MOUNTAIN EMPIRE BEEKEEPER’S
LIBRARY
These resources are available for use by MEBA members and can be checked out for one month. Contact Cathy Wheeler at abeeskep@gmail.com.
BOOKS
Mastering The Art of Beekeeping by Ormond and Harry Aebi, 1979.
The Hive and the Honey Bee, Dadant & Sons, 1992.
The World of Bees, (A vivid account of the Remarkable Life of the Bee), Murry Hoyt, 1965.
First Lessons in Beekeeping, C. P. Dadant, 1997.
Starting Right with Bees, (A Beginner’s Handbook on Beekeeping), Bee Culture Magazine, 1997.
DVDS
Bees and Beekeeping, A Year in the Life of an Apiary, Keith Delaplane.
(8 – 30-minute Segments)
An Introduction to Beekeeping (118 min.) Five segment video with information about the entire beekeeping season, from assembling equipment to harvesting honey, including a segment on pests and diseases.
Package Bees the Easy Way (26 min.) Watch a beekeeper install two packages of bees. Each of the two packages (and queens) is installed in a different manner. This DVD also shows the use of different feeders.
Back to the Basics of Inspections (28 min.) This DVD takes you through a colony inspection from top to bottom.
Two for One Splits and Divides (17 min.) This video shows how to make a split.
The Art of Requeening (16 min.) This DVD shows how to requeen honeybee colonies.
Queen Rearing, Apiarist David Eyre, 2001
Medications and Pesticides (24 min.) This DVD shows how to mix and dispense some medications and pesticides used in honeybee colonies.
OTHER
Beekeeping Classes 101, 201, & 301, Dana T. Stahlman. (On disk, for Windows operating system)