Current library holdings

This is the current list of books available for members to borrow. We do try to keep this right up to date, but there is sometimes a lag. If there is something you would like to read that is not on the list please do contact the librarian and we will see if we can get hold of it.

Members may borrow books free of charge. All the books cannot be brought to our winter meetings. If you want a particular book please email the librarian at librarian@beverleybeekeepers.co.uk – who will bring it to the next meeting.

Encyclopaedias
51 Illustrated Encyclopedia of Beekeeping (1985) Editors: Roger A Morse and Ted Hooper
95 ABC and XYZ of Bee Culture (1978) A I Root

Beekeeping manuals post-1970
24 The Bee Craftsman (1978) H J Wadey
27 Background to Beekeeping (1982) Allan C Waite
34 Bee-keeping at Buckfast Abbey (1975) Brother Adam
46 Beekeeping in California (1987) Eric C Mussen and others
48 Honey by the Ton (1989) Oliver Field
52 Honey bees – A Guide to Management (1988) Ron Brown
61 Bees and Beekeeping: science, Practice and World Resources (1990) Eva Crane
62 Bees and Beekeeping (1988) Irmgard Diemer
63 The Complete Guide to Beekeeping (1989) Jeremy Evans
64 Guide to Bees and Honey (1976) Ted Hooper
69 Home Honey Production (1977) W B Bielby
74 The Hive and the Honey Bee Editors: Dadant and Sons
77 Beekeeping Frank Vernon
79 Bees and Beekeeping (1975) A V Pavord
81 Keeping Bees (1977) Peter Beckley
85 Principles of Practical Beekeeping (1972) Robert Couston
101 Beekeeping for Beginners (1991) Andrew Richards
121 A Manual of Beekeeping (1979) E B Wedmore
122 Basic Beekeeping (1978) Owen Meyer
126 Practical Beekeeping (1980) R J & W E Howe
128 Beekeeping in the Swarming Season (1980) George Davis
129 Beekeeping Tips and Topics (1982) Elbert R Laycox
132 Practical Bee-keeping (1977) Herbert Mace
134 Backyard Beekeeping (1977) William Scott
137 The Complete Handbook of Bee-Keeping (1976) Herbert Mace
173 Hive Management (1992) Richard E Bonney
174 Some Important Operations in Bee Management (1978) T S K Johansson and M P Johansson
178 Starting Right with Bees (1973) A I Root Company
179 Honey Farming (1985) R O B Manley
202 The Beekeeper’s Handbook (1981) Owen Meyer
211 Guide to Bees and Honey (2008) Ted Hooper
213 Bees at the Bottom of the Garden (1990) Alan Campion
214 Bees & Beekeeping Explained (2010) Gerard Baker
215 Keeping Bees – Looking after an Apiary (2010) Vivian Head
216 The Beekeeper’s Manual (1984) L A Stephens-Potter
225 Keeping Healthy Honey Bees (2010) David Aston & Sally Bucknall
226 On the Keeping of Bees (2010) John Whitaker
227 Beekeeping in a Nutshell Northern Bee Books
229 Handbook of Beekeeping (1992) H R C Riches
232 Bee Manual (2011) Claire & Adrian Waring
233 Beekeeping at Buckfast Abbey (1987) Brother Adam
234 Green Guides – Keeping Bees (2011) Pam Gregory & Claire Waring
236 Keeping Bees and Making Honey (2008) Alison Benjamin & Brian McCallum
237 The Jefferson Beekeeping Guide (2012) Tony Jefferson
242 Beekeeping (2007) Andrew Davies
244 Beekeeping for Dummies (2012) David Wiscombe & Howland Blackiston
247 A Beekeeper’s Progress (2013) John Phipps
251 Queens’ Land (undated) Norman V Rice M.B.E.
252 Keeping Bees in Towns & Cities (2012) Luke Dixon
255 Mastering the Art of Beekeeping Vol 2 (1982) Ormond & Harry Aebi
258 Starting with Bees (2007) Peter Gordon
259 Starting out with Bees (2010) John Williams
260 The Complete and Easy Guide to Beekeeping (2009) Kim Flottum
261 Practical Beekeeping (2006) Clive de Bruyn
289 The Queen and I Edward A Weiss
296 In the Apiary month by month BBKA special edition
297 Feeding Honey Bees BBKA special edition

Beekeeping Manuals pre-1970
10 The Philosophy and Practice of Beekeeping (1949) A L Gregg
14 The Behaviour of Bees – And of Bee-keepers (1948) H J Wadey
17 Beekeeping in Britain (1948) R O B Manley
19 Bee-Keeping for All (1943) Tickner Edwardes
20 Bees and Honey (1945) George A Carter
21 Beekeeping up to Date (1934) A B Flower
28 Amateur Beekeeping (1958) Edward Lloyd Sechrist
29 The Bee Keepers Encyclopedia (1949) A S C Deans
30 Bee-Keeping Practice (1947) F S Stuart
35 Bee-keeping with Twenty Hives (1952) A L Sandeman-Allen
36 Bees are my Business (1956) Harry J Whitcombe
37 Successful Bee-keeping (1946) E B Wedmore
39 Honeycraft in Theory and Practice (1948) John A Lawson
53 Beekeeping (1951) Kenneth K Clark
54 Beekeeping (MAFF Bulletin No 9) (1957) Colin G Butler
76 Teach yourself Bee-keeping (1968) A N Schofield
108 The Art of Bee-Keeping (1945) William Hamilton
111 Instruction in Beekeeping for the use of Irish Beekeepers (1946) Stationery Office Dublin
135 The British Beekeeper’s Guide Book (1924) T W Cowan
153 The Bee-keeper’s Guide (1940) W Herrod-Hempsall
154 Modern Beekeeping (1933) Herbert Mace
155 Honey Bees and their Management (1946) Stanley B Whitehead
156 Beekeeping Up-to-Date (1945) Joseph Tinsley
159 Handbook of Beekeeping by the Natural Method (1956) A M Hogwood
160 Beekeeping for Recreation and Profit (1952) J Harold Armitt
161 Beekeeping for Profit and Pleasure (1945) Addison Webb
164 Bee Keeping Do’s and Dont’s (1925) Tickner Edwardes
180 Bees and Beekeeping (1962) A C S Deans
181 Practical Bee Keeping and Honey Production D T MacFie
185 Beekeeping (1960) John E Eckert and Frank R Shaw
191 A Modern Bee Farm (1928) S Simmins
221 Bees for Beginners E H Taylor
257 Langstroth’s Hive and the Honey-bee (2004 / 1878) L L Langstroth
263 Dadant System of Beekeeping (1932) C P Dadant
271 A Living from Bees (1946) Frank C Pellett
272 Bee-keeper’s Folly (1949) John R Ratcliff
274 The Spell of the Honey Bee (1947) W Eric Kelsey
276 Beekeeping Techniques (1963) Alexander S C Deans
278 The Bee-keepers Handbook (1952) Herbert Mace
279 Honey Production in the British Isles (1936) R O B Manley
280 The Controlling and Subduing of Bees F Sumpter

Breeding
2 Queen Breeding for Amateurs (1951) C P Abbott
47 Biometry Course Notes (undated) Rev E Milner
70 Instrumental Insemination of Honey Bee Queens (1977) Harry H Laidlaw Jr
114 Pedigree Bee Breeding in Western Europe (1983) compiled by BIBBA
115 Queen Raising the Jenkins Way (1984) Griff Jenkins
125 Contemporary Queen Rearing (1979) Harry H Laidlaw Jr
138 Queen-rearing in England (1913) F W L Sladen
139 Practical Queen Rearing (1929) Frank C Pellett
165 Raise Your Own Queens by the Punched Cell Method (1977) Richard Smailes
171 Mating in Miniature (1983) Bernhard Mobus
172 Queen Rearing (undated) T S Winter
201 Queen Rearing (1981) L E Snelgrove
203 Breeding Techniques and Selection for Breeding of the Honeybee (1988) Friedrich Ruttner translated by Ashleigh & Eric Milner
206 Queen Rearing Simplified (1986) Vince Cook
208 The Honeybees of the British Isles (1986) Beowolf A Cooper
270 Practical Bee-breeding (1928) A Gilman
277 Queen Rearing Simplified (1923) Jay Smith
285 Queen Rearing (1950) Harry H Laidlaw Jr & J E Eckert

Swarming
13 Swarming its Control and Prevention (1945) L E Snelgrove
116 Swarming of Bees – Bulletin 206 (1975) HMSO
136 Swarming Under Control (1984) B P Mann
140 Swarm Control Survey (1946) E R Bent
195 A Simple Two-Queen System (1980) Ron Brown
207 Swarm Prevention (1979) Herman E Werner

Bee Diseases
40 Pesticides 1986 MAFF & HSE
45 Spray Liaison (1988) Malcolm Russell
50 Honey Bee Pathology (1981) Leslie Bailey
65 Honey Bee Pests, Predators, and Diseases (1978) Roger A Morse
87 Infectious diseases of the Honey-Bee (1963) L Bailey
99 The Disease of Bees: their Signs, Causes and Treatment (1951) Annie D Betts
219 The New Varroa Handbook (1993) Bernhard Mobus & Clive de Bruyn
220 Honey Bee Brood Diseases Henrik Hansen
222 A World without Bees (2008) Alison Benjamin & Brian
238 A local history of Varroa and breeding tolerant black bees John E Dews collected by Sheila Rawson

Medical Aspects
31 Bee Stings and how to avoid them (1949?) H M Pearson
109 Medical Aspects of Beekeeping (2000) Harry Riches
133 Natural Medicine from Honey Bees (1991) Jacob Kaal
176 Bee Medicine (1982) Paul Uccusic
241 Royal Jelly (1986) Irene Stein

Plants for Bees
42 The Beekeeper’s Garden (1988) Ted Hooper and Mike Taylor
131 Oilseed Rape and Bees (1986) Allan Calder
189 Plants and Beekeeping (1979) F N Howes
239 Plants for Bees (2012) W D J Kirk & F N Howes
243 The Bee Garden (2011) Maureen Little
298 Flower families for forage BBKA special edition

Legal Aspects
102 Beekeeping and the Law – Swarms and Neighbours (1993 David Frimston and David Smith

Hive Design
4 The Skyscraper Hive (1948) M Dugat
18 The Ventilation of Bee-Hives (1947) E B Wedmore
41 Lets Build a Bee Hive (1976) Wilbert R Miller
80 The Observation Hive (1978) Karl Showler
110 Introduction to Beekeeping Teachers Pack + CD-ROM (2001) BBKA
166 Make Your Own Skep (1969) Rev E Nobbs
168 Collected Leaflets on Hive Construction BIBBA
188 Beekeeping Study Notes for the BBKA Examinations – Basic and Intermediate (1991) J D and B D Yates
192 New Beekeeping in a Long Deep Hive (1985) Robin Dartington
205 Make yourself a Nucleus Hive (1990) Frank Taylor
292 Making a Foundation Press John Hamer

Teaching
59 Beekeeping Senior Study Notes (Part 1) for the BBKA Examinations (1991) J D & B D Yates
67 Apiculture for Schools (1977) Ken Stevens
83 Nature’s Way: No 3: Bees and Honey (1978) G Whizzard Publications
218 Beekeeping Study Notes Module 9 Microscopy Certificate (1995) JD and BD Yates
231 Honey Bee Biology and Beekeeping (1999) Dewey M Caron
248 Beekeeping Study Notes – BBKA Basic (2012) J D and B D Yates
293 General Husbandry BBKA special edition
294 General Husbandry BBKA special edition
295 Advanced Husbandry BBKA special edition

Beekeeping History
5 The Lore of the Honeybee (1922) Tickner Edwardes
58 The Book Book (1991) Geoffrey Lawes
82 The Archaeology of Beekeeping (1983) Eva Crane
124 Milestones in Beekeeping and the Swarm Trigger Discovered (1984) A E McArthur
141 Adventures among Bees (1924?) Herbert Mace
142 The Bee-master of Warrilow (1921) Tickner Edwardes
143 Bees; their Habits, Management and Treatment (1871?) Rev J G Wood
144 Profitable Bee-keeping (1883?) P V M Filleul
145 Profitable Bee-keeping (1923) Henry Geary
149 The Life of the Bee (1958) Maurice Maeterlinck
152 Bees for Pleasure and Profit (1921) G Gordon Samson
157 Bees: A Practical Handbook (1907) C N White
158 Let the Bees Tell You! (1920) S H Smith
162 Bee-keeping; Plain & Practical; How to Make it Pay (1883) Alfred Rusbridge
193 The Hive and the Honey Bee (1851?) H D Richardson
194 British Beekeepers Guide Book (1884) T W Cowan
197 The Hive (2005) Bee Wilson
198 The Beekeepers Pupil (2003) Sara George
209 The Practical Bee Guide (1904) J G Digges
210 Bee Farming in Britain (1936) Herbert Mace
217 Curiosities of Beekeeping (1990) L R Croft
223 The Shamanic Way of the Bee (2006) Simon Buxton
230 For the Love of Bees: the story of Brother Adam of Buckfast Abbey (1989) Lesley Bill
235 the Bad Beekeepers Club (2010) Bill Turnbull
240 Home and Away (2012) John Home
264 History of Beekeeping in Britain (1958) H Malcolm Fraser
265 Huber’s Observations on Bees (1926) translated by C P Dadant
266 Beekeeping in Antiquity (1951) H Malcolm Fraser
267 Scientific Queen-rearing (1915) G M Doolittle
268 Outapiaries (1919) M G Dadant
269 Langstroth on the Honey-bee (1884) L L Langstroth
273 The Children’s Story of the Bee (1909) S L Bensusan
281 Fifty Years among the Bees (1915) C C Miller
282 Bee-keeping for All (1923) Tickner Edwardes
283 A Thousand Answers to Beekeeping Questions (1923) C C Miller

Queen Introduction
196 Pointers to Successful Queen Introduction (2006) Bickerstaffes Honey
286 The Introduction of Queen Bees (1948) L E Snelgrove

Products from the Hive
32 Bees and People (1974) Naum Ioyrish
105 Beehive Product Bible (1993) Royden Brown

Honey
73 How to Raise Beautiful Comb Honey (1977) Richard Taylor
78 Honey – A Comprehensive Survey (1976) Editor: Eva Crane
88 A Book of Honey (1980) Eva Crane
130 Honey for Health (1980) Cecil Tonsley
182 Honey: From source to sale & show bench (1990) Jeff Rounce
183 The New Comb Honey Book (1981) Richard Taylor
228 Honey Marketing (1989) Harry Riches
246 A Practical Guide to Producing Heather Honey (2014) Tony Jefferson
249 Honey from Hive to Honeypot (1992) Sue Style
256 Heather Honey (2016) Michael Badger

Honey Shows
11 Bee Produce – Producing Preparing Exhibiting and Judging (1948) W Herrod-Hempsall
117 Honey Shows – bulletins 1 to 6 (undated) compiled by National Honey Show
253 A Comprehensive Guide to Preparing Exhibits for a Honey Show (2015) David Shannon

Honey Recipes
97 Honey in the Kitchen (1978) Joyce White
98 Mary Workman’s Honey Recipes (1974) Compiled by Clara A Furness
118 Collected Honey Recipes various authors
200 Honey and its Many Health Benefits (2007) Margaret Briggs
212 More Honey in the Kitchen (1991) Joyce White
262 Honey Cookery (1982) Chris Stadtlaender

Mead
25 All about Mead (1971) S W Andrews
44 Making Mead (1969) Bryan Acton and Peter Duncan
287 Mead & Honey Wine (2017) Michael Badger

Pollen
68 The Pollen Loads of the Honeybee (1952) Dorothy Hodges
103 A colour guide to pollen loads of the honey bee (1994) William Kirk
107 About Pollen (1971) G J Binding
167 Pollen and its Harvesting (1976) Bee Research Association
250 The Pollen Loads of the Honey Bee (1974) Dorothy Hodges

Wax
113 How to Make Beeswax Candles (undated) Clara Furness
169 Beeswax Crafts (1996) ed Search Press
170 Beeswax Molding & Candle Making (undated) Richard Taylor
177 Beeswax (1981) Ron Brown
204 Recipes using Beeswax (1993) Margaret Calder

Propolis
175 Bee Propolis (2001) James Fearnley

Insects
1 The Lives of Wasps and Bees (1969) Sir Christopher Andews
89 The Wasps (1973) Howard E Evans and Mary Jane West Eberhard
112 The Insect Societies (1972) Edward O Wilson
275 Wild Bees Wasps and Ants Edward Saunders

Bees
33 Bees and Mankind (1982) John B Free
60 Bees of the World (1991) Chtistopher O’Toole & Anthony Raw
120 The Red Mason Bee (2000) Christopher O’Toole
146 The World of Bees (1959) Gilbert Nixon
147 The Bee Community (1948) F H Metcalf
284 British Bees (1866) W E Shuckard
290 The Asian Hornet Prof Stephen Martin
291 The Asian Hornet Prof Stephen Martin

Bumblebees
90 The Life of the Bumblebee (1978) D V Alford
92 Bumblebees (1975) D V Alford
119 Bumblebees (2002) Christopher O’Toole
123 The Humble Bee (1989) F W L Sladen
245 A Sting in the Tail (2013) Dave Goulson

Honeybees
3 The World of the Honeybee (1954) Colin G Butler
56 The Dark European Honeybee (1990) Eric Milner & John E Dews
66 The Bee Book (1976) Daphne Moore
72 The World of Bees (1965) Murray Hoyt
96 Sterns Bemerkungen über Bienen (1971) (written in German) Horst Stern
150 The Honey-bee; its Natural History, Habits, Anatomy and Microscopical Beauties (1860) James Samuelson
184 Honeybees (1978) John B Free
199 The Golden Throng (1946) Edwin Way Teal

Behaviour of Honeybees
8 The Social Organisation of Honeybees (1977) John B Free
9 Bees: Their Vision, Chemical Senses and Language (1968) Karl von Frisch
38 Bees (1951) I Khalifman
75 The World of a Beehive (1979) John Powell
91 The Dance Language & Orientation of Bees (1967) Karl von Frisch
104 The Wisdom of the Hive (1995) Thomas D Seeley
127 The Legend of the Hive (1988) Maria Owsianka
148 The Key of the Hive (1945) J M Dunning
186 At the Hive Entrance (1985) H Storch
190 Behaviour and Social Life of Honeybees (1964) C R Ribbands
224 Honeybee Democracy (2010) Thomas D Seeley
254 Following the Wild Bees (2016) Thomas D Seeley
288 The Lives of Bees Thomas D Seeley

Anatomy of Honeybees
12 The Anatomy, Physiology and Natural History of the Honey Bee (1943) W Herrod-Hempsall
71 Anatomy and Dissection of the Honeybee (1962) H A Dade
93 Anatomy of the Honey Bee (1976) R E Snodgrass
151 The Honey Bee: its Natural History, Anatomy, and Physiology (1904) T W Cowan
187 The Honey Bee Inside Out (2004) Celia F Davis
299 Bee Anatomy BBKA special edition

Books for children
300 Bees and Beekeeping (for children) Stephanie Craven
301 Bees (for children) Eileen Everett
302 The Bee Book (for children) Charlotte Miner
303 The Honey Bee (for children) Kirsten Hall and Isabelle Arsenault