Our Library

These books may be borrowed from the library by members of the Stanwood Camano Beekeepers Association.


A Spring without Bees
Author:   Michael Schacker
Publisher: Lions Press 2008
229 Pages      


ABC and XYZ of Bee Culture
Author:   A. I. Root
Publisher: A. I. Root 1975
703 Pages
Donated by: Steve Winchell    


Advanced Top Bar Beekeeping
Author:   Christy Hemenway
Publisher: New Society Publishers 2017
159 Pages
Donated by: Darcy Drysdale    


Bee Hive Product Bible
Author:   Royden Brown
Publisher: Avery 1993
200 Pages
Donated by: John Leque    


Beekeeping A Practical Guide
Author:   Richard E. Bonney
Publisher: Storey 1993
169 Pages
Donated by: John Leque    


Beekeeping for Dummies
Author:   Howland Blackiston
Publisher: For Dummies
3rd Edition 2015
Donated by: John Leque
375 Pages


5th Edition 2020
Donated by Darcy Drysdale
466 Pages   


Beekeeping for Fun and Profit
Author:   Cindy Belknap
Publisher: Atlantic Publishing   2010
230 Pages
Donated by: John Leque     


Bee-Sentials
Author:   Lawrence John Connor
Publisher: Wicwas Press 2012
194 Pages   


    

Beeswax
Author:   William L. Coggshall
Publisher: Wicwas Press 2008
177 Pages     


   

Better Bee Keeping
Author:   Kim Flottum
Publisher: Quarry 2011
161 Pages  


     

Building a Top Bar Hive
Author:   Phil Chandler
Publisher: www.lulu.com 2013
95 Pages
Donated by Darcy Drysdale


Confessions of a Bad Beekeeper
Author:   Bill Turnbull
Publisher: The Experiment 2011
237 Pages     


Fifty Years Among the Bees
Author:   C. C. Miller
Publisher: Dover 2006
323 Pages
Donated by: Bob M   


    

First Lessons in Beekeeping
Author:   C. P. Dadant
Publisher: Martino 2010
161 Pages
Donated by Robert and Linda Nordgulen   


    

From Where I Sit
Author:   Mark L. Winston
Publisher: Comstock 1998
171 Pages
Donated by: Bob M       


Hive Management
Author:   Richard E. Bonney
Publisher: Storey 1990
144 Pages
Donated by: Bob M    


Homegrown Honey Bees
Author:   Alethea Morrison
Publisher: Storey 2013
143 Pages  


         

Honeybee Lessons from an Accidental Beekeeper
Author:   C. Marina Marchese
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal 2009
256 Pages
Donated by Darcy Drysdale          


 

Honey Bees and Beekeeping
Author:   Keith S. Delaplane
Publisher: University of  Georgia 2006
100 Pages     


 

Honey Bees of Borneo
Author:   Nikolaus Koeniger
Publisher: Natural History Publications 2010
234 Pages        


  

Honey Plants of North America
Author:   John H. Lovell
Publisher: A. I. Root 1926
397 Pages
Donated by: Art Peterson    


Honeybee Democracy
Author:   Thomas D. Seeley
Publisher: Princeton  University Press 2010
231 Pages
Donated by: Dave Myers       


  

Keeping Honeybees
Author:   Malcolm T. Sanford
Publisher: Storey 2010
229 Pages
Donated by: John Leque  


      

Queen Rearing and Bee Breeding
Author:   Harry H. Laidlaw Jr.
Publisher: Wicwas Press 1997
199 Pages
Donated by: Steve Winchell     


  

Robbing the Bees
Author:   Holley Bishop
Publisher: Free Press 2005
301 Pages
Donated by: Bob M      


    

The Backyard Beekeeper
Author:   Kim Flottum
Publisher: Quarry 2014
189 Pages        


The Barefoot Beekeeper
Author:   Philip Chandler
Publisher: www.lulu.cim 2014
168 Pages
Donated by Darcy Drysdale


      

The Bee on the Comb
Author:   Kit Williams
Publisher: Jonathan Cape 1984
16 Pages        


The Beekeeper’s Bible
Author:   Collins
Publisher: Stewart, Tabori & Chang 2010
395 Pages
Abrams edition 2011
Donated by Darcy Drysdale       


   

The Beekeeper’s Guide
Author:   Trevor Darby
Publisher: Urban Homestead Books 2014
213 Pages    


     

The Beekeeper’s Handbook
Author:   Diana Sammataro
Publisher: Collier 1986
133 Pages
Donated by: Andy and Bonnie Swanson   


        

The Beekeeper’s Lament
Author:   Hannah Nordhaus
Publisher: Harper 2010
266 Pages
Donated by: Dave Myers


         

The Classroom
Author:   Jerry Hayes
Publisher: Dadant 1998
310 Pages     


      

The Complete Meadmaker
Author:   Ken Schramm
Publisher: Brewers   Publications 2003
192 Pages
Donated by: Steve Winchell     


     

The Hive and the Honey Bee
Author:   Lorenzo Langstroth
Publisher: Dadant 1992
1258 Pages
Donated by: Andy and Bonnie Swanson

Second Printing 1993
Donated by Darcy Drysdale
1324 Pages


The Orchard Mason Bee
Author:   Brian L. Griffin
Publisher: Knox Cellars 2011
121 Pages    


         

The Queen Must Die
Author:   William Longgood
Publisher: W. W. Norton 1985
234 Pages     


             

Urban Beekeeping
Author:   Craig Hughes
Publisher: The Good Life Press   2010
155 Pages
Donated by: Andy & Bonnie Swanson         

        


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