The association maintains a library for the benefit of members.
The Association Library has 216 books and is an extremely valuable resource of the Association. It has been built up by the generosity of past and present members who have donated most of the books.
Members may borrow or donate books by contacting Mark, our Librarian, at marktcooke@hotmail.com.
Borrowing of books
- Books are available to all members.
- Books in high demand may have a time limit.
- A few of the more rare books are for reference only and cannot be borrowed.
- The librarian can be contacted at all meetings or by the email address above.
Title | Author | Date Published | Catalogue No. |
1986 Beekeepers Annual | 129 | ||
1986 Beekeepers Annual | 137 | ||
1991 Beekeepers Annual | 147 | ||
A Book of Honey | Crane Eva | 1980 | 127 |
A Book of Honey | Crane Eva | 1980 | 132 |
A Manual of Beekeeping | E.B. Wedmore | 1932 ’79 ed | 163 |
A Murmur of Bees | Scott Amoret | 1980 | 145 |
ABC & XYZ of Bee Culture | Root A.I. | 37th Edition/ 1978 | 1 |
ABC & XYZ of Bee Culture | A.I. Root & E.R. Root | 1908 | 189 |
Advice to Intending Beekeepers –Advisory Leaflet | H.M.S.O. | 1966 | 47 |
Advice to Intending Beekeepers –Advisory Leaflet | H.M.S.O. | 1966 | 48 |
Advice to Intending Beekeepers –Advisory Leaflet | H.M.S.O | 1966 | 49 |
Advice to Intending Beekeepers –Advisory Leaflet | H.M.S.O. | 1966 | 50 |
Advice to Intending Beekeepers –Advisory Leaflet | H.M.S.O. | 1971 | 51 |
An Introduction to Bees and Beekeeping | Scottish Beekeepers Assoc. | 130 | |
An Introduction to Bees and Beekeeping | Scottish Beekeepers Assoc. | 131 | |
An Introduction to Bees and Beekeeping | Scottish Beekeepers Assoc. | 132 | |
An Introduction to Bees and Beekeeping | Scottish Beekeepers Assoc. | 133 | |
An Introduction to Bees and Beekeeping | Scottish Beekeepers Assoc. | 134 | |
Anatomy and Dissection of the Honeybee | Dade W.E. | 1977 | 37 |
Apimondia XXVII | 1979 | 188 | |
Bee Boles & Bee Houses | Foster A.M. | 1988 | 92 |
Bee Book | Laytham Alan | 1945 | 3 |
Bee Hives & Honey | F.I.B.A. | 2000 | 78 |
Bee Journal of the U.S 1977 | 154 | ||
Beehives and Beekeepers Appliances | Cassel & CO | 1912 | 7 |
Beekeeping | Clarke K.K. | 1951 | 8 |
Beekeeping | Clarke K.K. | 1951 | 9 |
Beekeeping | Riches M.R.C | 1976 | 10 |
Beekeeping | Riches M.R.C | 1976 | 11 |
Beekeeping | Riches M.R.C | 1976 | 12 |
Beekeeping | Frank Vernon | 1976 | 200 |
Beekeeping | Kenneth K. Clarke | 1951 | 201 |
Beekeeping a Seasonal Guide | 126 | ||
Beekeeping at Buckfast Abbey | Bro. Adam | 1987 | 155 |
BeeKeeping at Buckfast Abbey | Bro. Adam | 1974 | 182 |
Beekeeping Bulletin No 9 | H.M.S.O. | 1943 | 45 |
Beekeeping Bulletin No 9 | H.M.S.O. | 1944 | 46 |
BeeKeeping for All | Tickner Edwardes | 1939 | 208 |
Beekeeping for Pleasure and Profit | Armitt J.H. | 1952 | 110 |
Beekeeping in Britain | Manley R.D.B. | 1948 | 38 |
Bee-keeping in Ireland, a History | Watson J.K. | 1981 | 122 |
Beekeeping Practice | Stuart F.S. | 1946 | 14 |
Beekeeping Practice | Stuart F.S. | 1946 | 15 |
Beekeeping Practice | Stuart F.S. | 1946 | 16 |
Beekeeping Practice | Frank S. Stuart | 1946 | 195 |
Beekeeping Techniques | Deans A.S.C. | 1963 | 17 |
Beekeeping Techniques | Alex. S.C. Deans | 1963 | 166 |
Beekeeping up to Date | Flower A.B. | 1952 | 18 |
Bees | Kahlifnan I. | 1953 | 21 |
Bees | Karl von Frisch | 1950 | 168 |
Bees and Beekeeping | Pavord A.V. | 1975 | 4 |
Bees and Beekeeping | Pavord A.V. | 1975 | 5 |
Bees and Beekeeping | Pavord A.V. | 1975 | 6 |
Bees and Beekeeping | Pavord A.V. | 1970 | 113 |
Bees and Beekeeping | Diemer Irmgard | 1988 | 138 |
Bees and Beekeeping | A. V. Pavord | 1975 | 177 |
Bees and Honey | Carter G.A. | 1945 | 19 |
Bees and Honey | Hooper Ted | 1976/83 | 135 |
Bees and People | Io Naum | 1974 | 22 |
Bees are my Business | Whitcombe H.J. | 1956 | 20 |
Bees at the Bottom of the Garden | Campion Alan | 1990 | 79 |
Bees at the Bottom of the Garden | Alan Campion | 2001 | 187 |
Bees Flowers and Fruit | Mace Herbert | 1949 | 23 |
Bees for Profit and Pleasure | Geary.H. | Archive | 2 |
Bees Hives and Honey | F.I.B.A. | 2000 | 158 |
Bees in the Curriculum | Brit. Beekeepers Assoc | 160 | |
Bees in the Curriculum | Brit. Beekeepers Assoc | 161 | |
Bees in the Curriculum | Brit. Beekeepers Assoc | 162 | |
Bees, Hives and Honey | Fed. Of Irish BKA | 2000 | 165 |
Bees, Hives and Honey | FIBKA | 2nd Edition/ 2000 | 185 |
Bees, their Vision, Chemical Senses & Language (autographed by author) | von Frisch K. | 1950 | 24 |
Beeswax | Browne Ron | 1981 | 125 |
Beeswax Candles | Furness Clara | 153 | |
Beeswax Crafting | Berhol Robt. Jnr | 1993 | 152 |
British Beekeepers Guide Book | THCS. WM. Cowan | 11th Edition/ | 202 |
City of the Bees | Frank S. Stuart | 1947 | 194 |
City of the Bees | Frank S. Stuart | 1947 | 209 |
Common Sense Beekeeping | Hooper M.M. | 2nd edition | 116 |
Contemporary Queen Rearing | Laidlaw H.H. | 1978 | 120 |
Co-operative Honey Handling and Extracting Techniques | Coustan Robert | 139 | |
Down among the Beefolk | Smith V.J. | 1946 | 26 |
Guide to Bees and Honey | Hooper Ted | 1983 | 124 |
Guide to Bees and Honey | Hooper Ted | 1976/83 | 141 |
Guide to Bees and Honey | Hooper Ted | 1976/83 | 142 |
Guide to Bees and Honey | Ted Hooper | 4th Edition/ 2008 | 184 |
Henry’s Bee Herbal | Henry Rowsell & Helen McFarlene | 1974 | 174 |
Honey | Crane Eva | 1976 | 28 |
Honey Bee Pests, Predators and Diseases | Morse R.A. | 1978 | 117 |
Honey Bees & Their Management | Whitehead S.B. | 1945 | 115 |
Honey Bees & Their Management | S.B. Whitehead | 1946 | 210 |
Honey Cookery | Stadtlaender Chris | 1976/83 | 140 |
Honey Cookery | Chris Staedtlaender | 1972 | 176 |
Honey Craft | Lawson J.A. | 1948 | 29 |
Honey Farming | R.O.B Manley | 193 | |
Honey for Pleasure and Profit | Armitt J.H. | 1952 | 30 |
Honey from your Gaden | Brett W. | 1940 | 31 |
Honey Getting | Sechrist E.Lloyd | 1947 | 32 |
Honey Handling and Extracting | Coustan Robert | 128 | |
Honey in the Kitchen | Joyce White | 1978 | 164 |
Honey Marketing | Riches | 1989 | 129 |
Honey– Natural Food & Healer | Janet Boyd | 1974 | 175 |
Honey Plants Manual | Harvey B. Cordl | 1966 | 180 |
How to Keep Bees for Profit | Lyon D.E. | 1913 | 33 |
How to Succeed with Bees | Atkins E.W.&Hawkins K. | 1924 | 34 |
Hunting for Honey | Eric Wall | 2005 | 170 |
In Praise of Honey | Jane Charlton & Jane | 1995 | 171 |
In Search of the best Strains of Bees | Adam Bro. | 1966 | 134 |
In Search of the best Strains of Bees | Brother Adam | 1983 | 203 |
Insect Pollination of Crops | Free John B. | 1976 | 35 |
Instruction in Bee-keeping for the use of Irish Bee-Keepers | Brown & Nolan Publishers | 1912 | 190 |
Instructions in Beekeeping for Irish Beekeepeers | H.M.S.O. | 1912 | 36 |
Instructions in Beekeeping for Irish Beekeepeers | H.M.S.O. | 1912 | 109 |
Irish Bee-Keepers Manual | The Stationery Office, Dublin | 1958 | 192 |
Keeping Honeybees | Urquhart J. | 1978 | 39 |
Keeping Honeybees | Judy Urquhart | 178 | |
Keeping Honeybees | J.G. Digges | 9th Edition/ 1941 | 197 |
Killer Bees | Potter Anthony | 1977 | 150 |
La na gCrann – Tree Day- DVD- and Resource Pack for Primary Schools | Tree Council of Ireland | 1999 | 25 |
Life of the Honeybee (Ladybird) | Sinclair W. | 1969 | 41 |
Life of the Honeybee (Ladybird) | Sinclair W. | 1969 | 42 |
Life of the Honeybee (Ladybird) | Sinclair W. | 1969 | 44 |
Mead | Riches Harry R.C. | 1997 | 151 |
Natural History of the Honeybee | Huber | 1841 | 52 |
Observation Hives | 1999 | 167 | |
One Thousand Years of Devon Beekeeping | BrownR.H. | 1975 | 156 |
Pest Control. Safe for Bees | F.I.B.A. | 2000 | 60 |
Plants and Beekeeping | Howes F.N. | 1945 | 53 |
Plants and Beekeeping | F.N. Howes | 1945 | 211 |
Practical Beekeeping | Mace H. | 1977 | 55 |
Practical Beekeeping | Mace H. | 1977 | 56 |
Practical Beekeeping & Honey Production | Macfie D.T. | Archive | 54 |
Principles of Practical Beekeeping | Couston Robt. | 1972 | 58 |
Principles of Practical Beekeeping | Couston Robt. | 1972 | 59 |
Principles of Practical Beekeeping | Couston Robt. | 1972 | 112 |
Principles of Practical Beekeeping | Hooper Ted | 1990 | 143 |
Principles of Practical Beekeeping | Hooper Ted | 1990 | 144 |
Profitable Beekeeping | Crofts Dr. Laurie | 1986 | 131 |
Queen Breeding for Amateurs | Abbott C.P. | 1947 | 62 |
Queen Breeding for Amateurs | Abbott C.P. | 1947 | 63 |
Queen Breeding for Amateurs | Abbott C.P. | 1947 | 64 |
Queen Breeding for Amateurs | Abbott C.F. | 1951 | 108 |
Queen Rearing | Snelgrove L.E. | 1946 | 27 |
Reprinted papers on bee Husbandry | Mollan R.C. | 1980 | 40 |
Reprinted papers on bee Husbandry | Mollan R.C. | 1980 | 118 |
Social Behaviour of Insects | Imms A.D. | 1938 | 65 |
Swarming Control and Prevention | Snelgrove L.E. | 1943 | 66 |
Swarming Control and Prevention | Snelgrove L.E. | 1943 | 67 |
Swarming Control and Prevention | Snelgrove L.E. | 1943 | 68 |
Sweetness and Light | Hattie Ellis | 2004 | 169 |
Teach Yourself Beekeeping | Schofield N. | 1943 | 101 |
Teach Yourself Beekeeping | Schofield N. | 1958 | 102 |
Teach Yourself Beekeeping | Vernon F. | 1976 | 103 |
The Alberta Beekeeping Manual | 136 | ||
The Art of Beekeeping | Hamilton W. | 1945 | 61 |
The Art of Beekeeping | Hamilton W. | 1951 | 69 |
The Art of Beekeeping | Hamilton W. | 1975 | 111 |
The Bee Craftsman | H. J. Wadey | 3rd Edition/1945 | 199 |
The Bee Walk | Lisney A.F.E. | 1953 | 74 |
The Beekeepers Encyclopaedia2nd Edition | Deans Alex.S.C. F.R.F.S. | 137 | |
The Beekeepers Garden | Hooper Ted & Taylor Mike | 1988 | 86 |
The Beekeepers Guide | Herrod-Hempsall W. | 1944 | 73 |
The Beemaster A Warrilow | Edwards Tickner | 1983 | 146 |
The Behaviour and Social Life of Honeybees | Ribbands R. | 1953 | 70 |
The Behaviour and Social Life of Honeybees | Ribbands R. | 1953 | 71 |
The Behaviour of Bees | Wadey H.J. | 1948 | 72 |
The Biology of Flowers | Holm E. | 1979 | 119 |
The Boo Bees | Silvey-Jex | 1990 | 198 |
The Complete Guide to Beekeeping | Morse R.A. | 1972 | 75 |
The Complete Guide to Beekeeping | Evans Jeremy | 1989 | 157 |
The Complete Handbook of Beekeeping | Mace Herbert | 1976 | 43 |
The Dance Language and Orientation of Bees | von Frisch K. 1967 | 1967 | 76 |
The Dancing Bees | von Frisch K. | 1954 | 106 |
The Golden Throng | Teale E.W. | 1946 | 77 |
The Healing Power of Honey | Mmaurice Haussen | 1980 | 172 |
The Historie of Bees | Charles Butler | reprinted 1983 from original 1623 | 204 |
The Hive and the Honeybee | Dadant | 1947 | 80 |
The Hive and the Honeybee | Dadant and Sons | 1975 | 173 |
The Honeyand Yoghurt Cookbook | Rena Cross | 1974 | 181 |
The Honeybee | Wright W.D. | 1913 | 81 |
The Honeybee | Butler C.G. | 1949 | 82 |
The Honeybee | Butler C.G. | 1949 | 83 |
The Honeybee, Natural History, Anatomy and Physiology (Autographed) | Cowan C.W. | 1891 | 84 |
The Hunting Wasp | John Crompton | 1948 | 207 |
The Joys of Beekeeping | Richard Taylor | 1974 | 179 |
The Life of the Bee | Maeterlinck M. | 1930 | 85 |
The Lore of the Honeybee | Edwards T. | 1925 | 87 |
The Lore of the Honeybee | Edwards T. | 1925 | 88 |
The Lore of the Honeybee | Edwards T. | 1925 | 107 |
The Lore of the Honeybee | Edwards Tickner | 1908 | 147 |
The Lore of the Honeybee | Tickner Edwardes | 1946 | 205 |
The Mind of the Bees | Francon J. | 1939 | 89 |
The Mind of the Bees | Francon J. | 1939 | 90 |
The Mind of the Bees | Julien Francon | 1939 | 206 |
The Mystery of the Hive | Everard E. | 1923 | 91 |
The New Varroa Handbook | Mobus B.& deBruyn C. | 1993 | 159 |
The Observation Hive | Showler Karl | 1978 | 148 |
The Practical Bee Guide | Digges Rev.J.G. | 1941 | 57 |
The Practical Bee Guide | Digges J.G. | 1950 | 94 |
The Practical Bee Guide | Digges J.G. | 1950 | 95 |
The Practical Bee Guide | Digges J.G. | 1947 | 104 |
The Practical Bee Guide | Digges J.G. | 1947 | 105 |
The Practical Bee Guide | Digges J.G. | 1943 | 114 |
The Practical Bee Guide | J.G. Digges | 2nd Edition/1910 | 196 |
The Principles of Practical Beekeeping | Couston R. | 1972 | 123 |
The Secret Live of Bees | Sue Monk Kidd | 2001 | 186 |
The Shorter British Flora | Prime C.T. & Deacock R.J. | 1948 | 96 |
The Skyscraper Hive | Dugat M. | 1947 | 97 |
The Social Organisation of the Honeybee | FreeJohn B. | 1977 | 98 |
The Social Organisation of the Honeybee | Free John B. | 1977 | 149 |
The Spell of the Honey Bee | Kelsey W. Eric | 1947 | 13 |
The Ventilation of Beehives | Wedmore E.B. | 1947 | 99 |
The World of Bees | Hoyt M. | 1965 | 100 |
The World of the Honeybee | Colin Butler | 1976 | 183 |
Varroa Addendum & Index for the 2nd Edition of Beekeeping Study Notes | J.D & B.D Yates | 1993 | 191 |
XXVIIth Congress of Apiculture of Apimondia | 121 |
We are grateful to the following donors:
- M. Connolly Mr J Hoban Mr M Shaw
- Ms B Cotter Mr T Kehoe Mr S Sheridan
- Mr G Coyle Mr J Kelly Mrs N Smyth
- Mrs Delap Mr J Kerney Mr Tweedy
- Mr J Dowds Mr & Mrs Poulton Mr & Mrs Shackleton
- Dr Fitzpatrick Dr Quigley Devon Beekeepers Assoc.