South Carolina Beekeepers Association

Educating Beekeepers

Suggested Reading List

 

Certified Level

 

Books

Animal Close-ups - The Bee    Paul Starosta   ISBN 0-88106-430-0

Honey Bee Diseases & Pests   Canadian Assoc. of Prof. Apiculturists

How to Keep Bees and Sell Honey      Walter T. Kelley Company

Selling Honey - From the Best of Bee Culture  A. I. Root  ISBN 0-936028-05-x

The New Complete Guide to Beekeeping  Roger A. Morse  ISBN  0-88150-315-0

The New Starting Right With Bees       A. I. Root

A Year In The Beeyard - An Expert’s Month by Month Instructions for Successful Beekeeping       Roger A. Morse           ISBN  0-684-17816-8

The Joys of Beekeeping            Richard Taylor             ISBN  0-9603288-8-2

The How-To-Do-It Book of Beekeeping  Richard Taylor        ISBN  0-9603288-2-4

Planting for Bees in the Southeastern United States   Connie Krochman

Beekeeping in the United States          Agriculture Research Service  USDA

Honey Bees & Beekeeping - A Year In the Life of An Apiary       Keith Delaplane

The Beekeeper’s Handbook -3^rd Edition    Diana Sammataro and Alphonse Avitabile

First Lessons In Beekeeping    Dadant, Keith Delaplane

Honey Bee Brood Diseases      Dadant

Beekeeping For Dummies       Howland Blackiston, Hungry Minds Publisher

The Backyard Beekeeper, An Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Keeping Bees in Your Yard and Garden   Kim Flottum - 2005  Quarry Books

 

Periodicals

American Bee Journal    51S 2nd Street, Hamilton, IL  62341    217-847-3324

Bee Culture  A. I. Root  623 W. Liberty Street,  Medina, OH  44256 216-725-6677

Videos

Honey Bees & Beekeeping       Keith Delaplane           University of Georgia

Beginning with Bees                 A. I. Root

Keeping Bees & Producing Honey      Brushy Mountain Bee Farm

Tracheal Mites                          Brushy Mountain Bee Farm

Varroa Mites                              Brushy Mountain Bee Farm

Finding & Treating Bee Diseases        Brushy Mountain Bee Farm

Introduction to Beekeeping      Dadant

 

 

 

 

 

Journeyman  Level

 

Books

A Guide to Managing Bees for Crop Pollination        Canadian Assoc. of Prof.                                                                                                    Apiculturists  ISBN 0-88955-416-1

Almond Pollination Handbook for Almond Growers for Beekeepers   Joe Traynor

                                                                                                   Kovak Books, Bakersfield CA

ABC and XYZ of Bee Culture                A. I. Root     ISBN 0-936028-01-7

Beeswax, Production, Harvesting, Processing and Products      William Coggshall

                                                                                  and Roger Morse    ISBN 1-878075-06-3

Insect Pollination of Cultivated Crop Plants       S. E. McGregor  Ag. Handbook #496

                                                                                           USDA July 1976

Honey Bee Pests, Predators, and Diseases     Roger Morse & Richard Nowogrodzki

                                                                                           ISBN  0-8014-2406-2

Bees and the Law         Murray Loring, Dadant, 1981,  ISBN  0-915698-07-2

Honey in the Comb      Eugene Killion, Dadant, 1981,  ISBN  0-915698-08-0

The Hive and the Honey Bee                   Dadant              ISBN   0-915698-09-9

Video

Colony Division & Requeening           Brushy Mountain Bee Farm

Swarm Boxes                                           Brushy Mountain Bee Farm

Free Bees For You                                 Brushy Mountain Bee Farm

The Magic of Mead                               Brushy Mountain Bee Farm

 

 

Master Level

Click here for Master Level Information