeybee |
Winston, Mark |
| Honeybee democracy |
Seeley, Thomas D |
| Form and function of the honey bee |
Goodman, Lesley |
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