The Bee-friendly Beekeeper

Offers an insightful and intelligent exploration of modern beekeeping practices, and how they can...

100 Plants for Beekeepers

From around 130 million years ago flowering plants and insects have evolved together in something...

Splitting Colonies for the Small-Scale Beekeeper

Splitting Colonies is an important means of colony increase and swarming mitigation. Splitting is...

The Cavity Compromise

People with a beginner's interest in bees are often disturbed to learn that their bees will die w...

Why Not Top Bar Hives?

Keeping bees in top bar hives is becoming more popular with amateur beekeepers and even with some...

The Small hive beetle

The small hive beetle Aethina tumida is native to sub-Saharan Africa, where it is not generally c...

The Ethics of Beekeeping

This small book tries to set out where, in beekeeping, there are ethical choices to be made. The ...

On the Keeping of Bees

Beekeeping is the most fascinating and absorbing of pastimes. This book developed from the course...

Traditional Scottish Honey Recipes

Frances Brown shows us how to cook Scottish dishes using honey.The recipes have been collected ov...

Forage for Pollinators in an Agricultural Landscape

The conservation of bees and other pollinators is currently very high on the public agenda. Indee...

Nine Lectures on Bees

More beekeeping with ZEST Revised and updated

Beekeepers require a user friendly hive that helps the bees keep warm in Winter, stops them over ...