Books

A Practical Guide to Farm Skills
NSW Department of Primary Industries, 2007

BEE AGSKILLS is the perfect introduction to beekeeping. It was developed by industry personnel and departmental officers by the Department’s Home Study Program for Agriculture.

The book has 114 pages and plenty of high quality colour photographs. It covers:

• Introduction
• Remove Honey
• General Safety Precautions
• Extract Honey
• Quality Assurance
• Legal Considerations for an Apiary
• Select Bee Site
• Health Problems and Pests in a Hives
• Assemble and Maintain a Hive
• Reducing Swarming Behaviour
• Obtaining Bees
• Buying Second Hand Hives
• Light and Extinguish a Smoker
• Industry Structure and Contacts
• Open, Inspect and Close a Hive
• Background Knowledge
• Move a Hive
• Seasonal Management
• Catch A Swarm
• Requeen
• Identify Flora for Honey Production
• Judging Field Conditions
• Check Your Skill
• What is a Safe Work Method
• Glossary 

Author: Mike and Stuart McInnes

A spoonful of honey before bed lets you lose weight while sleeping.

From the UK. Special 10% off usually $28.

Author: Stephanie Rosenbaum,  Caroline Kopp

History, backyard beekeeping, cooking with honey, crafting with honey and beeswax. From the USA.

Author: Peter Warhurst & Roger Goebel
2nd edition 2005

Contains detailed information on honeybees and every aspect of responsible, sucessful beekeeping. For the hobbist or full-time commercial operators. The bee book has been written and compiled by beekeepers who are also apiary officers of the Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Queensland. It draws on their personal experience and that of other beekeepers, as well as over 100 years of DPI&F research and experience.

This practical, readable and comprehensive book contains detailed information on honeybees and on every aspect of responsible, successful beekeeping – whether as a hobby, a part-time occupation or a commercial operation. It also covers the special requirements of managing hives in Australia where, in contrast to cooler areas, bees often continue to breed and gather honey throughout the winter.

TEMPORARILY OUT OF PRINT.

The book has 196 pages, 61 colour plates, 137 other pictures and covers:

1. An introduction to bee and beekeeping
2. The honeybee colony
3. Beginning in bees
4. Hive construction and preservation
5. General management
6. Flora
7. Feeding and watering bees
8. Queen bees and package bees
9. Swarming
10. Removing the honey crop
11. Honey extracting
12. Useful machinery
13. Products of the hive
14. Pollination
15. Pests of bees
16. Endemic diseases of bees
17. Chemical poisoning of bees
18. Exotic diseases and pests
19. Australian native bees.

Author: Grace Pundyk

Grace Pundyk is an Australian author who has travelled the world in search of the truth behind the ancient food of the gods. She’s visited Yemen, Borneo, Russia, UK, Italy, Turkey, USA, China, Australia, and New Zealand and relates stories, politics, and honey that is most notable from each region. This is a fascinating book, a must read for lovers of bees and honey.