Listed below are recommended books that will help you learn more about a variety of topics related to beekeeping, bees, honey and other aspects of the culture. Click on a topic below to see the related books. Feel free to submit your recommendations or book reviews to ut.co.beekeepers@gmail.com.

 

Honey (incl Cooking)	Bees	Beginning Beekeeping	Intermediate Beeeeping
Advanced Beekeeping	Honey Plants	Diseases, pests, parasites and predators	Beeswax
Other Hive Products	Magazines	Marketing	Miscellaeous

 

 

Honey Books (incl Cooking)

Title	Author	Publisher	Reviews
Cooking with Honey	Hazel Berto	Gramercy	No
Honey: BeesOnline Recipe Book	Maureen Maxwell	BeesOnline	No

 

 

Bees

Title	Author	Publisher	Reviews
Orchid Bees of Tropical America			No
The World Of Bees	Murray Hoyt	Bonanza Books	No
The Buzz about Bees	Jurgen Tautz	Springer	No
Bees of the World	Christopher O'Toole and Anthony Raw	Facts On File	Yes

 

 

Beginning Beekeeping

Title	Author	Publisher	Reviews
Beekeeping for Dummies	Howland Blackiston	Hungry Minds	Yes
First Lessons in Beekeeping	C.P. Dadant	Dadant and Sons	No
Beekeeping	Werner Metzer	Barrons	No
The Beekeeper's Handbook	Diana Sammataro and Alphonse Avitabile	Collier Books	Yes
The Classroom	Jerry Hayes	Dadant and Sons	Yes

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Intermediate Beekeeping

Title	Author	Publisher	Reviews
At the Hive Entrance	H. Storch	European Apicultural Editions	Yes

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Advanced Beekeeping

Title	Author	Publisher	Reviews
The Biology of the Honey Bee	Mark L. Winston	Harvard University Press	Yes

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Honey Plants

Title	Author	Publisher	Reviews
Honey Plants	Harvey Lovell	Gleaning in Bee Culture	No

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Diseases, Parasite, Pests and Parasites

Title	Author	Publisher	Reviews
Honey Bee Parasites, Pests, Predators and Diseases	Penn State University	Penn State University	No
Mites of the Honey Bee	Edited by Thomas C. Webster	Dadant and Sons	Yes

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Beeswax

Title	Author	Publisher	Reviews
CANDLES THAT EARN, Creating and Operating Your Own Successful Candle Business	Don Olsen	Peanut Butter Publishing, Seattle, Washington	Yes

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Other Hive Products

Title	Author	Publisher	Reviews
Propolis: Nature's Energizer	Carlson Wade	Keats Publishing	No
The Royal Jelly Miracle	Reynaud Allen	Benedict Lust Publications	No
Health and the Honey Bee	Charles Mraz	Queen City Publications	Yes

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Magazines

Publication Name	Frequency	Website	Reviews
Bee Culture	Monthly	www.beeculture.com	No
American Bee Journal	Monthly	www.dadant.com/journal/	No

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Marketing

Title	Author	Publisher	Reviews
How to Keep Bees and Sell Honey	Walter T. Kelly	The Walter T. Kelley Company	No

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Miscellaneous

Title	Author	Publisher	Reviews
How Butterbees Came to Bee!	Lana Grimm and Tania Bloch and illustrated by David Michener	?	Yes

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