Recommended Reading

The Utah County Beekeepers Association Recommended Reading

On this page, you will find recommended books that will help you learn more about a variety of topics related to beekeeping, bees, honey and other aspects of the culture. Click on a topic below to see the related books. Feel free to submit your recommendations or book reviews to ut.co.beekeepers@gmail.com.

Honey(incl Cooking)	Bees	Beginning Beekeeping	Intermediate Beekeeping
Advanced Beekeeping	Honey Plants	Diseases, pests, parasites and predators	Beeswax
Other Hive Products	Magazines	Marketing	Miscellaneous

Honey Books (incl Cooking)
Title	Author	Publisher	Reviews
Cooking with Honey	Hazel Berto	Gramercy	No
Honey: BeesOnline Recipe Book	Maureen Maxwell	BeesOnline	No

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Bees

Title

Author

Publisher

Reviews

Orchid Bees of Tropical America

The World Of Bees

Murray Hoyt

Bonanza Books

Bees of the World

Christopher O'Toole and Anthony
Raw

Facts On File

Yes

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Beginning Beekeeping

Title

Author

Publisher

Reviews

Beekeeping for Dummies

Howland Blackiston

Hungry Minds

Yes

First Lessons in Beekeeping

C.P. Dadant

Dadant and Sons

Beekeeping

Werner Metzer

Barrons

The Beekeeper's Handbook

Diana Sammataro and Alphonse Avitabile

Collier Books

Yes

The Classroom

Jerry Hayes

Dadant and Sons

Yes

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Intermediate Beekeeping
Title	Author	Publisher	Reviews
At the Hive Entrance	H. Storch	European Apicultural Editions	Yes

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Advanced Beekeeping
Title	Author	Publisher	Reviews
The Biology of the Honey Bee	Mark L. Winston	Harvard University Press	Yes

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Honey Plants
Title	Author	Publisher	Reviews
Honey Plants	Harvey Lovell	Gleaning in Bee Culture	No

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Diseases, Parasite, Pests and Parasites

Title

Author

Publisher

Reviews

Honey Bee Parasites, Pests, Predators and Diseases

Penn State University

Mites of the Honey Bee

Edited by Thomas C. Webster

Dadant and Sons

Yes

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Beeswax
Title	Author	Publisher	Reviews
CANDLES THAT EARN, Creating and Operating Your Own Successful Candle Business	Don Olsen	Peanut Butter Publishing, Seattle, Washington	Yes

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Other Hive Products

Title

Author

Publisher

Reviews

Propolis: Nature's Energizer

Carlson Wade

Keats Publishing

The Royal Jelly Miracle

Reynaud Allen

Benedict Lust Publications

Health and the Honey Bee

Charles Mraz

Queen City Publications

Yes

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Magazines
Publication Name	Frequency	Website	Reviews
Bee Culture	Monthly	www.beeculture.com	No
American Bee Journal	Monthly	www.dadant.com/journal/	No

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Marketing

Title

Author

Publisher

Reviews

How to Keep Bees and Sell Honey

Walter T. Kelly

The Walter T. Kelley Company

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Miscellaneous
Title	Author	Publisher	Reviews
How Butterbees Came to Bee!	Lana Grimm and Tania Bloch and illustrated by David Michener	?	Yes

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