Books & videos in the SFBA library

The list below shows many of the books & videos available for lending to members. For information on how to borrow an item, please contact us here.

Books (author/publisher/”Title”/description):
Adams, John – “Bee Keeping, the Gentle Craft” 1972 Avon Paper 182
Aebi, Ormond & Harry – “Mastering the art of Beekeeping” 1975
Aebi, Ormond & Harry – “The Art and Adventure of Beekeeping” 1975 2 copies – “The Art and Adventure of Beekeeping” 1975 2 copies
Anderson-Dargatz, Gail – “A Recipe for Bees”
Apimondia Publishing House – “Apimondia Apimondia XXVI” 1977 Hard 614 Adelaide, Australia
Apimondia Publishing House – “Apimondia Apimondia XXVIII” 1981 Paper 139 Abstracts
Apimondia Publishing House – “Apimondia Apimondia XXX” 1985 Hard 580 Nagoya, Japan, Articles and Program
Apimondia Publishing House – “Apimondia Apimondia XXXI” 1987 Warsaw, Poland
Avitabile, Alphonse – “The Beekeepers’s Handbook” 1978 Cornell University Press Paper 190
Bachman, Stephen – “Letters from the Hive” 2006
Benjamin, Allison – “A World without bees” Random House Hard
Blackiston, Howland – “Beekeeping for Dummies” 2002 Hungry Minds Paper 303
Broadman, Joseph – “Bee Venom” 1962 G. P. Putnam’s Sons Hard 212
Brown, Royden – “The World’s Only Perfect Food” 1993 Hohm Press Paper 502
Bryant, Christopher – “The Bee Hunter” 1966 Pageant Press Hard 317
Bishop, Holly – “Robbing the Bees” 2005
Buxton, Simon – “The Shamanic Way of the Bee”
Caron, Dewey – “Increasing Production through 1979 University of Maryland Paper 540 4th International
Insect Pollination Symposium on Pollination”
Caron, Dewey -“A Field Guide to Honey Bees and Their Maladies” 2011 spiral bound
Caron, Dewey – “Honey Bee Biology” 1999 Wicwas Press Hard 355 Beekeeping/Second copy 2009 edition 6th reprint
Cohn, Diana – “The Bee Tree” 2007
Conner, Lawrence – “Asian Apiculture” 1993 Wicwas Press Hard 704, “Increase Essentials” 2006
Conrad, Ross & Gary Paul Nabhan – “Natural Beekeeping: Organic Approaches to Modern Apiculture”
Cullin, Mitch – “A Slight Trick of the Mind”
Dadant – “First Lessons in Beekeeping”
Dadant – “The Hive and the Honey Bee” 1997
Douglas, John Scott – “Bees are My Business” 1955 G. P. Putnam’s Sons Hard 245, Harry J. Whitcomb 1955
Ellis, Hattie – “Sweetness and Light” 2004, 2009 (3 copies)
Fearnley, James – “Bee Propolis” 2001 Souvenir Press Paper 172
Flottum, Kim – “Backyard Beekeeper” 2005 Quarry Books Paper 167 (two copies)
Galton, Dorothy – “Survey of a Thousand Years” 1971 Bee Research Association Paper 90 Beekeeping in Russia
Garrido, Jose – “Apicultura Lucrativa” 1967 Walter T. Kelly Co. Paper 116 Spanish
Graham, Joe – “The Hive and the Honey Bee” 1992 Dadant and Sons Hard 1324 Revised Edition,
Grissell, Eric – “Insects and Gardens” 2001 Timber Press Hard 345
Heinrich, Bernd – “BumbleBee Economics” 1979
Hooper, Ted – “Guide to Bees and Honey” 1976 Blandford Press Hard 260,
Hooper, Ted – “The Illustrated Encyclopedia of 1985” E. P. Dutton Hard 432 Beekeeping
Hosler, Jay – “Clan Apis” 2000 Active Synapse Paper 158
Hubbell, Sue — “A Book of Bees”
Hughes, Nancie – “Honey Feast” 1975 Ten Speed Press Paper 141
International Bee Research Association – “Protective Clothing” 2009
Ioyrish, Naum – “Bees and People” 1974 MIR Publishers Hard 212 2 Copies
Jacobson, Rowan – “Fruitless Fall” 2008
Jaycox, Elbert – “Beekeeping in the Midwest” 1976 University of Illinois Press Hard 168
Jones, Richard A. and Sharon Sweeney-Lynch – “The Beekeeper’s Bible: Bees, Honey, Recipes & Other Home Uses”
Kritsky, Gene – “The Quest for the Perfect Hive”
Laidlaw, Harry – “Contemporary Queen Rearing” 1979 Dadant & Sons Hard 199
Laidlaw, Harry – “Fundamentals of California Beekeeping” 1972 California Agricultural Extension 53
Langstroth, L. L. “Hive and the Honey Bee” 1853 A. I. Root Hard 400 Reprint of Langstroth’s Original
Longgood, William – “The Queen Must Die” 1985
Lovell, Harvey – “Honey Plants Manual” 1966 A. I. Root Paper 64
Malone, Fred “Bees Don’t Get Arthritis” 1974 Thomas Congdon Books Hard 178, George Vogel, MD 1974
Mellor, Isha – “Honey” 1981 Congdon & Lattes Hard 80
Monk Kidd, Sue – “The Secret Life of Bees”
Morse, Roger – “The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Beekeeping” 1985 E. P. Dutton Hard 432
Morse, Roger – “Comb Honey Production” 1978 Wicwas Press Hard 128
Morse, Roger – “Rearing Queen Honey Bees” 1979 Wicwas Press Hard 126
Morse, Roger – “The Complete Guide to 1972 Beekeeping E. P. Dutton Hard 224
Morse True, Josephine – “The Busy Little Honeybee” 1936 Rand McNally & Co. Hard 63
Murat, Felix – “Propolis, The Eternal Natural Healer” 1982 Felix Murat Paper 137
Nordhaus, Hannah – “The Beekeeper’s Lament: How One Man and Half a Billion Honey Bees Help Feed America”
Opton, Gene – “Honey Feast” 1975 Ten Speed Press Paper 141
Parkhill, Joe – “The Wonderful World of Honey” 1977 Joe Parkhill Paper 160
Root, A. I. – “ABC and XYZ of Bee Culture” 1975 A. I. Root Hard 726 (2 copies)
Rosenbaum, Stephanie – “Honey from flower to table” 2002 Chronicle Books Hard 120
Rose, Jeremy – “Beekeeping in Coastal California”
Sammataro, Diana – “The Beekeepers’s Handbook” 1978 Cornell University Press Paper 190 (2 copies)
Seeley, Thomas – “Honeybee Democracy”
Scott, william – “Backyard Beekeeping” 1977
Stanger, Ward – “Fudamentals of California Beekeeping” 1971
Stratton-Porter, Gene – Keeper of the Bees 1925
Tautz, Jurgen – “The Buzz about Bees”
Traynor, Joe – “Honey, the Gourmet Medicine” 2002
Turnbull, Bill – “Confessions of a Bad Beekeeper”
Vivian, John – “Keeping Bees” 1986
Von Frisch, Karl – “Bees, their vision/chemicle senses & Language 1950,1961
Wallace, Allison – “A Keeper of Bees” Random House/Hardbound
Watson, James – “Beekeeping in Ireland” 1981
Waring, Adrian & Clair – “Teach yourself Beekeeping” 2006
Webb, Addison – “Beekeeping for Profit And Pleasure” 1947
Yorinks, Arthur – “Happy Bees” 2005

Videos:
Africanized Honey Bee Video’s (5 short films; VHS video)
Bee Culture – “Small scale honey harvesting”
Brushy Mountain – “A visit to the farm”
Brushy Mountain -“Garden Hives”
Dauenhauer – “A Look at Queen and Packages” 1991 Brushy Mountian Bee Farm VHS Bee Productions
Dauenhauer – “Varroa Mite” 1991 Brushy Mountian Bee Farm VHS
Dauenhauer – “Tracheal Mite” 1991 Brushy Mountain Bee Farm VHS Detection/Prevention/Cure
Discovery Channel – “Killer Bees”
Orion Home Video -“Ulee’s Gold”
National Honey Board – “The Honey Files, a Bees Life”
Unknown – “Living with Africanized Bees”
Basic Beekeeping – Starting Your First Hive (DVD)