Honey and Pollen Flora of South-Eastern Australia 
by Doug Somerville (2020)

I, for one, have been waiting for a book like this for a long time. This quite large, hard cover book is a comprehensive guide for anyone seriously interested in planting any number of plants or trees for small areas up to a whole garden or farm for the benefit of honey-bees and other pollinating insects. 
It is available through a number of sources and retails for $175. 

The Australian Beekeeping Manual by Robert Owen
​(1st edition 2015 / 2nd Edition 2020)

This large hard-cover manual is the most contemporary book of it’s kind available at present.
It covers all of the required information for beginners. As well as all the usual information you would expect a book for beginners to cover it also contains chapters on: preparing honey for sale, sustainable beekeeping, the bee friendly garden and native bees.
​Second Edition now available - includes Flow-Hive information.

Australian Beekeeping Guide by Russell Goodman (RIRDC)

Co-author Russell Goodman is a bee keeping legend in Victoria, he produced a version of the guide in the 1970s and has been working with the honey bee industry on behalf of the Victorian Government for over forty years.
The guide is available for download free of cost and is available at www.rirdc.gov.au.

Backyard Bees by Doug Purdie (2014)

I just LOVE this well presented hardcover book. It is a fabulous beginners book but also for the slightly more experienced it's a really easy to read basic beekeeping book.
Learn how easy it is to keep happy, healthy bees, and how and when to harvest the liquid gold. 

The Bee Book by Ann Cliff (2010)

Anyone interested in growing food, who wants to find out what a beehive or two will give them, even on such a small scale as the suburban backyard or the terrace house garden, will find this book an indispensible introduction to keeping bees.

The Beekeeper's Bible
​by Richard Jones & Sharon Sweeney-Lynch (2010)

This book is as much an ultimate guide to the practical essentials of beekeeping as it is a beautiful almanac to be read from cover to cover. Part history book, part handbook, and part cookbook, this illustrated tome covers every facet of the ancient hobby of beekeeping, from how to manage hives safely to harvesting one's own honey, and ideas for how to use honey and beeswax. 

AG Guide - A Practical Handbook - Healthy Bees (2014)

Pests and diseases can attack specific stages in the lifecycle of the honey bee and they can also attack specific castes. This publication covers the management of pests, diseases and other disorders of the honey bee.

 Beeswax Alchemy by Petra Ahnert (2015)

This book gives you lots of recipes, as easy or challenging as you please with clear instructions, lots of pictures of methods used and a detailed glossary of all the ingredients listed in the book. It is softcover 26cm x 21cm 136 pages 

These books are all available from our Club Library which can be viewed at the monthly meeting.

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