Add your $13.95 per book overseas shipping here. ($13.95) Simply enter the number of books you have ordered in the box below and ADD TO ORDER. ****** NOTE ***** Honey Bee Biology and Beekeeping By Caron EQUALS 3 books for international shipping Qty

Master Class small scale beekeeping DENVER CO ($95.00) "Two and a Half Hives: A Management Plan for Successful Small-Scale Beekeeping" A Master Class by Author Dr. Lawrence J. Connor Date and time: April 21, 2012, 9 am to 3 pm Fee: $95 if paid by PayPal to LJConnor@aol.com, or check by 11:59 pm April 6, 2012. After that time (and at the door) the fee is $149.00 Included in the fee: Instruction and one copy of one of Dr. Connors beekeeping books in the Essentials Series. The class will be a combination of lectures, discussion and an apiary visit. Bring a veil and other protection for use in the apiary. Bring a lunch or lunch on your own. Coffee , tea and sweets will be provided. Qty

Berthold: Beeswax Crafting. ($20.00) Covering beeswax from production to art projects, wax candles to encaustic painting. This book stimulates ideas and helps answer the question "What am I going to do with all this beeswax?" Qty

Brother Adam - Beekeeping at Buckfast Abbey Paperback. ($26.00) This book is recommended by those who raise summer increase colonies (as described in Increase Essentials), and overwinter the colonies for use in the spring. In this classic, Brother Adam tells his personal story, how bees were kept at the Abbey in SW England, and how he developed management techniques for breeding bees in that area. Qty

Brother Adam - In search of the best strains of bees. Paperback. ($32.00) In his life-long search for bee stocks, Brother Adam, creator of the Buckfast Strain of bees, visited many areas of the world where honey bees are kept. He evaluated these stocks both in nature and in his apiary trials. This is perhaps one of the best evaluations of different stocks, or races, or honey bees. Qty

Caron: Honey Bee Biology & Beekeeping ($45.00) Perhaps the best-balanced textbook on bees and beekeeping. Dr. Caron's review of biology and beekeeping was designed for the college classroom, but thousands of beekeepers are using as a definitive guide to management. The first part of the book deals with bee biology, and the second deals with learning actual beekeeping skills. This is a must-have for every serious beekeeper's library. ******************** NOTE******************** (Canadian and Overseas customers, please count this as three books for shipping, for $41.85 total). Customers in the USA, your postage charge in included in the $45.00 price.) Qty

Coggshall and Morse: Beeswax: Processing ($20.00) A scientific treatment of beeswax, this book is filled with plenty of practical advice. It is one of the all time favorites here at Wicwas Press. Qty

Connor et al.: Asian Apiculture ($80.00) Biology of honey bees around the world that happen to be in SE Asia. Considerable biology and mite research. This book's section on mite research is widely cited in the academic literature due to the material covered therin. Hardcover Qty

Connor: Bee Sex Essentials. ($25.00) The fate of the queen and the drones she mates with ultimately determines the fate of your colony. This book covers the development and colony regulation of drone and queen production, how they mate and influence the hive. A section on introductory bee genetics explains sex determination, the role of drone diversity, and other concepts beekeepers must understand. Look at model breeding programs using survivor and mite-resistant stocks (yours and others) to develop a miticide free management plan. This book features all full color photographs. Qty

Connor: Increase Essentials ($18.00) A new book expanded from Bee Culture articles. A practical look at various methods to increase your colony holdings, and how other beekeepers do it. Suggests standards for nucleus colonies. Shows how beekeepers are wintering nuclei. Well illustrated. Now in its second printing-the first sold out in 8 months! Qty

Connor: Queen Rearing Essentials ($23.00) Queen Rearing Essentials Author: Lawrence John Connor Publisher: Wicwas Press Publication Date: December 2009 100 pages with 167 full color photographs, 6 x 9 inches Retail Price: $23.00 In this post-varroa, post-Colony Collapse Syndrome era, beekeepers everywhere are developing localized, mite-resistant bee stocks. Key to this is their ability to raise queen cells and queens. Bee Culture/American Bee Journal author Larry Connor describes a very successful queen rearing method using Starter and Finisher colonies. Connor also wrote Increase Essentials and Bee Sex Essentials. The book is organized as follows: Queen and Colony Evaluation, Queen Marking and Clipping, Biology of Cell Production, Cell Starting, Making Queen Cells, Cell Development, Cell Finishing, Drone Production, Nucleus Production/Cells, Evaluating New Queens, and Cells and Queens Only - A look at a large-scale queen operation. "Detailed and practical manual" A "must-have for every beekeeper" filled with "astounding photographs." Qty

Delaplane: First Lessons of Beekeeping ($14.00) Keith Delaplane First Lessons of Beekeeping (Dadant) Paperback Qty

Doolittle's Scientific Queen Rearing (REPRINT) ($23.00) G. M. Doolittle is often called the Father of Modern Queen Rearing, having developed the method of transferring young larvae from worker brood cells to special wax cups he fashioned from rods from wooden rakes. Having spent over two decades to develop the methods, reviewing other methods, and evaluating the results, he finished the book on Christmas, 1888. The book was published by the American Bee Journal in 1889 and reprinted in 1899. This is a very useful book, and in many ways amazing due to Doolittle's insight into bee biology and the importance of quality queens in a beekeeping operation. An absolute must if you raise queens or plan to, this book is highly recommended for all beekeepers who are serious about learning how the beekeeper influences the quality of the queen and thus the entire hive. The reprint has 101 pages. It has been reset, images enhanced, and a Table of Contents added to help find Doolittle's many discussion threads. Qty

Doolittle: A Year in an Out-Apiary ($23.00) Delightfully reformatted and supplemented with a table of contents, index and an interview by E.R. Root, this reprint reviews Doolittle's out-apiary experiences in 1905. The auto was new, but his queen and increase methods are still very useful. Doolittle's system of colony management, indeed apiary management, is still very instructive 100 years later. Qty

Gary: Honey Bee Hobbyist ($17.95) (From promotional materials). Beekeeping isn't just for the professional farmerbees can be kept in any situation from the simple backyard patio and garden to large expanses of farm land. This comprehensive and attractive beekeeping guide, from Hobby Farm Press, takes readers from finding their bees, housing them, collecting honey and using their produce for pleasure and possible profit. This colorful book, including entertaining chapters on the history of bees and beekeeping, serves as an extensive introduction to help novice beekeepers fully understand this exciting hobby! About the Author Norman Gary received his PhD degree in Apiculture (the scientific study and management of honeybees), a very rare degree in the field of Entomology. After 3 years of postdoctoral research at Cornell, he joined the faculty at the University of California (Davis Campus) in 1962 as a professor and research scientist, a career that would last 32 years. Norman has published over 100 scientific papers and chapters in 4 books. Beginning in the 60s, he developed a secondary career in the entertainment world as a bee wrangler, training his favorite insect to perform in action scenes in movies, television shows, and commercials. He did bee scenes in 18 movies, working with about 40 well-known movie stars, appeared as a guest in more than 70 television shows, did 6 commercials with bees. Norman is also an accomplished musician, playing professionally for 45 years, including his own Dixieland band, the Beez Kneez Jazz Band. He holds two Guinness world records for bee stunts. He was a member of the Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Radio and Television Artists, and 10 other professional organizations. Norman is currently retired, after raising two children with his wife in Citrus Heights, CA. Qty

Hooper: Guide to Bees & Honey. ($25.00) Looking for a book for your second or third year in beekeeping? This is the American edition of the popular British how-to book, with color photos. Hardcover. Qty

Hoopingarner & Connor: Apiculture in the 21st Century. ($25.00) Looking at current research program and what the future holds for beekeeping. Qty

Horn: Beeconomy ($32.95) Beeconomy: What Women and Bees Can Teach Us about Local Trade and the Global Market [Hardcover] $32.95 (including postage in USA) "In these pages, Tammy Horn takes you on a global, first class ride that explores the geography, history, culture, economy and influence of the beekeepers of the world who raise both bees and children--women. Horn has gathered all in one place the special, shining examples of the thousands of beekeeping heroines that have been mostly over looked in the histories written by men. Finally, the women are all in the light."--Kim Flottum ""This unique book tells the story of women in the world of honey bees and beekeeping, from historical times to today and across every continent."--Francis Ratnieks, Sussex University"  ""Beeconomy examines the fasciniating evolution of the relationship between women and bees around the world... The women profiled in the book suggest ways of managing careers, gender discrimination, motherhood, marriage and single parenting--all while enjoying the community created by women who work with honeybees." -- Edible Louisville & The Bluegrass Region"  ""In this engaging, deeply researched investigation of the interplay between women and beekeeping, Horn goes beyond looking at hive-related products like beeswax, honey, and cosmetics, and explores the potential for beekeeping to change family dynamics and even the global economy." -- ForeWord Magazine" -- About the Author Tammy Horn was raised with beekeepers on both sides of her family. She is the director of Coal Country Beeworks, a multi-service project in which surface mine sites are reclaimed with pollinator habitat in eastern Kentucky. She lives in Lexington, Kentucky. Qty

Laidlaw: Queen Rearing and Bee Breeding ($45.00) "Written for beekeepers who know little about genetics and geneticists who know little about beekeeping." Few books deal so effectively with both the hands-on art of queen rearing and the scientific aspects of bee breeding as does this text. Professors Laidlaw and Page of the University of California, Davis, have prepared a comprehensive yet understandable book for both the beekeeper and the scientist. Laidlaw, born in 1907, made important discoveries about breeding methods using instrumental insemination during the 1940s. He spent his professional life at the U. of California, Davis, perfecting II technology to the point where it is widely used in bee breeding techniques. Moreover, he worked with commercial queen producers and developed reliable methods for producing quality queen bees for either natural or instrumental mating. Page has developed modern bee breeding concepts using computer methodology. His closed population breeding and mass selection techniques are widely used by bee breeders. If you are a beekeeper interested in producing queen bees for your operation, this is an excellent book for your study. If you are a scientist interested in techniques used in bee breeding, this book is also for you. The book is designed as a work-book textbook, with ample white space for notes and post-its. The twelve chapters cover history of bee breeding to a delightful 'Whimsy' section, and includes 'Song of the Queen Bee.' There are many excellent photographs and illustrations to help you understand complex ideas. ONLY A FEW COPIES OF THIS BOOK REMAIN. WHILE VERY POPULAR, THE JUNIOR AUTHOR HAS WITHDRAWN THE RIGHTS TO A FURTHER REPRINT. ORDER TODAY OR DO WITHOUT. Qty

Langstroth: Langstroth's Hive and the Honey-Bee ($23.00) L.L. Langstroth Langstroth's Hive and the Honey-Bee: The Classic Beekeeper's Manual Paperback Reprint The first descriptive treatise of modern bee management. In a reader-friendly, enthusiastic style, Langstroth addresses every aspect of beekeeping: bee physiology; diseases and enemies of bees; the life-cycles of the queen, drone, and worker; bee-hives; the handling of bees; and many other topics. 25 plates. Qty

Lovell: Honey Plants of North America ($24.00) John H. Lovell Honey Plants of North America Paperback Reprint Root Publishing has issued this reprint of a beekeeping standard. Written in 1926, the comprehensive and detailed information about nectar and pollen sources as well as the intricacies and intimacies of the honey bee/plant relationship is still wonderfully pertinent and timely. The only book of its kind still in print. Qty

Miller: Fifty Years Among the Bees ($19.00) C.C. Miller Fifty Years Among the Bees Paperback Reprint Long a classic within the beekeeping community, this book is one of the greatest works on the ancient art and science of beekeeping. A practical, yet endlessly charming handbook on all aspects of this romantic, arcane pursuit, it offers advice, observations, and information gleaned from a half-century of beekeeping. 111 illustrations. Qty

Morse/Morse: Honey Shows. ($10.00) A compact booklet with guidelines for entering and running a honey show. Qty

Morse: Making Mead (Honey Wine). ($20.00) A best seller for decades, this book contains the essence of what you need to know about making honey wine (mead) from the honey sitting right now, in storage. Qty

Morse: Rearing Queen Honey Bees ($20.00) Starter queen rearing book for hobby and sideline beekeepers. This includes work with mating in areas of African bees. Clear and will illustrated. While this book does not include bee genetics and breeding, it is designed to start a person in the queen rearing activity. Qty

Mraz: Honey and Health ($17.00) Charles Mraz Honey and Health Paperback $17 Qty

Ransome: The Sacred Bee in Ancient Times and Folklore ($20.00) Hilda M Ransome The Sacred Bee in Ancient Times and Folklore Paperback Chapters cover the folklore of bees and bee culturefrom Egyptian, Babylonian, and other ancient sources to practices in modern Europe. Rare illustrations of bees, hives, and beekeepers as they appear in paintings and sculpture; on coins, jewelry, and Mayan glyphs; and carved into African tree trunks. Qty

Sammataro: The Beekeeper's Handbook (4th Edition) ($33.90) $33.90 (includes shipping) The Beekeeper's Handbook Fourth Edition, June 2011 Diana Sammataro and Alphonse Avitabile With forward by Dewey M. Caron Adapted from promotional materials: From the foreword Beginners will find The Beekeeper s Handbook a joy, and more seasoned beekeepers will find rereading of benefit as they continue to master the art and science of bee colony care. Dewey M. Caron Praise for the third edition The Beekeeper's Handbook has guided thousands of beginning and advanced beekeepers in the how-tos of this entertaining and profitable pastime. Simply put, it is the best of the best of beekeeping books. Roger A. Morse An updated and expanded volume that goes into ... all practical aspects of beekeeping. Superbly illustrated. Northeastern Naturalist A comprehensive, well-illustrated introduction for beginners and a valuable reference for the experienced beekeeper. The book outlines options for each operation within beekeeping, listing advantages and disadvantages of each alternative. AB Bookman s Weekly The text is presented in a very readable way, and the diagrams are some of the clearest I have seen for a long time. Bee Craft An elegant reference book with beautiful illustrations. Whole Earth Since 1973, tens of thousands of first-time and experienced beekeepers alike have relied on The Beekeeper's Handbook as the best single-volume guide to the hobby and profession of beekeeping. Featuring clear descriptions and authoritative content, this handbook provides step-by-step directions accompanied by more than 100 illustrations for setting up an apiary, handling bees, and working throughout the season to maintain a healthy colony of bees and a generous supply of honey. This book explains the various colony care options and techniques, noting advantages and disadvantages, so that beekeepers can make the best choices for their own hives. This fourth edition has been thoroughly redesigned, expanded, updated, and revised to incorporate the latest information on Colony Collapse Disorder, green IPM methods, regional overwintering protocols, and procedures for handling bees and managing diseases and pests such as African honey bees and bee mites. The book explains not only how but also why each step is part of the transformative process that results in the magnificent creation of honey. This essential guide is a beekeeper s most valuable resource. Colony Collapse Disorder has renewed our recognition of the importance of small-scale beekeeping and the critical role of bees in the production of our food supply. For the growing number of beekeepers looking to set up hives for either a rewarding hobby or a profitable commercial enterprise, this updated and revised essential how-to guide includes: step-by-step directions for all stages from setting up an apiary to harvesting honey; approximately 100 illustrations featuring techniques, equipment, and bee biology; information about how to manage new pests and diseases including Colony Collapse Disorder; coverage of new trends and changes in beekeeping including green IPM techniques and new laws for urban beekeeping; the most up-to-date bibliography and list of resources on the topic; and a new user-friendly book design that clearly highlights instructions and other important features. About the Authors Diana Sammataro is Research Entomologist at the USDA-ARS Carl Hayden Honey Bee Research Center in Tucson, Arizona, where her research focuses on beneficial microbes and bee nutritional problems, managing parasitic mites of bees and Colony Collapse Disorder, and following the pollination of crops from almonds to apples. Alphonse Avitabile is a longtime beekeeper and Emeritus Professor of Biology at the University of Connecticut, Waterbury. Dewey M. Caron is a retired Professor and Extension Entomologist in the Department of Entomology at the University of Delaware. He is the author of Honey Bee Biology and Beekeeping. Qty

Seeley: Honeybee Democracy [Hardcover] ($32.95) I have been a follower of Professor Seeley's research and books since I saw his first research on the nature of honey bee swarms in the 1970s. In his third book he pulls many of his research stories into a lucid and exciting review of the science of bee swarms and how bees make decisions. Highly recommended for beekeeper and animal lover/student alike. A must read for every beekeeper. LJConnor (from promotional materials): Honeybees make decisions collectively--and democratically. Every year, faced with the life-or-death problem of choosing and traveling to a new home, honeybees stake everything on a process that includes collective fact-finding, vigorous debate, and consensus building. In fact, as world-renowned animal behaviorist Thomas Seeley reveals, these incredible insects have much to teach us when it comes to collective wisdom and effective decision making. A remarkable and richly illustrated account of scientific discovery, Honeybee Democracy brings together, for the first time, decades of Seeley's pioneering research to tell the amazing story of house hunting and democratic debate among the honeybees.In the late spring and early summer, as a bee colony becomes overcrowded, a third of the hive stays behind and rears a new queen, while a swarm of thousands departs with the old queen to produce a daughter colony. Seeley describes how these bees evaluate potential nest sites, advertise their discoveries to one another, engage in open deliberation, choose a final site, and navigate together--as a swirling cloud of bees--to their new home. Seeley investigates how evolution has honed the decision-making methods of honeybees over millions of years, and he considers similarities between the ways that bee swarms and primate brains process information. He concludes that what works well for bees can also work well for people: any decision-making group should consist of individuals with shared interests and mutual respect, a leader's influence should be minimized, debate should be relied upon, diverse solutions should be sought, and the majority should be counted on for a dependable resolution.An impressive exploration of animal behavior, Honeybee Democracy shows that decision-making groups, whether honeybee or human, can be smarter than even the smartest individuals in them. Qty

Shimanuki, Flottum & Harman: The ABC and XYZ of Bee Culture, 41st Edition - Latest authors of the book started by A.I. Root. ($63.00) Shimanuki, H., Kim Flottum and Ann Harman Latest authors of the book started by A.I. Root. The ABC and XYZ of Bee Culture, This is the 41st edition of the classic American reference for bees and beekeeping. Most photos are in full color, and there are nearly a thousand of them. Hardcover. Qty

Simon: Bee Equipment Essentials ($20.00) Bee Equipment Essentials Ed Simon 144 pages with full color photos and detailed drawings $20 post paid in the USA Build your own hive stands, bottom boards, entrance reducers, hive bodies, inner covers, telescoping covers, feeders, nuclei, top bar hives, queen production frames & Cloake board, honey extractor, swarm capture tools, solar wax melter, and a full range of construction jigs to help you assemble equipment accurately. Soft cover, 9.25 x 8.5 inch format for easy use in the woodshop Qty

Winston: The Biology of the Honey Bee ($42.00) Mark L. Winston The Biology of the Honey Bee Paperback From ancient cave paintings of honey bee nests to modern science's richly diversified investigation of honey bee biology and its applications, the human imagination has long been captivated by the mysterious and highly sophisticated behavior of this paragon among insect societies. In the first broad treatment of honey bee biology to appear in decades, Mark Winston provides rare access to the world of this extraordinary insect. In a bright and engaging style Winston probes the dynamics of the honey bee's social organization. He recreates for us the complex infrastructure of the nest, describes the highly specialized behavior of workers, queens, and drones, and examines in detail the remarkable ability of the honey bee colony to regulate its functions according to events within and outside the nest. Winston integrates into his discussion the results of recent studies, bringing into sharp focus topics of current bee research. These include the exquisite architecture of the nest and its relation to bee physiology; the intricate division of labor and the relevance of a temporal caste structure to efficient functioning of the colony; and, finally, the life-death struggles of swarming, supersedure, and mating that mark the reproductive cycle of the honey bee. The Biology of the Honey Bee not only reviews the basic aspects of social behavior, ecology, anatomy, physiology, and genetics, it also summarizes major controversies in contemporary honey bee research, such as the importance of kin recognition in the evolution of social behavior and the role of the well-known dance language in honey bee communication. Thorough, well-illustrated, and lucidly written, this book will for many years be a valuable resource for scholars, students, and beekeepers alike. Qty