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Useful Books
We recommend purchasing one or more of the following books as they are tried and true and well worth purchasing. Some can be downloaded for free.
- “Bee Agskills: A Practical Guide to Farm Skills” by Jennifer Laffan, Doug Somerville, Nick Annand and John Rhodes. NSW Department of Primary Industries. 121 pages. (2015)
- This book is step by step with many colour plates and is especially good for the beginner to intermediate beekeeper.
- Buy eBook – $17
- Buy hard copy – $29
- “The Bee Book – Beekeeping in Australia” by Peter Warhurst & Roger Goebel. Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, 295 pages. (2005)
- Covers all aspects of Beekeeping including information for Commercial Beekeepers.
- Borrow from a library
- Buy hard copy – $65
- “Commercial Beekeeping in Australia” by Frederick Benecke. Second Edition. 44 pages. (2007)
- ISBN: 1-74151-456-8.
- Buy hard copy – $45
- Free PDF (1.99MB)
- “The Bee Book – Beekeeping Basics – Harvesting honey – Beeswax – Candles – and other Bee Business” by Anne Cliff. 138 pages. (2010)
- Ann lives with her husband on an 80 hectare farm in Gippsland where they manage their whole farm including bees on organic principles. Has many colour illustrations.
- Buy hard copy – $21
- Send email to buy nandacliff@speedweb.com.au
- “National Best Management Practice for Beekeeping in the Australian Environment” – Federal Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and the NSW Department of Primary Industries, 20 pages. (2007)
- Free PDF (0.916MB)
- “Organic certified production with bees” – NSW Department of Primary Industries, 3 pages. (2010)
- Free PDF (0.0084MB)
Media
Government Web Links
- DEPI Hobby Beekeeping – Victorian Government (dead link)
- DEPI Victorian Honey Bees – Victorian Government (dead link)
- Hive Management – NSW Government
- DEPI Raising Queen Bees – Victorian Government (dead link)
- DEPI Small Hive Beetle – Victorian Government (dead link)
- DEPI List of Bee Diseases – Victorian Government (dead link)
- Registration as a Beekeeper – Free online for 5 and under hives – (dead link)
- Diagnosis of American Foulbrood Disease of Honey Bee Brood – Victorian Government (dead link)
- Nosema Disease of Honey Bees – Victorian Government (dead link)
- Wax Moth – A Pest of Combs and Honey Bee Products – Victorian Government (dead link)
- Safe Beekeeping Practices – Victorian Government (dead link)
- Varroa Mite. Be Prepared as not yet in Australia – Victorian Government (dead link)
- Flowers to Honey – Avas Flowers
Topic Videos
- Colony Collapse Disorder – Greg Stanley (Vimeo)
- Life Cycle of a bee – ScienceOnline (YouTube)
- Bee Waggle Dance – Bienentanz GmbH (YouTube)
- Language of bees – Laboratory Equipment (YouTube)
- Blue banded bee
- Finding the queen honey bee
- How to catch a swarm of bees – James Wilkes (YouTube)
- How to catch a swarm from a hedge – Solar CHA (YouTube)
- My bees are swarming – AskTheBees (YouTube)
- How to collect and bottle honey – Rob Lewis56 (YouTube)
- Honey extracting and bottling – CleverJoe Off Grid (YouTube)
- Honey Harvesting – Heather Mezzacappa (YouTube)
- Video Series Honey Bee Diseases – NSW Government
- Remediation of American Foul Brood – North West New Jersey Beekeepers Association (YouTube)
- European and American Foul Brood – BeeHealth (YouTube)
- 3 ways of splitting hives – University of Guelph Honey Bee Research Centre (YouTube)
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