Northern Bee Books

Alan Wade has honed the craft of keeping bees for over forty years. As an experienced scientist applying himself to this ancient pastime, he brings a wealth of knowledge on the nature of bees and...

This book is a comprehensive view of the breadth of different honeybee diseases covering: Classification Biology Transmission Symptoms How to identify the disease Impact on the colony Advice on...

Author: Jim WrightPublisher: Northern Bee BooksPublication Date: January 22, 2020Number of Pages: 56 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1912271532ISBN-13: 9781912271535

This little booklet was acquired by Mrs. Daphne Perrett (More) at a bookshop in Southampton c. 1980. It had been rejected by a Bee Book dealer as 'of no interest'. Did the Latin text make it...

An Efficient Production of Bee ColoniesAuthor: Flemming B ThorsenPublisher: Northern Bee BooksPublication Date: Oct 01, 2020Number of Pages: 20 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

This book is intended to be a simple, thought provoking and hopefully enjoyable introduction to the keeping of bees in bee-houses. It is not intended to be a text book on keeping bees since there are...

Honey bees can successfully live in all sorts of different nest sites - a hole in a tree, a chimney pot or a bee-hive - but in all cases this is just a cavity in which to make a set of combs. It is...

Feeding BeesAuthor: Wally ShawPublisher: Northern Bee BooksPublication Date: January 11, 2021Number of Pages: 32 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1912271818ISBN-13: 9781912271818

Alan began beekeeping in the Loire Valley in France, where he lived and worked for 23 years. His apiary there was the target of heavy predation by Asian Hornets. He moved to England in 2020 and now...

Most people are now aware that our insect population has come under severe pressure due to changes in their environment. This awareness is causing an increasing interest in what can be done to...

The aim of this booklet is to help beekeepers to better understand honey itself and to harvest and prepare it for home use or sale retaining as much of its essential properties as possible. What...

Author: Adrian HorridgePublisher: Northern Bee BooksPublication Date: Oct 23, 2021Number of Pages: 26 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1914934156ISBN-13: 9781914934155

There are several sources of serious confusion in the investigations of how bees and humans see grey and black. First, von Frisch trained bees to go to a coloured paper, and then tested whether they...

After publishing, with Ted Bullock, the two-volume work on Invertebrate Neurobiology, in 1962 Adrian selected a new topic, and built up a group at St Andrews (and later at the Australian National...

Instrumental/Artificial Insemination of Honey Bee QueensAuthor: Susan CobeyPublisher: Northern Bee BooksPublication Date: Mar 31, 2016Number of Pages: 20 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding:...

Author: Sara RobbPublisher: Northern Bee BooksPublication Date: March 26, 2021Number of Pages: 30 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1912271877ISBN-13: 9781912271870

Making and Selling Cosmetics : Honeycomb Cleansing CreamAuthor: Sara RobbPublisher: Northern Bee BooksPublication Date: Feb 27, 2020Number of Pages: 32 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding:...

Author: Elizabeth Duffin, Mike DuffinPublisher: Northern Bee BooksPublication Date: Aug 08, 2018Number of Pages: 50 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1912271303ISBN-13: 9781912271306

Splitting Colonies is an important means of colony increase and swarming mitigation. Splitting is an art as much as a science. It should be noted splitting timing will vary year to year based on the...

Author: Richard BallPublisher: Northern Bee BooksPublication Date: Jun 22, 2020Number of Pages: 38 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1912271591ISBN-13: 9781912271597

Beekeeping is a fascinating and rewarding hobby with plenty to learn but for new beekeepers, piecing it all together can be a little daunting. In this book, Lynfa Davies, NDB, walks you through the...

Peter Loring Borst was born in Boston and grew up in San Diego. In 1974, he decided to become a professional beekeeper, and was hired by an outfit which comprised over 2000 bee hives and a few...

The Honey Bee Solution to Varroa explains the practical steps beekeepers can take to identify and select for easily observable Varroa-resistant traits in their colonies. The science behind the bees'...

The Introduction Of Queen BeesAuthor: Brother AdamsPublisher: Northern Bee BooksPublication Date: Jan 26, 2018Number of Pages: 20 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1912271168ISBN-13:...

Colony structure and organization, physiological mechanisms of caste determination, the activities and adaptability of worker bees, temperature regulation, reproduction, seasonal cycle of activities,...

There Are Queen Cells In My Hive: - What Should I Do?Author: Wally ShawPublisher: Northern Bee BooksPublication Date: Jan 26, 2018Number of Pages: 34 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

Jenny has been Beekeeping with husband Sid for nearly 30 years. Both of them have been involved with the Taunton and District Division of Beekeepers in Somerset. She got interested in wax after a...

Mae cadw gwenyn yn ddiddordeb hynod ddiddorol a gwerth chweil gyda digonedd i'w ddysgu, ond i'r rhai sy'n dechrau cadw gwenyn o'r newydd, mae dod â phopeth ynghyd yn gallu bod yn anodd. Yn y llyfr...

Being a septuagenarian and having been a beekeeper on and off for over 60 years I have seen the changes in the world both good and bad. I have seen the countryside change from flowering hay meadows...