The KBKA has a large library of books for use by KBKA members and is available at the monthly club meetings.
New/recycled books are always welcome.
KBKA Library For Beginners
Title | Author | Other Information |
Backyard Beekeeping | William Scott | 1997 |
Basic BeeKeeping | Owen Meyer | |
BeeKeeping | Kim Flottum | |
Bees at the bottom of the garden | Alan Campion | |
Keeping Bees and making honey | Alison Benjamin And Brian McCallum | |
Keeping Honeybees | Judy Urquhart | |
Keeping Bees – A Complete Practical Guide | Paul Peacock | |
Advice for Beekeepers | BBKA | |
Beekeeping Self-sufficiency | Joanna Ryde | |
Fun with Bees | Matthew Allan | Beekeeping in a Nutshell series |
Basic Honey Processing | Matthew Allan | Beekeeping in a Nutshell series |
The Healthy Hive | BBKA | |
Simple Swarm Prevention | Mark Brittle | Beekeeping in a Nutshell series |
A Hive of Industry . . . The Story of Honey Bees and Beekeeping | Devon Apicultural Research Group | |
Beekeeping for Dummies | Howland Blackiston | |
Bees & Beekeeping Explained | Gerard Baker | |
Bad Beekeepers Club | Bill Turnbull | 2 copies available |
Beekeeping – a Practical Guide | Roger Patterson | 2 copies available |
Bee (Haynes) manual | Claire & Adrian Waring | 2 copies available |
First Lessons in Beekeeping | Keith Delaplane | |
Keeping Bees & Making Honey | A.Benjamin & B. Mccallum | |
Complete & Easy Guide to Beekeeping | K. Flotum |
KBKA Library For All BeeKeepers
Title | Author | Other Information |
At the Hive Entrance | H Storch | 1985 |
Bee Keeping at Buckfast Abbey | Brother Adams | 1974 |
Beekeeping | Teach yourself | |
Beekeeping Tips and Topis | Elbert Jaycox | America, 1975-81 |
Colour guide to pollen loads of the honey bee | William Kirk | 1994 |
Guide to Bees and Honey 1976 | Ted Hooper | (Need later addition) |
Practical Beekeeping | Clive de Bruyn | |
Recipes for the use of BeesWax | Cumbria BeeKeepers Association | |
Simple Methods of Making Increase | Wally Shaw | Welsh beekeepers Association |
Sixty Years with Smoker and Veil | Robert N H Skilling | 1991 |
Swarming Its control and prevention | Snelgrove | 1941 |
The Complete handbook of Bee-Keeping | Herbert Mace | 2 Copies |
The Wisdom of the Hive | T.D. Seeley | 1995 |
Beekeeping Study Notes: Basic Assessment | Yates | |
In Search of the Best Strains of Bee | Brother Adam | |
The Bee-friendly Beekeeper – A sustainable approach | David Heaf | |
Oilseed Rape and Bees | Allan Calder | |
Treating Oil-seed Rape with Simplicity | Jack Berry | Beekeeping in a Nutshell series |
The HoneyBee Out & About | Celia F. Davis | |
Honey Bee Democracy | Thomas D. Seeley | |
Making Up & Using Nuclei | Donald Sims | Beekeeping in a Nutshell series |
Beekeeping Study Notes: Modules 5,6,7,8 | Yates | |
The Buzz About Bees | J. Tautz | |
How to Succeed with Bees | E.W. & K. Atkins | 1924 |
KBKA Library: Advanced or Specific Topics
Title | Author | Other Information |
Producing, Preparing, Exhibiting and Judging Bee Produce | W. Herrod-Hempsall | Producing, preparing, exhibiting and judging. 1948 |
Breeding Super Bees | Steve Taber | 1987, American |
Breeding Techniques and Selection for Breeding of the Honeybee | Fried Ruttner | 1988 |
Honey Identification | Rex Sawyer | 1988 |
Honeybees Biology | J.B. Free | Lectures given to CAB-Keepers, various dates |
Queen Breeding for Amateurs | C.P. Abbott | 1947 |
The Honey Bee Around & About | Celia F Davis | |
Beeswax | Ron Brown | |
Keeping Healthy Honey Bees | David Aston & Sally Bucknall | |
Field Notes on Queen Rearing | Oliver Field | |
Anatomy & Physiology of the Honeybee | R.E. Snodgrass | 1925 |
Swarming its control & Prevention | L.E. Snelgrove | 2 copies – 1941 & 1943 |
Keeping Bees | Compiled by J.B. Free | |
Natural Beekeeping | Ross Conrad | |
How to Make a Warming Cabinet | R. Chapman | |
How to Make a Solar Extractor | C. Richmond | |
General Husbandry | BBKA News Special Issue |
KBKA Library: Related Interests and Gardening
Title | Author | Other Information |
The Beekeeper’s Garden | Ted Hooper & Mike Taylor | 1988 |
A Sting in the Tale | Dave Goulson | 2013 |
Plants and Honeybees. . .Their relationships | David Aston & Sally Bucknall | |
The Bee Friendly Garden | Ted Hooper & Mike Taylor | |
Plants and Beekeeping | F. N. Howes | |
Bee Quest | Dave Goulson |
KBKA Library: Ministry of Agriculture
Title | Author | Other Information |
Beekeeping | Ministry of Agriculture | MAFF 1972 |
Diseases of Bees | Ministry of Agriculture | MAFF 1976 |
Swarming of Bees | Ministry of Agriculture | MAFF 1975 |
Also available
- A selection of British Beekeepers Association Advisory Leaflets.
- Past copies of various Newsletters and Journals.
Book stockists
Popular books related to bees are stocked by the likes of Amazon, but there are also specialist book retailers:
- International Bee Research Association (based in the UK) http://www.ibrastore.org.uk/ – Has books listed out of print or at excessive prices on mainstream internet websites
- Northern Bee books http://www.northernbeebooks.co.uk – Has a vast array of books related to all aspects of beekeeping
Book Reviews by club members
Keeping Bees – Paul Peacock
If you are considering keeping bees and you want to see what bee keeping is about then this is the book for you. Its small, has lots of great and relevant pictures, its well written, well laid out and not too technical. Most children could also cope with this book, its an easy and fun read.