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This the first of a series of booklets which gather together the contributions by leading beekeepers to The Beekeepers Quarterly. Ron Brown OBE, B.Sc was a most practical beekeeper with experience in both in Africa and the UK. These articles cover all aspects of the craft and serve as a fine memorial to a great beekeeper as well as passing…
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Many years ago Wedmore said that most of the problems in beekeeping could be solved by taking something out of, or putting something into a nucleus. How very wise !! This monograph, dealing with the much smaller three mini-frame size could well be the answer to many beekeeping problems.
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This small pamphlet tells you all you need to know. This booklet covers all aspects of dealing with swarms. Factors contributing to their emergence, steps to minimise swarming, the various use of swarms, and various artificial techniques to create them.
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A complete guide to small-scale beekeeping: Construction and setting up of hives. Swarm management and control. Marketing and presentation of hive products. Dealing with pests and diseases.
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Ron Brown O.B.E. has been keeping bees in Britain and in Africa for forty years. Apart from Beeswax, he is the author of Beekeeping, a seasonal guide; Honey Bees - a guide to management and 1000 years of Devon Beekeeping. His last book All around the Compass is an account of his wartime experience in Coastal Command. This book was…
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This is the fourth edition of Beeswax, which has an updated candle-making section and more on wax casting and other useful wax information. Ron Brown was a well-known lecturer on beekeeping and the author of several beekeeping books and pamphlets. In 1981 BEESWAX was the first book on the subject for nearly 73 years - since Cowan's Wax Craft appeared…
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A charming and practical guide for anyone wishing to keep bees, accompanying the would-be beekeeper through every season of the bee-keeping year. From spring awakening and summer swarms to the autumn honey harvest and providing winter protection, this essential resource guides you each step of the way. There is extensive advice for beekeeping beginners, from sitting and smoking your hives…
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Sensitive Beekeeping means many things: beekeeping without fear and without veil, beekeeping for the sake of the bee rather than for profit, learning to answer your own question about beekeeping. The further you go with it, the more it means. It's completely transformative: physically, mentally, spiritually. You can start beekeeping this way from the very beginning, and you will improve…
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This book helps to explain skeps and skep making. It includes an insighful foreword from David Chubb, who speaks highly of the diagrams featured in this book which he has been using for eighteen years. The book also provides useful recommendations for further reading, as well as an explanation for which materials and tools can be used for skep making.…
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Whether you're a beginning beekeeper or one with a season or two of experience, Richard Bonney tells you how to keep bees, not just have them. This new book by the acclaimed author of Hive Management offers vital, up-to-date information about how to: Acquire bees, Install a colony, Manage a hive, Take a crop of honey, Prevent and treat Varroa…
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A detailed account of the essential operations and management that a beekeepers performs throughout the year by a retired systems engineer who has kept bees for over 30 years. Joe Bleasdale is a retired systems engineer and has kept bees for over 30 years in the counties of Hampshire and Somerset. He also gardens and makes cider from his little…
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This volume is a guide for new beekeepers and for all beekeepers who have acquired the increasingly popular Warré and Top Bar Hives and anyone who wishes to stop the use of chemicals in their beekeeping. It gives practical guidance, with clear instructions, line drawings, and photographs. Joe is a retired systems engineer and has kept bees for over 30…
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This fascinating and comprehensive book explores the bee's place in human society from prehistoric cave paintings and inscribed clay tablets through to our contemporary world - a cabinet whose drawers are filled with nuggets of bee science and practical beekeeping, myth, religion, politics, philosophy and folklore. There is a selection of verse and a rich variety of illustrations ranging from…
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An account of the life of Brother Adam of Buckfast Abbey, a world famous beekeeper, by a Devon beekeeper who travelled with Adam on some of his journeys searching for the perfect bee. The story of Brother Adam and Buckfast Abbey two names that will always be linked in the beekeepers mind. An updated edition of the 1989 volume.
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Fermented honey drinks are among the oldest alcoholic brews in the world, but have now almost disappeared. This booklet contains a unique range of information drawn from the author's historical study and experimentation with difference ingredients and recipes. Traditional British Honey Drinks gives details of a wide range of honey-based alcoholic drinks, with tried-and-tested recipes for two dozen different brews.…
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Alison Benjamin
Benjamin, A
Brian McCallum
In America, one in three hives was left lifeless at the beginning of 2008. In France, the death rate was more than 60 percent. In Britain, a government minister warned that honey bees could be extinct within a decade. A third of all that we eat, and much of what we wear, relies on pollination by honeybees. So if -…
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Steve Benbow
Alys Fowler
Fowler, A
This is the charming story of how gardener Alys Fowler learned to keep bees, and urban beekeeper Steve Benbow learned to plant a pollinator-friendly garden. It is a rule-breaking, wildlife-friendly, honey-dripping record of the trials and joys of working with - rather than against - nature.
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Steve Benbow has written of a year of beekeeping in the city. Practical and inspiring this is an indispensable handbook for city beekeepers.
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A short but very useful introduction to this method of keeping bees. Apart from John Spiller's The House Apiary, published just after the last war, this is the only English book on the subject.
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Published for the August 2005 Apimondia (Bee) Conference in Dublin this is the third book in the BBNO "Traditional Honey Recipe" Series. Previous titles are "Traditional Welsh Honey Recipes" by Jane Jones from IBRA (2003) and "Traditional Scottish Honey Recipes" by Frances Brown (2004). The recipes include Lemon Flummery, Glazed Ray and Stir Fry Prawns. There are 38 recipes, which…
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This work provides a significantly updated catalogue of Australian works on bees and beekeeping. Some New Zealand works are included and this volume joins the family of Walker, Lawes, IBRAs British Bee Books and Johanssen’s Apicultural Literature. Published in Canada and the United States as an important tool for all collectors.
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This full colour volume provides detailed advice for successful Heather honey production from hive preparation through to honey exhibition. Additionally, the extra background and historical detail makes it an interesting and memorable read, not just for beekeepers, but as a quality reference book to add to your bookshelf. The author has in excess of 65 years experience of beekeeping and…
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The BRAVE project (Bee Research And Virology in Europe) was selected from the call for proposals FP6-2003-SSP31 where one of the objectives was the assessment of the level of risk and the likely consequences for bees and other closely related pollinators of the introduction of bee viruses to Europe. BRAVE was aimed at knowledge transfer between experts with a broad…
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An account of an experimental approach to queen mating. The manual covers the construction and setting up of micro-nucs.
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John Atkinson draws on his long and varied experience as a beekeeping adviser, honey farmer, bee breeder and writer, to help beekeepers to understand the complexities of this most important aspect of the craft. This is a thoroughly absorbing book - an up to date treatise on the philosophy and practice of bee breeding.
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David Aston
Sally Bucknall
Essential reading for the serious candidate who wishes to investigate this relationship further. While mainly of interest to beekeepers; gardeners, biologists, agriculturalists & horticulturalists will find much of interest to them. Awarded an Apimondia Bronze Medal.
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David Aston
Sally Bucknall
This title is a significant addition to the beekeeping literature on Integrated Bee Health Management. David Aston, a past President of the BBKA and Sally Bucknall, Chair of Garden Organic have jointly written a volume that should be on every beekeepers reading list. "This book could well turn out to be the book of the decade (or 21st century, take…
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This is the only book to review the history of skep beekeeping, yet at the same time to show how they are madeand managed. As such it joined Pettigrew as an essential text for all those who wish to keep bees in skeps.
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An interesting insight into the illustrative importance of bee symbols throughout the world. "It is almost with some reverence that we acknowledge the value to man over the years of the honeybee. This value cannot be over-estimated, nor can we fail to be fascinated by the community life of the honeybee. Down the years many myths and superstitions, from many…
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Alley said .. "Containing the only scientific and practical method of rearing queen bees, and the latest and best methods for the general management of the apiary."
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A short introduction to the remarkable life story of the bumblebee.
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This is a facsimile of the original, much sort of and very expensive, 1975 edition, but without any of the original plates. The originals were of very poor definition and considerably better reproduction are presently available. For example the descriptive booklet at £2.50 or the Field Guide by Edwards and Jenner and the most excellent facsimile of Sladen. Dr Alfords…
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Marieke Mutsaers
Caroline Akachuku
This is a copy of the course book for the International Training Workshop in Biodynamic Beekeeping held at the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Umuahia, Nigeria in June 2013 published by permission of the authors. It deals with the production of Organic Honey and other Honeybee products such as Candles, Polish, Propolis Balms, Tinctures and Body Creams.
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Create Natural beeswax products - candles, soap, balms, salves and home decor for health and home. "This is the book I've been waiting thirty years for. Excellent instructions. Bountiful information. Beautifully done". (Kim Flottum, Editor Bee Culture Magazine).
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Mastering the Art of Beekeeping is an erudite handbook of the complex art of beekeeping. The authors have a rare ability to combine literature and beekeeping skills. People, bees and experience are woven into a delightful tale of what beekeeping is all about - Gleanings in Bee Culture. The Aebi's have an entry in the Guinness Book of Records for…
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All beekeepers, novices and old-timers alike, will profit from the Aebi's insights. It might take the average beekeeper several lifetimes to discover the natural wisdom and effective methods that these men have poured so generously into this book and the companion volume - Organic Gardening. The Aebi's have an entry in the Guinness Book of Records for the most wildflower…
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In Search of the Best Strains of Bees is an account of a unique series of journeys (1950-1977) to investigate the exact whereabouts and characteristics of the different races of honeybees in Europe. Written by a world expert on practical breeding.
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This gives many of the answers to the questions one asks before attempting to sell honey.
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A small well illustrated booklet in which there are illustrations of each frame of a beehive in mid Summer. The explanations are in all the major European languages.
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Originally published in German, this volume encapsulates the knowledge gained by Brother Adam during his ground breaking work over eight decades at Buckfast Abbey.
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This is the definitive account of beekeeping at Buckfast Abbey. It is not a manual but a general account of the beekeeping as carried out at Buckfast. It demonstrates that every piece of equipment, every manipulation, every aspect of management was designed to achieve the best possible result, calling for a minimum of effort and time, a lesson we can…
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Queen Breeding for Amateurs by Abbott was first published in 1947 and revised in 1951. With the present interest in beekeeping and the need once more to breed more queens, this reprint of Abbott's second edition has been reproduced with the support of the family. It should provide a valuable addition to the literature.
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A close-up view of the secret lives of bees. Combining gorgeous photography and engaging text, A Short History of the Honey Bee follows the journey from flower to hive to honey throughout history – including chapters on beekeeping, how lives work, turning nectar into honey, and why the honey bee's well-being is vital to us all.
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An account of the trials and tribulations of bee farming by one of its most successful practitioners. John Rawson was a bee farmer for 42 years and at various times acted as Chairman and Vice Chairman of The Bee Farmers Association of Great Britain.
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Bees are an essential part of our natural world and their importance in pollinating our food crops cannot be overstated. Over a third of the world's food is dependent upon pollinators, of which the honey bee Apis mellifera is possibly the most important. This comprehensive and informative book introduces newcomers to the fascinating and rewarding craft of beekeeping and honey…
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The author is not concerned with Bee-keeping, but with the sacredness of the Bee, with her purity, with the Honey which figures so largely in early religious rites and which was known to the Greeks as the 'Food of the Gods'. We are told of the myths and superstitions connected with the Bee, which are found among the folklore of…
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Andrea Quigley
Pau Morgan
Bees are one of the hardest working insects on our planet. As they buzz from plant to plant, they spread pollen which helps our food to grow. Without them, the world would be a very different place. Discover all you need to know about bees and their place in our world through experiments, investigations, and hands-on tasks. This book takes…
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Oliver E. Prŷs-Jones
Sarah. A. Corbet
An indispensable guide to identification, ecology and study of bumblebees. This latest edition embraces the wealth of information published on bumblebee life history, ecology, foraging, parasites and conservation in recent years. It includes a new chapter on the very real threats to bumblebees; their crucial role as pollinators of our native flora and crops; ways to promote their survival; advantages…