​Recommended Books from TBA!
BOOK LIST

BEGINNER:

• Beginning Beekeeping by Tanya Phillips
• Top Bar Beekeeping by Les Crowder
• Beekeeping for Dummies by Howland Blackiston
• The Backyard Beekeeper by Kim Flottum
• Natural Beekeeping by Ross Conrad
• First Lessons in Beekeeping by Keith Delaplane
• The Beekeepers Handbook by Diana Sammataro

​ADDITIONAL, MORE ADVANCED TOPICS:

• The ABC and XYZ of Bee Culture by A.I. Root
• Honey Bee Biology by Dewey Caron
• Garden Plants for Honey Bees by Peter Lindtner
• The Honeybee Democracy by Thomas Seeley
• Attracting Native Pollinators by Xerces Society
• The Essentials Collection by Lawrence John Connor
  • Bee-sentials
  • Increase Essentials
  • Queen Rearing Essentials
  • Bee Sex Essentials
• The Hive and the Honey Bee by J.W. Graham
• Honey Bee Diseases and Pests by C. Scott DuPree
• Honey Bee Democracy by Tom Seeley
• Bee Equipment Essentials by Ed Simon
• The Beekeepers Bible by Stewart Tabori
• Following the Wild Bees by Thomas Seeley
• Health and The Honey Bee by Charles Mraz
• Queen Bee: Biology, Rearing, and Breeding by David Woodward
• Two Million Blossoms by Kristen Traynor
• Honey Bee Pests, Predators, and Diseases by Roger Morse & Kim Flottum
• Managing Alternative Pollinators by Mader, Spivak, and Evans
• History of American Beekeeping by Frank Pellett
• Following The Bloom by Douglass Whynott Bee Time by Mark L. Winston