Collins, (McCabe, P. et al). Collins Beekeeper’s Bible. Bees, Honey, Recipes & Other Home Uses.
1st. Ed. Pub. HarperCollins. 2010 pp.412 with col. photos. & illus. throughout. Large 8vo. New hardback in decorative boards. RRP £30.00.
This comprehensive and beautifully produced guide covers all the practical essentials and will teach you everything about caring for bees and safe hive management, with clear instructions and step-by-step illustrations. It also contains a wealth of information about the culinary, medicinal, cosmetic and domestic uses of honey, beeswax and pollen.
£21.00 [ref: 72172]

Columella, Lucius Junius Moderatus. Of Husbandry. In Twelve Books: And His book Concerning Trees.
1st. Eng. Ed. Pub. A. Millar 1745 pp.xiv, 600 plus index. Intermittent foxing. Hinges neatly repaired. Red sprinkle decoration to fore-edges of text block. More recent quarter calf spine added to contemporary boards showing some rubbing. With contemporary armorial bookplate of Thomas Boswall Esq. of Blackadder and with ‘W. Phorson’s Circulating Library’ label (c.1800) to front paste-down. Contents very clean, with a little scattered foxing. Overall a vg. copy. (Harding 98).
Columella is considered the most important writer on agriculture of the Roman Empire. ‘Of Husbandry’ is a fascinating work with chapters dedicated to beekeeping, the husbandry of land, vines, livestock, poultry and fruit growing. ‘Columella, a Spaniard [believed of Roman parentage], wrote about a century after Virgil. He saw service in the East and then settled on an estate near Rome. Probably a commercial beekeeper, he gave very detailed and well conceived advice on many aspects of apiary management, including requeening, uniting and migratory beekeeping’ (Fraser).
£775.00 [ref: 46415]

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Connor, L.J. et al (Eds.). Asian Apiculture. Proceedingsof the first International Conference on the Asian Honey Bees and Bee Mites. Including the Bibliography on Asian Honey Bees 1979-1991 by Eva Crane and Penelope Walker.
1st. Ed. Pub. Wicwas. 1993 pp.xvi, 704 with b/w. figs. & tables. 8vo. Bookplate and address label to front pastedown. Nr. fine hardback.
This book contains reports by research scientists from around the world who have conducted research on Asian honey bees and bee mites.
£30.00 [ref: 69290]

Cook, A.J. The Bee-Keeper’s Guide, or Manual of the Apiary.
17th. Rev. Enl. Ed. 19th. Thou. Pub. George W. York. 1902 pp.xi, 543 with portrait frontis., of A.J. Cool and b/w. illus. 8vo. Hardback. Neat signature to title-page. Contents nr. fine. Original cloth boards with gilt decoration in vg. condition.
A very detailed, easily absorbed and sought after work. Contains a very useful chapter on plants for bees.
£48.00 [ref: 71220]

Cook, Vince. Queen Rearing Simplified. A system of queen rearing developed by the author in the commerical field of beekeeping whilst in New Zealand but with a practical application for all beekeepers.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Northern Bee Books. 2008 pp.63 with b/w. photographs and illus. 8vo. Fine softback.
£7.50 [ref: 68922]

Cook, Vince. Queen Rearing Simplified. A system of queen rearing developed by the author in the commerical field of beekeeping whilst in New Zealand but with a practical application for all beekeepers.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Northern Bee Books. 2008 pp.63 with b/w. photographs and illus. 8vo. Fine softback.
£7.50 [ref: 68925]

Cook, Vince. Queen Rearing Simplified. A system of queen rearing developed by the author in the commerical field of beekeeping whilst in New Zealand but with a practical application for all beekeepers.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Northern Bee Books. 2008 pp.63 with b/w. photographs and illus. 8vo. Fine softback.
£7.50 [ref: 68923]

Cook, Vince. Queen Rearing Simplified. A system of queen rearing developed by the author in the commerical field of beekeeping whilst in New Zealand but with a practical application for all beekeepers.
Rep. Pub. Northern Bee Books. 2008 pp.63 with b/w. photographs and text figs. A new softback.
£9.95 [ref: 48607]

Cooper, Beowulf A. The Honeybees of the British Isles.
1st. Ed. Pub. BIBBA. 1986 pp.viii, 158, 7 with b/w. photos. and illus., plus index. 8vo. Nr. fine hardback.
A most important book on the breeding, mating behaviour, selection and all aspects of the native British bee by this giant of beekeeping. Highly recommended.
£45.00 [ref: 64409]

Cooper, Beowulf A. The Honeybees of the British Isles.
1st. Ed. Pub. BIBBA. 1986 pp.viii, 158, [7] with b/w. photos. and illus., plus index. 8vo. Fine hardback with lower corners gently bumped.
A most important book on the breeding, mating behaviour, selection and all aspects of the native British bee by this giant of beekeeping. Highly recommended.
£30.00 [ref: 69742]