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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...

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...

Feeding Honeybees Throughout the Year

David MacFawn

£11.50

This book integrates Honey bee feeding into a yearly strategic plan, which has not been done before. To be successful, the beekeeper shou...

Plants for Beekeeping In Canada and Northern USA, Carver Ramsey

Plants for Beekeeping In Canada and the Northern USA

A Directory of Nectar and Pollen Sources Found in Canada and the Northern USA
Jane Carver Ramsey

£22.00

Plants for Beekeeping is an essential reference for beekeepers, agrologists, botanist and gardeners who wish to know which plants are att...

Dead Bees Don't Make Honey

10 Tips for Healthy Productive Bees
Theresa J. Martin

£16.25

Are you a beekeeper who desires higher colony survival and more honey? On average, U.S. beekeepers lose nearly half of their honey bee c...

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...

Using Apideas

How to set up and Manage Apideas for Mating Honey bee Queens
Daniel Basterfield

From £25.00

Queen raising is one of the most rewarding aspects of beekeeping, allowing beekeepers to propagate the desirable characteristics of their...

Propolis in Oral Healthcare

James Fearnley, Dr. Munir Ravalia & Dr Philip Wander

£10.00

Propolis is effectively the bee colonies’ external immune defence mechanism. Honey bees collect resin from trees and plants and transform...

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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