The Beekeepers' Library

     
     Here are a few articles and books on bee related subjects like bees, plants, farming, insecticides and beekeeping.  The library is relatively new and we are adding to it regularly.  All of the library material is free to preview and download.  The categories are:  

Basic Beekeeping
Beehive Construction
Honey Bee Diseases and Parasites
Hygienic Behaviour
Feeding
Native Pollinators
Advanced Beekeeping
General Interest
Insecticides and Bees
Planting for Pollinators
Natural Beekeeping
Recipes
Education
Pictures
Books
Webinars

Click on the link to read the article or book.  On the top of the page is an option to download the file.  It is a new library and we are continuously adding to it.  Enjoy. 


Basic Beekeeping


Backyard Beekeeping (James E. Tew)
Beekeeping Basics
The E-Book on Honeybees
Comprehensive guide to bees, beekeeping and honey
At the Hive entrance (book) - What to look for 
Hive Guide (Different hive types)
Hive Locations
Bees and beekeeping
Beemasters beekeeping course
Guide to keeping bees and Beehaus instructions 
Beekeeping in California
Honey Bees and Beekeeping (U. of Georgia)
How to install a package of bees
Queen Introduction Cage
Bee Season Plan
The first year of beekeeping
Bee Colony Inspection Sheet
Hive Check List
Hive Inspection Article
Hive Inspection Checklist pdf
Hive Inspection Checklist rtf
Hive Inspection Sheet 2 pdf
Hive Inspection Sheet doc
Hive Inspection Sheet pdf
Multiple Hive Inspection Sheet
Colony Inspection Sheet
Queen cells in my hive
Splitting a hive
Making Colony Splits 
Equalization of bee colony strength 
The Phenomena of Bee Bearding 
Robber Bees 
Preventing Robbing 
Egg laying Worker Bees 
Swarm Prevention Alternatives
Bee Swarms and their control
Artificial Swarming
Swarm prevention and Splits (Michael Bush) Powerpoint
Swarms and swarm management
The Best Bee (Italian, Carniolan, Buckfast ...)
An Introduction to Bee Biology
The Biology And External Morphology of Bees
The Biology and Management of Colonies in Winter
Winter Bee Losses and Remedies
Hiving a package of Bees
Smoker Maintenance 
Spring Colony Loss Checklist
Wrapping a bee colony for winter
Wrapping a hive with tar paper





Beehive construction
Langstroth construction
Langstroth modification
Beehive construction
Low Cost Beehive Plans
Beehive and frames
Insulated Moisture Quilt
5 Deep Brood Frame Hive
10 Frame W.B.C. Double Walled Hive
11 Frame British National Hive 
An A-Frame Modular Bee Hive  
Beehive frames
Frame dimensions
Frames
10 Frame Assembly Jig
Dadant type Frames
Removeable Swarm Catching Frames 
Making wax foundation
Make a screened bottom board
Screened bottom board
2 x 4 screened bottom board
Another screened bottom board
Multi use bottom board
Double Screen Board
Varroa floor
Parasite removing apparatus
Anti parasite bottom board
3 Frame Observation Hive
Double 3 frame Brood Hive 
Beehive infestation device
Beehive aerator
Solid bottom board
Slatted bottom rack
Slatted bottom rack #2
Inner cover
Insulated inner cover
Vented beehive cover
Frame assembly jig
Foldable foundation frame
Foundation Form Board
Frame holding feeder
How to make a pollen trap
Pollen trap
Another pollen trap
One more pollen trap
Pollen trap #5
Hosterman pollen trap
5 frame nuc
#2 5 frame nuc
Coates 5 frame nuc
Hive body mating nuc
Mini mating nuc
Mini mating nuc #2
Mini mating nuc feeder
Mini mating nuc with feeder
Queen cage
Queen incubator
Queen rearing box
Bushkill swarm trap
Swarm box
Bushkill 4 way mating nuc
Portable bee vacume
Bee Sampling Vacuum Attachment
Bee Vac Plans
Warre hive construction
Easy native bee condos
Solar wax melter
Beatrice beehive plans
Beehive bot box
Boardman feeder
Brood hive
Electric hive wire embedder
Formic acid fumigator
German beehive transporter
Grafting tool
Honey extractor
Hotel Queen cage
Wood queen cage holder
Queen cell bar and frame
Low cost beehive
Making a straw hive
Making winter wraps
National hive mesh floor
Solar wax melter
Solar wax melter mini
Styrofoam hive
How to build a top bar hive
Top bar hive Kenya
Top bar hive Yemen
German top bar hive
Top bar feeder
Top bar feeder
Uncapping tank
Vortex bee escape board
Beeswax foundation mould
Homemade extractor
Another homemade extractor
20 Frame Extractor Design 
Small hive beetle trap
Another small hive beetle trap
Beehive clamping and transfer device
Beehive heater
Beehive movable top entrance
Beehive ventilator plans
Beehive monitoring system
2 queen operation plans
Multiple queen beehive plans
Portable beehive plans
Parasite removal device
Solar powered cooler and ventilator
Solar Bees wax extractor plans 
Observation hive plans 
Setting up an observation hive 
Low cost bee hive plans 
Langstroth bee hive plans 
How to wire a resistor to a charger 
Hot wax dipping of bee hives 
Construction a Boardman Feeder
Assembling a hive 
Making Beehive Winter Wraps
Beehive Fence Construction Manual (Elephants)
Building a Varroa Mite Sampler
Honey Extractor (USDA Model)
Honey Heater
Honeycomb Uncapping Tank
Jig for cutting handholds in Super bodies
Super Dumping Board
Alternative Equipment (Michael Bush) Powerpoint
Lighter Equipment and Top Entrances (Michael Bush) Powerpoint
Observation Hives (Michael Bush) Powerpoint
How to make a Skep




A Field Guide to Honey Bees and their Maladies
Nosema in Honey Bees
Nosema ceranae and fipronil synergy on honeybee
Testing for Nosema Spores using Hemacytometer 
Testing for Nosema Spores using Sperm Counter
Diagnosis of Honey Bee Diseases (USDA) 
A Sustainable Approach to Controlling Honey Bee Diseases and Mites
Honey Bee Diseases and Parasites (U. of Missouri)
Honey bee diseases and pests
Honey Bee Diseases, Pests and Medications Chart
Honey Bee Diseases
Bee Diseases and their control 
Bee Dysentery 
Bee Dysentery (Condition not disease) 
2010-2011-Honey Bee Pests and Diseases Survey Report 
USDA CCD Progress Report 2012
CCD Action Plan (USDA)
Ten Reasons CCD has been good for Beekeeping (Powerpoint)
Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus in the U.S.
Prevention of Deformed Wing Virus by dsRNA ingestion     
Bacterial Diseases in Bees
Treatment Recommendations of Honey Bee Diseases and Mite Control
Powdered Sugar Sampling to monitor Varroa (Powerpoint Presentation)
Varroa Sampler Instructions
Testing for Varroa Mites
Varroa (Powerpoint) 
Varroa mite reproductive biology
Formic Acid for controlling Varroa Mites
Powder Sugar Roll for Varroa Mites
The influence of cell size on Varroa reproduction
IPM Mite Control (Power Point Presentation) 
IPM Strategies for bee mites (Powerpoint) 
Pathogen Webs in CCD 
Biology and Control of Varroa 
European bees adaptations reduce reproduction of Varroa
How Varroa Parasitism Affects the Immunological and Nutritional Status of Bees
AFB - Prevention and Control  
Parasitic Florid Fly 
Wax Moth and it's control 
Foulbrood Diseases of Honey Bees 
National Honey Bee Pests and Diseases Survey (2011-2012) 
Varroa Control with Apinovar 
Parasites of Honey Bees
The Physiological Effects of Varroa on Honey Bees 
Wax Moth IPM  
Control of Tracheal mites
Tracheal mites - Acarine disease
Acarapisosis of Honey Bees (caused by Tracheal Mite)  
Small hive beetle fact sheet 
Small hive beetle 
The Small Hive Beetle
Fungal Biocontrol of Small Hive Beetle  
The effects of adult small hive beetles on honey bees
Varroa mite attractants - potential solution (Mark Carroll) 
Why should parasite resistance be costly? 
Honeybee diseases and parasites
NC State Honey Bee Diseases
Managing Varroa
NC State Managing Varroa
Honeybee foulbrood
The small hive beetle
The use of Essential Oils in Beekeeping
How Nosema causes Colony Collapse
Nosema Ceranae
Hive Health Diagnostics (OSU)
Small Hive Beetle
IPM Poster
Mite Away Quick Strips
Varroa Destructor sustainable control
Pesticides result in increased levels of Nosema
Parasite-Insecticide interaction
Interactions between Nosema and neonicotinoids weakens honey bees
Varroa treatment options 
Management of small hive beetle in Australia 
How susceptible are Australian Honey Bees to Varroa? 
Honeybee genome offers clues for fighting diseases
Long term exposure to antibiotics causes resistance to gut microbiota in bees


Hygienic Behaviour


Hygienic Behaviour in Honey Bees (Response to infected or brood kill)
Hygienic Behaviour in Honey Bees (Octopamine Role)
Hygienic Behavior of Cape and European Apis mellifera  
Six quantitative trait loci influence task thresholds for hygienic behaviour
Seven suggestive quantitative trait loci influence hygienic behavior 
Sequential hygienic behavior in Carniolan honey bees
Resistance to American foulbrood disease by honey bred for hygienic behaviour
Hygienic behavior in the stingless bees
Honey bee hygienic behavior and defense against Varroa jacobsoni  
Evaluation of the time of uncapping and removing dead brood from cells by hygienic and non-hygienic bees 
Effect of population size on the expression of hygienic behavior
Comparison of hygienic behaviour between 5 honey bee types
Comparative study of the hygienic behavior of Carniolan and Africanized honey bees
Africanized honey bees are efficient at detecting, uncapping and removing dead brood 
Breeding for hygienic behaviour in honeybees using free-mated nucs
Effect of population size on the expression of hygienic behavior
Evaluation of the time of removing dead brood from cells by hygienic and non-hygienic honey bees
Honey bee hygienic behavior and defense against Varroa jacobsoni
Honey Bees with Varroa Sensitive Hygiene
Hygienic behavior in the stingless bees
Hygienic Behavior of Cape and European Apis mellifera
Hygienic Behaviour in Honey Bees (Octopamine Role)
Hygienic Behaviour in Honey Bees (Response to infected or brood kill)
Hygienic behaviour testing
Selecting for Hygienic Behaviour in Honey Bees
Sequential hygienic behavior in Carniolan honey bees
Seven suggestive quantitative trait loci influence hygienic behavior
Six quantitative trait loci influence task thresholds for hygienic behaviour
Hygienic responses to Varroa by Hawaiian Bees
Resistance to American foulbrood disease by honey bred for hygienic behaviour


Feeding

Bee Feeding Recipes
Pollen substitute 
Feeding Bees Pollen Substitute
Pollen Substitute Recipe
Pollen substitutes and supplements
Light syrup
Heavy syrup
Ziploc sugar feeder
Fondant recipe
Feeding for Winter
Bottle feeder
Bee candy
Development of an Artificial Pollen substitute or supplement diet
Feeding Bees (Scotland)
Honey bee nutrition and supplementary feeding



Native Pollinators


Power of Pollinators Part 1  
Power of Pollinators Part 2 
Power of Pollinators Part 3 
Pollinator biology and habitat
Native Bees Webinar 
Native Bees (Power Point Presentation - Teaching) 
Native Bees and Vegetation (Powerpoint)
Bee Basics (Native bees)
Native Bee benefits 
Sustaining Native Bee Habitat
Nests for Native Bees
Alternative Pollinators - Native Bees
Pollinators in natural areas
Conserving Bumble Bees
Conserving Native Bees on Farmland
Bumble Bees of the Western U.S. 
Bumblebee vulnerability and conservation worldwide
How to Raise Mason Bees 
Raising Bumble Bees at Home
Bumble Bee Rearing Guide 
Understanding the Flight of the Bumble Bee
Investigating the impact of habitat on bumblebees
Plight of the Bumble Bee 
Bumble Bees of the Eastern U.S.
Bumble Bees of the Western U.S.
Using Bumble Bees for Pollination
An Automated Approach to Bee ID from Wing Venation (Book) 
Canada's Native Bee Hotspot (Okanagon)
The Bee Genera of Eastern Canada
Mitchell's Bees of the Eastern U.S. - Introduction 
Mitchell's Bees of the Eastern U.S. - Mellitidae  
Mitchell's Bees of the Eastern U.S. - Halictidae 
Mitchell's Bees of the Eastern U.S. - Megachilidae 
Mitchell's Bees of the Eastern U.S. - Andrenidae 
Mitchell's Bees of the Eastern U.S. - Anthophoridae  
Mitchell's Bees of the Eastern U.S. - Apidae 
Mitchell's Bees of the Eastern U.S. - Colletidae 
Farm Management for Native Bees (Deleaware)
Farming for Native Bees in Delaware
Farming for Native Bees 
Managing alternative pollinators 
How to increase native bee population on your farm 
Giant Resin Bee heading west 
Conserving Bumble Bees 
An Introduction to Native Bees
Orchard Mason Bees
Orchard Mason Bees (Wash State U.)
Managed Pollinators - Blue Orchard Bee
How to care for Orchard Mason Bees
How to Manage the Blue Orchard Bee
Home made Mason Bee paper liners that work
Mason Bee Management Calendar
Mason Bee paper liners
Mason Bee Paper Liners that Work (Powerpoint)
Paper Liners that Work
Managed Pollinators - other managed pollinators
Managed Pollinators -leafcutters 
Managing Roadsides for Pollinators
Solitary bees and wasps
Metallic Lasioglossum Bee (E. N. America)
Project Bee Box Canadian Gardening
Making nests for native bees
Easy DIY Bee condos
Natural areas and native pollinators
Pollinators and plants in peril
Pollination poster
Bumblebee identification
Native pollinators
Bees, habitat and coevolution
Smithonian Pollinator Lesson Plans
Pollinator - Power point presentation
Building hives for solitary bees and wasps
Easy diy bee condos
Solitary bee nesting tower
Enhancing native pollination in Agriculture
Home-made Bee Condos
Raising Bumble Bees at home
How to manage the Blue Orchard bee as an orchard pollinator
Pollinator Syndromes
Ohio Native Bee Indentification Guide 
How to increase native bee population 
Foraging specializations of Bumble Bee
Attracting pollinators to your garden
Tunnel nests for Native Bees 
The Hindu Newspaper (Stingless Bees) 
Pollinator Awareness Paper 
Pollination with Native Bees (Power Point teaching Presentation)
Make a Native Bee Garden   
Norms Solitary Bee House
Protecting Monarchs
Tomato Pollination with Blue Banded Bees
UN Environment pollinator decline
Making Room for Native Pollinators (Oregon)
Making Room for Native Pollinators 2 (Oregon)
Pollinator conservation in Minnesota and Wisconsin
Pollinator Friendly Parks
U.N. Report - Threats to Pollinators (2010)
Using farmbill programs for pollinator conservation
Yolo Pollinator Conservation Strategy



Advanced Beekeeping



How to raise a queen bee (Hopkins method) 
IMN System of Queen Rearing
The Development of Honey Bee Artificial Insemination 
The Mating Sign of Queen Bees 
Making a Pollination Contract 
Queen rearing calendar
4-H Advanced Beekeeping
Advanced Beekeeping manual (African field based trainer)
Honey production
Pollen and nectar plants (Alberta)
Pollination for the beekeeper
Winter management
Queen rearing and banking system - Cloake board
Queen breeding timetable
Queen rearing calendar
Introductory study for breeding varroa resistant bees
Management practices for beekeepers pollinating almonds
Seasonal Guide for Beekeepers Pollinating Almonds
Business Management for Pollinating Beekeepers (Powerpoint)
Pollinating Beekeepers Colony Management (Powerpoint)
Pollinating Beekeepers Equipment (Powerpoint)
Pollinating Beekeepers Nosema Management (Powerpoint)
Pollinating Beekeepers Nutrition (Powerpoint) 
Pollination Contract 
Polyandry in Honey Bees  


General Interest 

B.C. Honey Bee Production and mortality statistics
B.C. Beekeeping Calendar
Beekeeper's Calendar
Beekeeper's Calendar (North Carolina)
Florida Beekeeping Calendar
Ireland Beekeeping Calendar
Kentucky Beekeeper's Calendar
2011-12 National Bee Pests and Diseases Survey Report
Bee Informed Winter Prep Survey results (2011)
Hive Lights (CHC Newsletter)
Kelley Bee Newsletter (March 2013)
Kelley Bee Newsletter (Feb 2013)
Kelley Bee Newsletter (Jan 2013)
Kelley Bee Newsletter (Dec 2012)
Kelley Newsletter (November 2012)
Kelly Bee New Modern Beekeeping (May 2012)
Modern Beekeeping Newsletter (Jan 2013)
Project Apis Newsletter (April 2013)
Kentucky Beekeeper (Jan 2013)
The University of Georgia Beeletter (Dec 2012)
U.C Apiaries (Dec 2012)
U.C Davis March 2013
Determination of Botannical Origin of Honey
Honey Color Analyser
Honey Color
Honey Composition
Measurement of Honey Quality
U.S Standards for Grades of Extracted Honey
Honey Bee Pheromones
Healing Wounds with Honey
Bee body parts (Identification)
Bee body parts
Head Butting Bees
The Bite of a Honeybee acts as a local antiseptic
A single locus determines thelytokous parthenogenesis of laying honeybee workers
The lifecycle of bees
The Best Bee (Carnies, Italians, Russians...) 
Bee Behaviour and Pollination Ecology 
Honey Bee Nutrition 
Beeswax - Production, Composition and Control 
The Antibacterial Activity of Honey 
U.C. Apiaries Newsletter - July/Aug 2012 
The Taxonomic Discrimination of Bees 
Racial Admixture of Apis Mellifera in Australia 
Propolis 
Propolis (2) 
Propolis - Composition, Health, Medicine 
Effects of Power-line Electric and Magnetic fields on Honey Bees 
Effects of Magnetic fields on Honey Bees 
Vanishing of the Bees Study Guide 
Africanized Honey Bees  
The Africanized Honey Bees in America
Asymmetric introgression of African genes in honeybee populations in Central Mexico  
Saguaro National Park Africanized Bees 
DNA of the Africanized Honey Bee 
Bee Alert - The Africanized Honey Bee 
Propolis - Composition, Health, Medicine
The Sun Hive Book (Preview) 
An Introduction to Bees in Britain 
Beekeeping In Tennessee 
Beginning Beekeeping (Kentucky)
Guide to Beekeeping in West Virginia
History of Beekeeping in Alaska
Beekeeping Practical Guide (Organic)
Beekeeping Tips for Beginners
Meliponas in Yucatan 
The State of Melipona in Mexico today 
The Stingless Bees of the Yucatan 
Study of Stingless bees pollinating in Japanese greenhouse 
Sensory analysis applied to Honey 
Role of HMF and Diastase in Honey 
Weather affects pollination and yield of Highbush Blueberry 
Value-added products from beekeeping (United Nations) 
Keeping Bees in Populated Areas 
How do bees make honey? 
The Future of Crop Pollination 
Florida Mellito Beekeepers Newsletter - July 2012 
July/2012 Kelly Bees News Letter  
Honey hunting and beekeeping 
Honey hunting in India 
Top bar hive diagram 
Robber Bees 
City of Vancouver Beekeeping By-Law
Hobby beekeeping in the city of Vancouver 
Retention of hive scent and heat
Delon's natural method of stable hive climate
Scottish beekeeper magazine
Edinburgh basic beekeeping
Nordic beekeeping magazine
Reasons for beekeeping poster
The Warre hive
60 years of Beekeeping (Dr. James Tew)
Propolis and Wax
Beeswax recycling
Bees for Development
Seasonal beekeeping in Scotland
Beekeeping in Scotland - forage
Beekeeping in Scotland - bee biology
The Honey Bee dance language
The different types of Honey Bees
Propolis and Wax
Bees in the Green Movement
The indigenous honey bees of Saudi Arabia
Pollen nutrition and colony development in honey bees
Honey bees in cherry and plum pollination
Certified Naturally Grown Apiary Standards
Bee Health in Europe - Facts and figures
CNG Apiary Inspection Forms
How microbes work for honey bees
Langstroth patent
Seasons of beekeeping Arkansas
Harvard CCD Study
Catalog of honey labels (1920)
National Survey - Colony losses 2010-2011
Resistance to American Foulbrood (by bees bred for hygienic behavior)
The Stingless Mayan honey bee
The Stingless Mayan honey bee 2
Thelytoky in a strain of U.S. honey bees 
The effects of comb age on colony growth and brood survivorship
The Honey Bee Facts 
Preparing honey for competition and sales 
Showing honey at agricultural shows 
Judging liquid honey 
Royal Jelly 
Ninemsn Report on Medicinal Effects of Honey 
How to make creamed honey 
Historical overview of Honey Bees in Australia 
Honey as a complimentary medicine 
Extractors 
Distance estimation of foraging honey bees 
Dance language of Bees 
Creamed Honey 
Comb Honey  
7 ways to find the queen 
Beekeeping in Vietnam 
Beekeeping in the Phillipines 
Medical-grade Honey kills Antibiotic-resistant bacteria 
Hornet Trap 
Health Benefits of Lactic acid bacteria in Honey
Pollination of Crops in Australia and New Zealand
Beekeeping in Western Canada - Szabo (1981)  
P.A.N Bee Toolkit  
Honey Bees in House Walls
Apis Mellifera Intermissa (Tunisian Bee)
A Guide for Honey Bees entering California
A Beginners Guide to Beekeeping in Kenya 
Honey Bees of Afghanistan
Buzz (Raymond Huber)   
Urban Agriculture in New Brunswick
Value of Honey bees in the Mid-Atlantic Region
10,000 years in isolation Honey Bees in Suharan Oasis
Seasonal Absconding of Honey Bees in Tropical Africa
Australia Biosecurity Manual for the Honey Industry
Sleep Deprivation Impairs precision of Waggle Dance
Beekeeping in W. Virginia 
Genetic architecture of ovary size in European honeybee workers 
History of beekeeping in W. Virginia 
The Fungi of the Bee Hive
Understanding bees' relationships with introduced species
Synergistic effects of non apis bees and honey bees for pollination services
The Agriculture Pollinator scenario of the Himalayas
The Unloved Drone



Insecticides and Bees


Neonicotinoids - Our Toxic Countryside
The Effects of Neonicotinoid Pesticides on Bees
Reducing Risks from Treated Seeds
Insects and Insecticides (UK Parliament Report 2012)
Pesticides and Bee Declines IPM (Feb 2011)
Clothianidin risk study
Interaction between Pesticides and Bees 
Protecting Pollinators while using Pesticides
Testing Insect resistant BT Maize on Bee Larvae 
Beekeepers Quarterly (June 2012) - Systemic Pesticides and Bees 
Pre-registration study of Clothianidin 
EPA Conditional registration of Clothianidin
Influence of dinotefuran & clothianidin on a bee colony
Pesticides reduce the foraging success of Honey Bees 
Neonicotinoid effects Bumble Bee colony growth 
Low dose pesticides effects on Bees 
Learning impairment in Honey Bees caused by Agricultural sprays 
How to reduce bee poisoning from pesticides 
Impact of children's exposure to pesticides 
Interview with Tom Theobold - Pesticides and Bees
The EPA fails to protect bees against Neonicotinoids 
Toxicity of Neonicotinoid insecticides to Honey Bees   
The effects of neonicotinoid coated maize seed on honey bees 
Movement of soil-applied imidacloprid and thiametoxam into squash 
Pesticide exposure for bees near agricultural fields 
Entombed pollen and increased risk of colony mortality (Pesticide residue) 
Impact of neonicotinoid insecticides on non-target invertebrates
Organic Approved Pesticides
Neonicotinoid effect on European honey bees
Neonic effect on Honey bees
Pesticides and honey bees
Are Neonicotinoids killing Bees?
Pesticide exposure leads to increased level of Nosema
Are Neonicotinoids killing Bees (Xerces Society)
European study on the effects of neonicotinoids on bees
Parasite-Insecticide interaction
Interactions between Nosema and neonicotinoids weakens honey bees
Impaired Olfactory Associative Behavior due to Pesticide
Multiple Routes of Pesticide Exposure near Agricultural Fields


Planting for Pollinators


Bee Friendly Planting Guide
Bee Friendly Plants for your Garden or Farm
Plants for native bees
Flowers that Bees Love
Perennial Plants for Beekeeping
Insect Pollination of Cultivated Crop Plants 
Survey of individual floral types of American Honey 
Honey Yield per Plant per acre
List of plants beneficial for honey bees
RHS Pollinators Plant List 
RHS Pollinators Wildflower Plant List
Hedgerow Planting Guide
Hedgerows for California Agriculture
Hedgerows in Western Oregon
Make A Bee-Happy Garden
Managing Pollinator Habitat
Biointensive Agriculture
Climate Change and Grow Biointensive
Backyard Composting
Compost and Manure
Pacific Northwest Bee Plants
Wildflowers of Texas (Part 1) 
Wildflowers of Texas (Part 2) 
Nectar and Pollen sources of New Zealand
Delaware Native Plants for Native Bees
Gardening for Native bees in Utah and beyond
Gardening for native pollinators (U. of Georgia) 
Gardening for Pollinators
Southwest Plateau Plains Plants
Southern Rocky Mt Steppe Plants
Southeast Mixed Forest Plants
Sierran Steppe Plants
Prairie Parkland Subtropical Plants
Prairie Parkland Plants
Pollinator Plants of South Georgia
Pacific Lowland Plants
Ozark Broadleaf Plants
Outer Coastal Plants
Ouachita Mixed Plants
Northern Rocky Mt Forest Steppe Plants
Nevada Utah Plants
Middle Rocky Mt Plants
Lower Mississippi River Plants
Laurentian Plants
Intermountain Semidesert Plants
Intermountain Semidesert and desert province plants
Great Plains Steppe Plants
Eastern Broadleaf Oceanic Plants
Eastern Broadleaf Continental Plants
Colorado Plateau Plants
Chihuahuan Plants
Central Appalachian Plants
Cascade Mixed Plants
California Bee Plants 
Plants to Support Pollinators in California Almond Orchards 
Pollinator Plants for Southern California
California Dry Steppe Plants
California Coastal Woodland Plants
California Coastal Steppe Plants
California Coastal Chaparral Plants
Central coast pollinator plant list
Central valley pollinator plant list
Northern Sierra (California) foothill pollinator plants
Arizona New Mexico Plants
American Semidesert Plants
Adirondack Plants
Upper Midwest Bee Plants
Plant hardiness zone map
Texas Honey Plants (Sanborn and Scholl 1908) 
Pollen and nectar plants (Alberta)
Plants that attract Pollinators
Nectar and Pollen Plants of California (1931) 
Make a Native Bee Garden 
Delaware Native Plants for Native Bees 
Bee Friendly Gardening (PAN) 
Attracting Beneficial Insects with Native Flowering Plants
Crop Plants pollinated by bees
American Honey Plants (1920 Book)
Butterfly Gardening
Biointensive Agriculture (A Greener Revolution)
Climate Change and GROW BIOINTENSIVE
Dwarf Sunflower Comparison Chart 
Tall Sunflower Comparison Chart
Farming for bees guidelines    
Farming for pollinators brochure
Hardiness Zone Map Missouri Extension
Hardiness Zone Map
Map hardiness zones
Introduction to Permaculture (Bill Mollison)
Permaculture Design for Orphans and Vulnerable Children (Beekeeping included)
Manual of Gardening (1910 L.H. Bailey) Book
N. American Trees and Shrubs that provide significant forage
Native plant garden for pollinators
Native Plant Gardening
Native Plants of the S. East U.S.
Native Trees
Pollination of Crops in Australia and New Zealand
Pollinator Friendly Parks
Pollinator Habitat Assessment Form and Guide
How to create a Rain Garden
Biotech Basics (Genetic Engineering)
Care with Pesticides (Barb Bloetsher)
Stories from our Food Garden
The jar test for determining soil type
Guide to Home Canning
Underground Greenhouse
Urban Agriculture in New Brunswick
Victory Garden Leaders Handbook
Who Benefits from GM Crops?
Urban Farming Guidebook


Natural Beekeeping


Natural Beekeeping- Organic Approaches
Horizontal and Top Bar Hives (Michael Bush) Powerpoint
Natural Cell Size and it's Implications (Powerpoint)
Small Cell Hive Management (Michael Bush) Powerpoint
Exposure to Antibiotics Effects (Dee Lusby's bees comparison)
The influence of small-cell brood combs on the morphometry of honey bees
Beekeeping: Natural, simple and successful 
Biodynamic or Organic Beekeeping Standards
Certified Naturally Grown Apiary Standards
Natural Beekeeping
Handbook for Natural Beekeeping
Natural Cell Size (Zeissloff)
Honey Bee Thermology - Cell size zones
Small-cell-size (survivor comparison)  
Biological Beekeeping by Lusby
How to Build a Top Bar Hive
Comparison- Vertical to Horizontal Top Bar Hive 
Dream Home for Honey Bees 
Rudolf Steiner Bee Lectures (1923) 
Biodynamic Beekeeping (Questions and Answers)
Permaculture.com-Introduction to Beekeeping 
Towards Sustainable Beekeeping (David Heaf) 
Beekeeping for all - by Abbe Warre
On my way to sustainable beekeeping (Warre hive)
The Warre hive
Building a Warre Hive
Warre Bee Hive Plans (Metric) 
Warre Tree Hive 
Delon Stable-Climate Hive
Roger Delon Warre Hive 
Guide to Natural Beekeeping (Warre Hive) 
Natural Top Bar Beekeeping
The Vertical Top Bar Hive
Top bar hive diagram 
Round Warre Hive 
How to make a skep
Sustainable and Bee-Friendly Beekeeping 
Do small cells hellp bees cope with varroa?
Honey bee thermology cell size zones
The influence of small cells on the size of honey bees 
Three studies on small cell foundation and varroa mites 
The influence of small cell brood comb on Honey Bee size 
Inovative Beekeeping and value added marketing
Sustainable and Bee-friendly Beekeeping


Recipes


Body Moisturizer with Honey
Cooking with honey
Bake it Up (Honey Recipes)
Beekeepers' Favorite Recipes
Chefs A' Field (Honey Recipes)
Fit and Healthy Kids (Honey Recipes)
Good and Golden (Honey Recipes)
Honey and Exercise (Beverages)
Honey for all Seasons (Recipes)
Honey I Love You (Recipes)
Honey Recipes (Deserts Australia)
Honey Recipes and Ideas
In The Garden with Honey (Recipes)
Honey Recipes
Honey Recipes
Honey You're a Classic (Recipes)
Creamed Honey Recipe
Honey drink recipes
Honey and Florida Grapefruit (Recipes)
Honey BBQ Recipes
More Honey Recipes
Banana and Honey muffins
Honey fruit smoothy
Honey gingernuts
Honey lemon cordial
Farm biscuits
White House Honey Beer Recipes
Mead making
Basic Mead Making (Chart)
Honey Soda
Lavendar chamomile beeswax balm
Honey soap
Honey Spa Recipes (Bath, Lip Balm, Skin toner...)
Beeswax polish
Beeswax hand cream
Recipe for bee pollen supplement 
Making bees wax furniture polish
Edible Flower Recipes 
Edible Flowers Harvest
The Fast Wild Food Cookbook
Honey Cherry Granola Bars


Education (for parents and teachers)


*The epub book format can be read using the free ebook reader Calibre.
*Some of the instructional material is appropriate for children and adults (All)

*Online curriculum activities Grades 1-3 Bee Fun
The Travelling Beehive (epub) 
The Travelling Beehive (pdf)
School Resource Kit K1-6
Exploring the Native Plant World (Teaching Pre K) 
Exploring the Native Plant World (Teaching K-6) 
Exploring the Native Plant World (Grades 3-4) 
Exploring the Native Plant World (Grades 5-6)
Connecting with Nature (Grades 4-6)
Honey Bee Education Program (K-9)
Bee School - Art (Elementary)
Bee School - Geography
Bee School - History
Bee School - Literacy
Bee School - Music
Bee School - Numeracy
Bee School - Science 
Exploring the Native Plant World (Pk-K)
Exploring the Native Plant World (Gr. 1-2)
Exploring the Native Plant World (Gr. 2-3)
Exploring the Native Plant World (Gr. 4-5)
Hedgerow Biodiversity Survey (Activity)
Horticultural Therapy Activity Programme
Power of Pollinators Part 1 (All)  
Power of Pollinators Part 2  (All)
Power of Pollinators Part 3  (All)
Pollinator Awareness Paper  (All)
What Is Pollination  (All)
Why Manage Pollinators  (All)
Wild pollinators  (All)
Native Bees Webinar  (All)
Native Bees (Power Point Presentation - Teaching)  (All)
Native Bees and Vegetation (Powerpoint)  (All)
4-H Honey Bee Youth Project Book - Beekeeper's Equipment (Gr. 4-7)
Environmental Learning Program (Pollinators) (K-6) 
Environmental Learning Program (Pollinator Field Guides) (K-6)
Environmental Learning Program (Bees as Pollinators) (K-6)
Smithonian Pollinator Lesson Plans  (Gr. 4-9)
Bees (Reading Comprehension Skills)
Bees Visit Flowers (Teaching Guide)
Beekeeping (Powerpoint) (All)
First Year Hive Management (Powerpoint) (All)
Pollination with Mason Bees - Power Point teaching presentation (All)
Native Bees Webinar (All)
Native Bees (Power Point Presentation - Teaching) (All)
Pollination with Native Bees (Power Point teaching Presentation) (All)
IPM Mite Control (Powerpoint) (All)
IPM Strategies fo bee mites (Powerpoint) (All)
Varroa (Powerpoint) (All)
Powdered Sugar Sampling to monitor Varroa (Powerpoint Presentation) (All)
Africanized Honey Bee (Powerpoint) (All)
Africanized Honey Bees in Florida (Powerpoint) (All)
Africanized Honey Bee Activity Program (Kids)  
Insect Pollination - Lesson Plan (All)
Pollinator Activity Book  (Gr. 4-7)
Pollinator Gardens Curriculum (Pre K-12)
How Bees make Honey (Education) (All)
Honey Bee Facts (Education) (All)
Honey Bee (Education) (All)
Bee Education Fact Sheet  (All)
Collecting and Pressing Wildflowers (All)
You'll miss me when I'm gone (short video)
Busy Bumblebee Song (short video)
Share the Buzz (short video)
The Magic Schoolbus - In a Beehive  (Bee Cartoon 22 min) 
Why the Bee Buzzes (Epub book format)
The adventures of Maya the Bee (Epub book format)
Swarm Story (Children's story)
The Bee and the Flower (Children's Activity) 
Wildflower Fun Facts  (All)
Pollination Facts  (All)
Making Pollinator Pals (Children's Activity) 
Insect Scavenger Hunt (1)  (All)
Insect Scavenger Hunt (2) 
Insect Scavenger Hunt (3) 
Dirt and Decomposition (Learning Activity)  (All)
Compost and Compost Cupcakes (Teaching)  (All)  
Determining Tree Age (Learning Activity)  (All)
Tree Investigation (Children's Activity) 
Tree Habitat Investigation Activity
Native Plant Growth Chart  
Plant part adaptation Charades 
Plant Defences (Teachers) 
Plant Adaptation Scavenger Hunt
Hike Observation Sheet (Wildflowers)  (All) 
Hike Observation Sheet (Wildflower Hunt) 
Hike Observation Sheet (Pollination) 
Hike Observation Sheet (Plant Families) 
Hike Observation Sheet (Lichen Survey) 
Hike Observation Sheet (Leaves) 
Hike Observation Sheet (Insect Evidence) 
Hike Observation Sheet (General) 
Hike Observation Sheet (Seeds)   
Beehive to color
Bees on flowers to color
Color worker bee
Color worker bee (side view)
Color queen honeybee
Color drone honeybee
Color Bees 
Living Things (Coloring Activity) 
The Mint Family (Coloring)
The Composite Plant Family (Coloring) 
Plants (Coloring Activity)
Native Plants (Coloring) 
Stenciling fun
Transferring Honey (jig saw puzzle)
Bee crossword puzzle
Crossword puzzle
African Honeybee jig saw puzzle
Worker Bee puzzle
Finger puppets
Bee model
Beebuzz game
Bee sign 1
Bee sign 2
Bee sign 3
Bee sign 4
Bee sign 5
Bee sign 6
Bee sign 7
Bee sign 8


Webinars 

Web based instructional seminars from Brushy Mountain Bee Farm and Ohio State University. Very interesting seminars put on by bee experts.  I have found them to be very informative.

Newer!  Swarms and Swarm Management (Dr. James Tew - 58 mins) Play  (Webinar handout)
New! Protecting Honey Bees from Pesticides (Barb Bloesher - 49 mins) Play (Webinar handout, Purdue University)
Putting the hive to bed for Winter (Kim Flottum - 56 mins) Play
Marketing Bee Products (Dr. Julie Fox - 54 mins) Play   (Webinar handout)
Planning Now for Winter Preparation (Barbara Bloetsher - 54 mins) Play    (Webinar handout) 
Parasitic Mites and Honey Bees (Dr. James Tew - 55:59 mins)   Play    (Webinar handout)
Pesticides in and around the hive (58:39 mins)   Play
Beeology 101 - Honey Bee Biology and Behavior (40 mins)    Play
Beekeeping 101 - Beekeeping Getting Started (16 mins)    Play
Caring for a new colony (143 mins)     Download  
Installing a package of bees (39 mins)    Download  
6 weeks as a beekeeper now what? (108 mins)    Download  
Getting ready for winter (91 mins)    Download
Harvesting and extracting (103 mins)     Download
Making colonies from the ones you have (90 mins)     Download  
Made it through the winter now what? (143 mins)     Download
3 things to know going into fall (80 mins)     Download
Basic Mead making (75 mins)     Download
Candle making (65 mins)     Download
IPM techniques (95 mins)     Download
Overwintering bees (124 mins)     Download
Processing your wax (75 mins)     Download
Queen maladies (117 mins)     Download
Small scale queen rearing (83 mins)     Download
Spring preparation management (91 mins)     Download
Urban beekeeping (80 mins)     Download
What to do when hives go bad (81 mins)     Download
Year 2 build them up (89 mins)     Download
Protecting Honey Bees during planting season (43 mins)    Download     Download (handout)
Hive Health Diagnostics (56 mins)     Play

At the Hive Entrance (Book) - What to look for 
Beekeeping for All (Abbe Warre)
The Hive and the Honey-Bee (Langstroth) 
The ABC XYZ of Bee Culture (1910)
The Bee People (M. Morley 1903)
The Bees of the World (C.D. Michener)
Bees and their role in forest livelihoods (United Nations)
An automated approach to Bee I.D.from wing venation 
The Travelling Beehive - Children's (epub) 
The Travelling Beehive - Children's (pdf)
Busy Bee's Flower Friends (Children's)   
Dr. C. C. Miller's Forty Years Among the Bees (epub) 
Dr. C. C. Miller's Forty Years Among the Bees (pdf) 
50 years among the Bees -1911- (Dr CC Miller) 
1881 Household Cyclopedia (Includes Horticulture) Book
Nuova or The New Bee (a children's story) - Vernon Kellogg
Mysteries of Beekeeping explained - M. Quinby 1853
The Adventures of Maya the Bee (Children's story) - Waldemar Bonsels
Why the Bee Buzzes (Young children) - Ryan Struhl
Beekeeping in the Midwest (Elbert Jaycox - l976)
The Bee-Keeper's Handy Book by Henry Allen (1883)
Apis Mellifera or the poison of the Honey Bee (Wolfe 1858)
Plants and Beekeeping - F.N. Howes (1945)
Practical Beekeeping - Ralph Benton (1907)
Some of the essentials of Beekeeping - Burton Gates (1912)
The American Apiculturist (1883)
The Hive Bee - A manual for beekeeping in Hawaii (E.C. Smith) 1919
The Practical Bee Guide - Rev. Digges (1901)
The Mysteries of Beekeeping Explained - M. Quinby (1853)
First Lessons in Beekeeping - C.P. Dadant (1919)
Every step in Beekeeping - Charles Douglass (1922)
Elements of Beekeeping - H.R. Niswonger (1919)
Dadant System of Beekeeping - C.P. Dadant (1920)
Constructive Beekeeping - Ed H. Clark (1918)
Beekeeping in the Kootenays (B.C.) - W.J. Sheppard (1918)
Beekeeping in the Interior of British Columbia (1922)
Beekeeping - E.F. Philips (1915)
A thousand answers to Beekeeping - Miller and Dadant (1917)
A Book about Bees - Rev. Jenyns (1886)
Manual of Beekeeping (John Hunter)
Honey Flora of Victoria, Australia (1922) Book
American Honey Plants (1920 Book)
Constructive Beekeeping (Book)
Cyclopedia of American Horticulture (L.H Bailey 1900)




No Trespassing Honeybee yard
Bee Crossing
Worker Bee
Bee Friendly Zone
Honey Jar Labels 
Vintage Honey Jar Labels
Catalog of honey labels (1920)
Anatomy of a Bee







2 comments:

  1. Rose-Marie LarssonJune 13, 2012 at 9:37 AM

    Thanks so much for this library. I'm interested in the Native bees and am going to make use of your links.

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  2. I'm glad you are enjoying it. I add material to the library every week. Don't forget the Busy Bumblebee song in the Children's section. It's my favourite.

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