Books for Beginner Beekeepers

Langstroth's Hive and the Honey-Bee: The Classic Beekeeper's Manual

by L. L. Langstroth (Author)

Classic

This book is 150 years old, but the information within it is timeless. Langstroth's observations on bee behavior and his awe at nature's wonders are as relevant today as they ever were.

If you are interested in "how we know what we know," then this is book is mandatory.

Natural Beekeeping: Organic Approaches to Modern Apiculture

by Ross Conrad (Author)

Natural Beekeeping describes opportunities for the seasoned professional Beekeeper to modify existing operations to improve the quality of hive products, increase profits, and eliminate the use of chemical treatments. And Beginners will need no other book to guide them. Whether you are wishing to work to stay in tune with nature by developing a non-chemicals Pest Management approach or you are someone who wants to sell honey at a premium price, then this is your book...

The Beekeeper's Handbook, Third Edition

by Alphonse Avitabile (Author), Diana Sammataro (Author)

From the Back Cover
"For two decades The Beekeeper's Handbook has guided thousands of beginning and advanced beekeepers in the how-to's of this entertaining and profitable pastime. . . . This third edition brings beekeeping to the threshold of the twenty-first century, with all its challenges. . . . Simply put, it is the best of the best of beekeeping books."--Roger A. Morse, from the Foreword

This new edition of The Beekeeper's Handbook covers mite detection and control as well as the selection and testing of bees that may have some tolerance to mites.

The ABC and XYZ of Bee Culture (Hardcover)

by A. I. Root (Author), E. R. Root (Author)

Product Description
1947. An encyclopedia pertaining to scientific and practical culture of bees. Everything a beekeeper needs to know about obtaining and keeping bee hives. The book is an encyclopedia of information and terms on the honeybee. If you keep bees or want to keep bees or simply want to know more about this unappreciated, but vital aid to our modern agriculture, you need this book.

740 Pages

Fifty Years Among the Bees

by C. C. Miller (Author)

Product Description
A classic within the beekeeping community, this book is one of the greatest works on the ancient art and science of beekeeping. A practical handbook on all aspects of this romantic, arcane pursuit, it offers advice, observations, and information gleaned from a half-century of beekeeping. 111 illustrations.

For those who are satisfied with an electronic free version, go to Fifty Years Among the Bees-PDF-ONLINE