Bee Library Books
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The Vale and Downland Beekeepers’ Association has an extensive collection of bee books which have been acquired over the years and are available for members to borrow. These books form an excellent source for those wishing to undertake any research.
The catalogue for the library book collection is listed below – please note that publications may already be out on loan.
If you wish to borrow a book please contact the librarian – Email me; books are normally available at the beginners’ lessons and at our Saturday meetings.
Book No. Title Author Date Category BBKA examinations book list 04 BEEKEEPING FOR ALL EDWARDS 1923 PRACTICAL 07 HONEY BEE, THE COWAN 1904 SCIENTIFIC 08 A MODERN BEE FARM SIMMINS 1928 PRACTICAL 09 HONEY, A BOOK OF CRANE 1980 EDUCATIONAL Module 2 10 BEEKEEPING VERNON 1976 PRACTICAL 12M GUIDE TO BEES & HONEY HOOPER 1979 BEGINNERS General library 14 THE LORE OF THE HONEYBEE EDWARDS 1908 EDUCATIONAL 16 HOGS AT THE HONEY POT VERNON 1981 HISTORICAL 17 HONEY - A COMPREHENSIVE SURVEY CRANE 1979 SCIENTIFIC 18 BIOLOGY OF FLOWERS HOLM 1979 GEN INTEREST 20 QUEENS, INTRODUCTION OF SNELGROVE 1940 PRACTICAL 21 ANATOMY & HISTORY OF BEES HEMPSAL 1943 EDUCATIONAL 22 HONEY PRODUCTION, AT HOME BIELBY 1977 PRACTICAL 23 BEEKEEPING, BACKGROUND TO WAINE 1975 BEGINNERS 24 BEESWAX BROWN 1982 PRACTICAL Module 2 25 MEAD MAKING ACTON 1968 PRACTICAL 26 BEEKEEPING, COMPLETE HANDBOOK OF MACE 1980 BEGINNERS 29 GARDEN PLANTS I.B.R.A. 1981 EDUCATIONAL 30 GUIDE TO BEES & HONEY HOOPER 1976 BEGINNERS General library 31 BEEKEEPING, PRACTICAL COUSTON 1972 PRACTICAL 32 BUCKFAST ABBEY, BEEKEEPING AT BROTHER ADAM 1971 GEN INTEREST 33 HONEYBEE, LIFE OF SIMON 1982 BEGINNERS 34 THE OBSERVATION HIVE SHOWLER 1978 HISTORICAL Module 8 36 POLLEN IDENTIFICATION (LEV) SAWYER 1981 SCIENTIFIC Module 8; Microscopy 37 POLLEN IDENTIFICATION (LEV) SAWYER 1981 SCIENTIFIC Module 8; Microscopy 39 HONEYBEE, ANATOMY OF B.B.K.A. 1976 EDUCATIONAL 41 HONEY BY THE TON FIELDS 1983 GEN INTEREST 42 HONEY FARMING MANLEY 1985 PRACTICAL 43 MICROSCOPY ON A SHOESTRING MEYER 1984 PRACTICAL Microscopy 45 BEEKEEPING - A SEASONAL GUIDE BROWN 1985 BEGINNERS 46 QUEEN REARING SIMPLIFIED COOK 1986 PRACTICAL Module 7 47 OIL SEED RAPE & BEES CALDER1986 1986 EDUCATIONAL Module 2 48 MICROSCOPY, PRACTICAL N.B.S. 1971 SCIENTIFIC 49 BEEHIVES, CONSTRUCTION OF WALSH 1979 PRACTICAL 50 BEESWAX,PRODUCTION/HARVESTING/PROC COGGSHALL 1984 PRACTICAL 51 BEEKEEPING, BASIC MEYER 1978 BEGINNERS 52 BEES AT THE BOTTOM OF THE GARDEN CAMPION 1984 BEGINNERS 53 BEES - THEIR VISION/SENSES/LANGUAGE VON FRISCH 1971 SCIENTIFIC 54M HONEYBEES OF THE BRITISH ISLES (MB) COOPER 1986 GEN INTEREST Module 7; Module 8 55 HONEYBEES, A GUIDE TO MANAGEMENT RON BROWN 1988 GEN INTEREST 56 BEES & BEEKEEPING DIEMER 1988 BEGINNERS 57 BEEKEEPING, THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO EVANS 1989 BEGINNERS 58 ROYAL JELLY STEIN 1986 GEN INTEREST 59 BEEHIVE PLAN, WBC B.B.K.A. PRACTICAL 61 THE LEGEND OF THE HIVE OWSIANKA 1988 GEN INTEREST 62 VARROA HANDBOOK MOBUS/CONNOR 1988 SCIENTIFIC 64M BEEKEEPING, PROFITABLE CROFT 1986 PRACTICAL 65 BROOD DISEASES HANSEN 1987 BEGINNERS 66 NUCLEUS HIVE, MAKE YOURSELF TAYLOR 1990 PRACTICAL 67 A CASE OF HIVES HEATH 1985 BEGINNERS 68 HONEY & HEALTH CROFT 1987 GEN INTEREST 69 HONEY - FROM SOURCE TO SALE & SHOW ROUNCE 1990 PRACTICAL 70 TALKING BEE-SENSE COTTERILL 1989 GEN INTEREST 71 POLLEN,PROPOLIS & ROYAL JELLY THORSONS 1989 GEN INTEREST 73 HONEY MARKETING RICHES 1989 GEN INTEREST 74 BEEKEEPING FOR BEGINNERS RICHARDS 1991 BEGINNERS 75 CANDLES, BEESWAX FURNESS PRACTICAL 76 NATIONAL HONEY SHOW GUIDES (1-8) NHS PRACTICAL 77M TALES OF A BORDER BEEKEEPER (lev) WEIGHTMAN 1991 GEN INTEREST 78 BEEKEEPING, HANDBOOK OF RICHES 1992 GEN INTEREST 81 HONEY, FROM HIVE TO HONEY POT STYLE 1992 GEN INTEREST 82 LAW & BEEKEEPING FRIMSTON 1993 PRACTICAL 83 POLLEN LOADS OF THE HONEYBEE HODGES 1952 SCIENTIFIC 84 BUMBLEBEE, LIFE OF THE ALFORD 1978 GEN INTEREST 85 POLLEN WHITE 1989 PRACTICAL 86 GREAT MASTERS OF BEEKEEPING BROWN 1994 GEN INTEREST Module 8 87 HONEY IN THE KITCHEN WHITE 1978 PRACTICAL 88 HONEY IN THE KITCHEN, MORE WHITE 1978 PRACTICAL 89 CANDLES, THE BOOK OF INNES 1991 GEN INTEREST 91 QUEENS, RAISE YOUR OWN SMAILES 1977 PRACTICAL 92 THE NEW COMB HONEY BOOK TAYLOR 1981 PRACTICAL 93 M MAKING MEAD MORSE 1980 PRACTICAL 94 SKEPS ALSTON 1987 PRACTICAL 95 M NATURAL MEDCINE FROM HONEYBEES KAAL 1987 SCIENTIFIC 97 THE BIOLOGY OF THE HONEYBEE WINSTON 1987 GEN INTEREST General library; Adv.Husbandry; Module 5; Module 6 98 THE NEW VARROA HANDBOOK MOBUS/BRUYN 1993 GEN INTEREST 101 BEE BOLES AND BEE HOUSES FOSTER 1988 GEN INTEREST 102 PRACTICAL BEEKEEPING 7 HONEY PRD MCFIE GEN INTEREST 103 THE BEEKEEPERS GUIDE HERROD-HEMPS 1942 GEN INTEREST 109 THE WORLD OF THE HONEYBEE BUTLER 1954 GEN INTEREST Module 6 110 THE BEHAVIOUR & SOCIAL LIFE OF BEES RIBBANDS 1959 GEN INTEREST General Husbandry; Module 6 111 HONEY PRODUCTION IN THE BRITISH ISLES MANLEY 1936 GEN INTERESR 112 VALUE ADDED PRODUCTS FROM KRELL 1996 PRACTICAL 114 OPERATING AN OBSERVATION HIVE WARING 1988 GEN INTEREST 115 THE HONEYBEE'S FINGERPRINT (video) BIBRA SCIENTIFIC 116 THE MYSTERIOUS BEE (video) BEEHIVEFILMS GEN INTEREST 120 THE RED MASON BEE O'TOOL 2000 GEN INTEREST 142 MICROSCOPY CERTIF NOTES YATES 1995 EDUCATIONAL Microscopy 144M BACKYARD BEEKEEPING SCOTT 1977 GEN INTEREST 145M PRACTICAL BEE GUIDE DIGGES 1944 OLD TEXT 146M COMPLETE GUIDE TO BEEKEEPING MORSE 1986 GEN INTEREST 147 STEWARTON HIVE MESSENGER 2002 HISTORICAL 148 HONEYBEE DISEASES/PESTS CANADIAN 2000 EDUCATIONAL 150 BACKGROUND TO BEEKEEPING WAINE/BROWN 1998 BEGINNERS 151M HONEYBEE INSIDE OUT DAVIS 2004 EDUCATIONAL 152 BEEKEEPING, EASY GUIDE FLOTTUM 2005 BEGINNERS 153 GUIDE TO BEES & HONEY HOOPER 2008 BEGINNERS General library 154 THE BUZZ ABOUT BEES TAUTZ 2008 GEN INTEREST Module 6 155 HONEY HANDBOOK FLOTTUM PRACTICAL 156 THE HONEY COOKBOOK POPESCU PRACTICAL 157 THE INTRODUCTION OF QUEEN BEES SNELGROVE PRACTICAL 158 QUEEN BEE (biology, rearing & breeding) WOODWARD 2009 Q Rearing General Husbandry; Advanced Husbandry 159 RECIPES USING BEESWAX CALDER PRACTICAL 160 HIVE PRODUCTS (creams and Polishes) PRACTICAL 161 QUEEN REARING - JENKINS WAY JENKINS 1984 PRACTICAL 162 RAISING QUEEN CELLS HARDEN PRACTICAL 163 QUEEN REARING (miller method) SIMMS Q Rearing 164 GUIDE TO BEES AND HONEY HOOPER BEGINNERS General library 165 CROP POLLINATION BY BEES DELAPLANE EDUCATIONAL Module 2 166 BEHAVIOUR/PHYSIOLOGY OF BEES GOODMAN EDUCATIONAL 167 UK PESTICIDE GUIDE LAINSBURY REFERENCE 168M SWARMING CONTROL AND PREVENTION SNELGROVE 1946 PRACTICAL 169 THE BEE CRAFTSMAN WADEY 1949 PRACTICAL 170 BEEKEEPING FOR BEGINNERS JACKSON 1946 PRACTICAL 172 HONEY AND YOUR HEALTH BECK/SMEDLEY 1947 GEN INTEREST 173 PLANTS AND BEEKEEPING HOWES 1945 GEN INTEREST Module 2 174 BEES FOR PLEASURE AND PROFIT SAMSON 1921 PRACTICAL 175M HONEY A MODERN HEALER BRIGGS 2007 PRACTICAL 176 KEEPING BEES - A COMPLETE PRACTICAL PEACOCK PRACTICAL 177 BEES AT THE BOTTOM OF THE GARDEN CAMPION 1990 PRACTICAL 178 BEEKEEPING COMPETEE GUIDE EVANS 1989 PRACTICAL 179 A WORLD WITHOUT BEES BENJAMIN 2008 GEN INTEREST 180 M A NOVICES GUIDE WOOTTON 2010 PRACTICAL 181 Managing Varroa Defra Gen Interest 182 The small Hive Beetle Defra Gen Interest 183 Foul Brood Disease of Honey Bees Defra Gen Interest 184M The Beekeepers Garden Ted Hooper/Mike Taylor 1988 Gen Interest 185 Queen Breeding and Genetics - how to get better bees Holm Queen Rearing Module 7 186 Haynes Bee Manual Waring & Waring 2011 Beginners General library 187 Keeping Healthy Honey Bees Aston & Bucknall 2010 Gen Int Module 3 188 The Morris Board method of Queen Rearing Badger Booklet Queen rearing 189M How to use a Horsley board Badger Booklet Swarm control 190 Setting up and managing an Apiary Site Gibb Booklet Gen Int 191 Collins Beekeepers Bible Collins Gen Int 196 BEEHIVE PLAN, WBC B.B.K.A. PRACTICAL 198 Homegrown Honey Bees Morrison 2013 Beginners 199 The BBKA Guide to Beekeeping Davis & Cullum Kenyon 2015 Beginners General library 200 Medical Aspects of Beekeeping Harry Riches 2000 Beginners Basic Certificate; General Husbandry; Module 2 201 The Honey Bee -Around and About Celia F Davis 2014 Beginners General library M – missing
This list is intended as a guide for candidates. It is not intended that candidates should read all the books on the list and there are other books available, not listed, which are suitable reading.
Only parts of each book may be relevant to a particular module or assessment. Candidates should therefore pay careful attention to the contents of the syllabus concerned.
*These books are understood to be currently out of print, but tend to be readily available.
GENERAL LIBRARY
This first section of books is applicable to all the following assessment and examinations and should be available in a personal or Association library:
VDBKA Book No. All Ministry disease leaflets, Varroa, Foul brood, SHB, Tropilaelaps www.nationalbeeunit.com Beekeeping Study Notes for the BBKA Examinations in 6 volumes J.D. & B.D. Yates NBB Guide to Bees and Honey (5th. edition) (2010) Ted Hooper NBB 30, 153, 164 Haynes Bee Manual (2011) A & C Waring Haynes 186 Practical Beekeeping (1997) Clive de Bruyn Crowood Press The BBKA Guide to Beekeeping I Davis/R Cullum- Kenyon Bloomsbury 199 The Biology of the Honey Bee (1987) M. Winston Harvard 97 The Honey Bee Around and About C Davis Bee Craft 201 The Honey Bee Inside and Out. C Davis Bee Craft *Encyclopaedia of Beekeeping (1985) Morse & Hooper Blandford Basic Certificate
See General Library above VDBKA Book No. Better Beginnings for Beekeepers A. Waring BIBBA Get Started in Beekeeping A & C Waring Hodder Education Medical Aspects of Beekeeping (2000) Dr H Riches NBB 200
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