NORTHERN BEE BOOKS

Recent Publications

Bottom-Up Beekeeping

Learning from debris on the hive floor
Ray Baxter
Editorial support from Ann Chilcott, Pollen contributions by Christine Coulsting

£27.00

Are you interested in understanding your bees more and disturbing them less? Learn how to use the debris from the hive floor as an indica...

The Beekeepers Quarterly

Annual Subscription
Editors – Andrea Quigley & Norman Carreck

From £25.00

The Beekeepers Quarterly is an international English language beekeeping journal published by Northern Bee Books since 1984. Edited by An...

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Honey Bee Social Evolution

Group Formation, Behavior, and Preeminence
Keith S. Delaplane

£58.00

How did the honey bee evolve into the complex colonial species that exists today – and what does its evolution have to teach us about our...

Asian Hornet

The Beekeeper's Guide to Defences against the Yellow-legged Hornet Vespa Velutina
Andrew Durham

£26.00

An essential guide, written in plain language, for any beekeeper who may be confronted by the Asian hornet in their apiary. Covering all ...

Basket Weaving

The spiral braiding technique for making bowls, bee-skeps and baskets
Toon Brekelmans (Translated by David Wright)

£17.00

Korfvlechten was written by Toon Brekelmans and published first in 1979. Until now, the full text has only been available in Dutch. It is...

The Honey Connoisseur

Selecting, tasting, and pairing honey, with a guide to more than 30 varietals
C. Marina Marchese

£35.00

Like wine, cheese, coffee, and chocolate, honey has emerged as a culinary obsession. Its popularity at farmers markets and specialty food...

Honey Bee Biology and Beekeeping

Third edition with updated contents
Dewey Caron & Lawrence J. Connor

£100.00

First released in 1999, Honey Bee Biology and Beekeeping is widely accepted as a major textbook of Apiculture. Universities use it to tea...

Where do the Bees Go?

An exploration of key UK forage species for pollinators
Lesley Jacques, NDB

£20.00

This book was conceived following work carried out in pursuit of the UK National Diploma in Beekeeping. As a UK programme, the NDB necess...

Honey Bee Genetics and Breeding

Robert E. Page Jr.

£75.00

A landmark book ".. and probably the best reference for learning about bee breeding theory and practice and the history of honey bee gene...

Genetic Priorities for Conservation of Native Honey Bees

Dorian Pritchard

£30.00

Since Beowulf ’s day the study of honey bee genetics by wing morphometry and DNA analysis has advanced considerably. Meanwhile, many comm...

The Observant Beekeeper

Treatment Free, Low Intervention
Paul Honigmann

£45.00

How can you inspect a hive without opening it? When you do open it, how do you interpret what you see? And how do unmanaged bees survive...

Healthy Bees, Heavy Hives

How to Maximise Your Honey Crop
Steve Donohoe, Paul Horton

£29.95

Following on from Honey Farming by R.O.B. Manley (1946), and Honey By The Ton by Oliver Field (1983), Steve Donohoe and Paul Horton have ...

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