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]

Connor, L.J. Bee Sex Essentials.
1st. Ed. Pub. Wicwas. 2008 pp.152 with col. photos. throughout. 8vo. Fine softback.
A practical book providing essential knowledge of drone and queen production, mating and genetics.
£35.00 [ref: 72911]

Connor, L.J. Increase Essentials.
1st. Ed. Pub. Wicwas. 2006 pp.128 with b/w. figs. throughout. 8vo. Covers lightly rubbed o/w. a fine softback.
A concise book examining the essential aspects of making new bee-colonies, from swarms or packages, purchased hives or nuclei.
£18.00 [ref: 72912]

Connor, L.J. Queen Rearing Essentials.
1st. Ed. Pub. Wicwas. 2009 pp.100 with col. photos. throughout. 8vo. Fine softback.
A detailed and practical manual for raising queens on a small scale.
£30.00 [ref: 72910]

Conrad, R. Natural Beekeeping. Organic Approaches to Modern Apiculture.
1st. Ed. Pub. Chelsea Green. 2007 pp.xx, 246 with b/w. photos. & illus. 4to. Fine softback.
Offers a holistic, sensible alternative to harmful chemical practices with a programme of natural hive management and brings together strategies for keeping honeybees healthy and productive with nontoxic methods of controlling mites, foulbrood disease, selective breeding for naturally resistant bees and many other tips and techniques.
£10.00 [ref: 73042]

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. Rep. Pub. BIBBA. 2021 pp.viii, 158, 7 with b/w. photos.and illus., plus index. 8vo. New softback.
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.
£15.00 [ref: 59887]

Copinger, Ian. Heather Honey. An Anthology of Works.
Pub. NBB. 2016 pp.123. Small 4to. Softback. New.
Heather Honey is the Queen of all honeys. To gain a good crop it is important to manage your stocks during the mid season in order that they are at their strongest in August. This Anthology brings together writings from all the past Great Heather Bee Masters – Francis Sitwell, Brother Adam, Colin Weightman & William Hamilton together with a contribution from one of the most successful current competitors – Peter Schollick.
£12.95 [ref: 58655]

Cowley, M. The Honey Bee.
Rep. Ed. Pub. Bee Craft. 2016 pp.48 with b/w. illus. throughout. 4to. Fine softback. Scarce.
This book is designed as a clear, very well illustrated and accessible introduction to the biology, anatomy, and life-cycle of the honey bee.
£15.00 [ref: 73177]

Cramp. D. A Practical Manual of Beekeeping. How to Keep Bees and Develop Your Full Potential as an Apiarist.
1st. Ed. Spring Hill, Oxford. 2008 pp.xiv, 304 with col. & b/w. photos. and illus. 8vo. Fine softback. Out-of-print.
This book strips away the mystery that so often surrounds the practice of beekeeping, and explains how to start beekeeping as a hobby; how to progress to running a beekeeping business; or how to have a career as a beekeeper.
£8.50 [ref: 73120]