Product Code: P35000

Beekeeping For Dummies – Howland Blakiston – USA

New and updated 2nd edition of a perennial favourite, particularly for the beginner and novice beekeeper from an author who provides a great reader friendly guide with excellent diagrams and pictures.

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Bee AGSkills – Australia
This book is a hands-on practical manual for the beginning beekeeper.  Written by the NSW Department of Primary Industry, the book covers the practical side of beekeeping and provides a good introduction to Australian beekeeping.

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Product Code: P35002

The Bee Book – Ann Cliff – Australia

From a local Victorian author, covers Beekeeping Basics, Harvesting Honey, Beeswax, Candles and other Bee Business.  A great introduction to beekeeping.

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Natural Beekeeping – Ross Conrad –USA

Organic Approaches to Modern Apiculture.

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The Backyard Beekeeper – Kim Flottum –USA

An Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Keeping Bees in Your Yard and Garden

Revised and Updated edition of this popular book..

Price: $32.00

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The Bee Book – Beekeeping in Australia – Peter Warhurst & Roger Goebel - Australia

Written and compiled by beekeepers who are also apiary officers of the Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Queensland. The book draws on their personal experience as well as over 100 years of DPI&F research and experience.

Price: $55.00

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Product Code: P35007

Keeping Bees and Making Honey – Alison Benjamin & Brian McCallum –UK

Great photos, information, practical advice, recipes and gardening tips – a useful book for the aspiring beekeeper.

Price: $26.00

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Product Code: P35008

Urban Beekeeping “A Guide to Keeping Bees in the City” –Craig Hughes –U.K.

A chatty well written book with plenty of useful tips plus a section on gardening for honeybees. 

Price: $25.00

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Product Code: P35009

The Complete Guide to Beekeeping for Fun & Profit – Back to Basics Series - USA

A great guide on the many aspects of beekeeping as a fun hobby and as a way to make a little extra money on the side.

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Product Code: P35010

A Practical Manual of Beekeeping – David Cramp – UK

How to Keep Bees and Develop your Full Potential as an apiarist.  A fascinating hobby: a remunerative business: or a career?

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Product Code: P35012
The Beekeepers Handbook - Diana Sammataro & Alphonse Avitabile - US 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

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Product Code: P35014
Better Beekeeping: The Ultimate Guide to Keeping Stronger Colonies and Healthier, More Productive Bees - Kim Flotum – USA The skilled beekeeper who is interested in producing not only varietal and artisan honeys, but bees, queens, pollen, propolis, and simply honey without the frills needs a reliable, comprehensive source for his continued education. Our Backyard Beekeeper series has created the need in the market for this book: how do beekeepers take the next step towards mastering colony management, marketing, making money from their hobby, and more? The core themes of this intermediate beekeeping book are: managing and growing your workforce, making sure your queens always get the royal treatment, how to keep bees seasonally, how to build a better colony, and how to grow that colony.

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Product Code: P35212
Wisdom of the Bees (principles for biodynamic beekeeping) -E. Berrevoets Australia Eric Berrevoets was born in the Netherlands and migrated to Australia as a young man. He has a lifelong interest in biodynamic agriculture. In this book he examines Rudolf Steiner’s insights and research into the nature of bees and their implications for the future of beekeeping. A great companion volume to the translated lectures by Rudolf Steiner, above.

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Product Code: P35214

The Beekeeper’s Lament – H. Nordhaus – USA

The honeybee is a willing conscript, a working wonder and an unseen and crucial link in the world’s agricultural industry.  The author follows beekeeper John Miller who trucks his hives around the USA bringing hives to farmers who would otherwise have no natural pollinators. Sub-titled “How one man and half a billion honeybees help feed America” this is a great read and gives the reader a clear idea of how much stress the bees and the beekeeper are under in a world ruled by profit.  

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Product Code: P35050

The Bee Friendly Garden – Ted Hooper & Mike Taylor – U.K.

Invaluable resource for anyone wondering what to plant to attract bees. This U.K. publication does not deal with Australian natives but contains many of the popular floral plants that can be easily grown in the home garden.  We have 80% of the plants mentioned in our own Eltham garden.

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Product Code: P35100

Queen Bee: Biology, Rearing and Breeding – David Woodward – UK

A definitive guide to the biology and breeding of queen bees by David Woodward –The author was previously a Senior State Apiculture Adviser with the DPI in South Australia. Currently based in Balclutha, N.Z. as Head of the Apiculture Department at Telford Rural Polytechnic this book is the culmination of the queen bee rearing course he developed.

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Product Code: P35101

Contemporary Queen Rearing – Harry H Laidlaw, Jr _ USA

A classic in its field, the purpose of this book is to instruct the beekeeper in rearing the best possible queens: either for himself or commercially.

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Product Code: P35102

Bee Sex Essentials –Lawrence John Connor – USA

Review of the latest knowledge of drone and queen production, mating and genetics. Provides not only the background information necessary to understand honey bee genetics and breeding but also contains a wealth of practical information – a scientific book written from the beekeeper’s perspective.

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Product Code: P35103

Breeding Better Bees – Dews & Milner - UK

The aim of the bee breeding programme described in this book is to improve the genetic traits of colonies.  The book also gives a detailed description of simplified morphometric techniques which can be used to identify honeybee races or sub species. These techniques also indicate whether the breeder queen bee will breed true. The new edition includes an introduction to bee breeding as a means of controlling Varroa and a guide to computer-based record keeping.

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Product Code: P35150

The Biology of the Honey Bee - Winston - USA
One of the best general book on the biology of the honey bee, Mark L. Winston describes the dynamics of the honey bee's social organization as well as its anatomy. He explains with a very readable and entertaining style the complex infrastructure of the nest, as well as the highly specialized behaviour of workers, queens, and drones, and examines the remarkable ability of the honey bee colony to regulate its functions according to events within and outside the nest. The anatomy of the honey bee is also well explained in the book.

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Product Code: P35151

Anatomy & Dissection of the Honeybee - H.A. Dade - UK
This book provides an excellent introduction to the anatomy and dissection of the honeybee.  Divided into two sections with plenty of practical instructions, including many diagrams  The first part includes a detailed and logical description of the honeybees anatomy.  The second part is a step-by-step guide to dissecting the queen, worker and drone.  A very well written and easy to understand. book suitable for the beginner and expert alike.

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Product Code: P35152

Bee – Rose-Lynn Fisher – USA

Bee presents 60 astonishing photographs of honeybee anatomy in magnifications ranging from 10x to 5,000x.  Features a forward by nature writer Verlyn Klinkenborg.

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Product Code: P35153

A Short History of the Honey Bee – Ilona & Readicker-Henderson - US

There are around 16,000 species of bee. Only seven of these are responsible for creating the world's sweetest treat -- honey. Combining Ilona's gorgeous photography and E. Readicker-Henderson's engaging text, A Short History of the Honey Bee follows the journey from flower to hive to honey throughout history.

A Short History of the Honey Bee starts with the story of the honey bee -- why it is named Apis mellifera, how it has evolved from a solitary creature to one that travels in groups, why it stings, and how pollination really works. Readicker-Henderson then moves on to the honey, detailing its history from a wild food foraged for on cliffs to the many varieties available for purchase today. But it is the everyday importance of the bee that remains the central message. Forty percent of the world's food supply -- including apples, tomatoes, and strawberries -- is dependent on pollination by honeybees. Colony collapse, when the worker bees suddenly disappear and leave behind the queen and the hive, is an ecological and agricultural crisis. For this reason alone we need to be more aware of the significance of bees.

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Product Code: P35006
Beekeeping is both a hobby and a practical business plan that many individuals have taken up in recent years as a viable way to culture a valuable natural resource and have fun in the process. In any given year, an effectively built beekeeping business can bring profits up to 500 per cent of your investment according to numerous private beekeepers. The benefit of growing your own honey and selling it to local customers for between $5 and $10 a kilo depending on how you cultivate and whether your honey is completely organic can be a huge boon for anyone with the money and time to invest. This book walks all motivated potential beekeepers through the process of building and operating their beekeeping business from the ground up, ensuring it is both a fun hobby and a great way to make a little extra money on the side. You will learn everything you need to effectively start beekeeping for profit and fun, including what materials you need, what kinds of bees are best for honey or wax production. You will learn all of the fundamental safety equipment you need to effectively handle the bees and where to place your hives on your property to take advantage of natural circumstances. You will learn the basics you need to understand what bees do and how they interact, including details about the queen bee, the worker bees, drones, and foragers. You will learn how seasonal changes affect your colonies, and how to use your smoke to access and gather honey from your bees. The best in home beekeeping professionals have been interviewed and their expertise and insights have been gathered here for you to review, providing additional details about the kinds and methods of honey gathering that you can profit from you. You will learn how to install everything and keep your colonies updated. You will learn how to keep the necessary records and how to sell your honey and what the best prices for that honey is. You will learn what is involved in opening a colony and how to manage pests effectively without endangering the bees or the honey. You will learn how to manage your hives in the winter and fall and what you can do with everything your bees produce. For anyone who has ever considered beekeeping as a hobby or source of side income, this is the book for you

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Product Code: P35011

The Complete Idiots Guide to Beekeeping – Dean Stiglitz - US

Has the thought of managing your own hive – and all those bees put you off?  Discover the fun and satisfaction of raising bees!  The Complete Idiots Guide to Beekeeping gives you all the buzz on setting and maintain a healthy hive of your own.

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Product Code: P35013

Beekeeping: A Seasonal Guide – Ron Brown

From the stirrings of spring and summer swarms to autumn honey harvest and winter protection, this essential resource guides both the aspiring and experienced beekeeper through every season of the bee-keeping year. Learn how to rear a queen, control a swarm, protect a hive, and keep bees healthy. The book is also packed with practical tips on using beeswax and, of course, making honey.

Price: $23.00

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Product Code: P35201

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The Buzz about Bees-Biology of a Superorganism – Jurgen Tautz - Germany

This book destroys the cute notion of bees as selfless societies of busy self-sacrificing individuals and presents us with the reality of the colony as an integrated and independent being – a superorgainism with its own emergent group intelligence.  Beautiful colour photographs and an easy understandable text.  One of Bob’s favourites.(In English)

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Product Code: P35202
A World Without Bees – Allison Benjamin – USA Honeybees are dying. In America, one in three hives was left lifeless at the beginning of 2008. In France, the death rate was more than 60 per cent. In Britain, a government minister warned that honey bees could be extinct within a decade. A third of all that we eat, and much of what we wear, relies on pollination by honeybees. So if - or when - the world loses its black-and-yellow workers, the consequences will be dire. What is behind this catastrophe? Viruses, parasites, pesticides and climate change have all been blamed. As has modern monoculture agribusiness. In this timely book, two keen amateur apiarists investigate all the claims and counterclaims with the help of scientists and beekeepers in Europe, America and beyond. They ask the question that will soon be on everyone's lips: is there any possible way of saving the honeybees - and, with them, the world as we know it?

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Product Code: P35203

The Hive – The Story of the Honeybee and Us - Bee Wilson – U.K

The author explores the magic world of the honeybee – from the honey delta of ancient Egypt to the tupelo forests of modern Florida, taking in a cast of characters including Alexander the Great, Napoleon, Sherlock Holmes and Muhammad Ali.

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Product Code: P35206

The Quest for the Perfect Hive – Gene Kritsky – USA

The invaluable honey bee now faces severe threats from diseases, mites, pesticides, and overwork, not to mention the mysterious Colony Collapse Disorder, which causes seemingly healthy bees to abandon their hives en masse, never to return. In The Quest for the Perfect Hive, entomologist Gene Kritsky offers a concise, beautifully illustrated history of beekeeping, tracing the evolution of hive design from ancient Egypt to the present. Not simply a descriptive account, the book suggests that beekeeping's long history may in fact contain clues to help beekeepers fight the decline in honey bee numbers.

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Product Code: P35207

Honeybee Democracy – Thomas Seeley –USA

Thomas Seely is a professor of biology at Cornell University and his book is a fascinating account of bee behaviour.    His enthusiasm and admiration of honeybees comes out through the book and should be on every beekeepers bookshelf.

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Product Code: P35208

Bumblebee Economics – Heinrich – USA
This is an excellent book that combines the best of both writing and science.  Heinrich has performed a masterful job of sharing his personal research efforts and those of others in his field. He has written an extremely interesting book and in the process has shown how bumblebees can be used as a model to investigate behaviour, physiology, ecology and evolution.

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Product Code: P35211

Bees – Lectures by Rudolf Steiner (translated from German by T. Braatz)

The great Rudolf Steiner as far back as 1923 predicted the dire state of the honeybee today and its serious decline around the world.

“The more you investigate these creatures and the manner in which they live, the more you will come to the conclusion that there is a great intelligence in how they work and what they accomplish” – Rudolph Steiner.

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Product Code: P35213

Robbing The Bees – A biography of Honey – H. Bishop – USA

A great book – a biography, history, celebration and love letter to bees and their magical produce.  Each chapter combines the daily round of the beekeeping business, its lively science, culture and lore with the business and gastronomical world of honey, the myriad varieties of honey, as well as recipes, illustrations and historical quotes.

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Product Code: P35215

Fruitless Fall – Rowan Jacobson –USA  

In 2007 US beekeepers watched as 30 billion bees mysteriously died.  They continue to disappear. The remaining bees essential to cultivation of a third of American crops are trucked across the country and flown around the world pushing them ever closer to collapse.  The author emphasises the miracle of flowering plants and their pollinating partners urging readers not to take the abundance of our Earth for granted.

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Product Code: P35217

Honey and Dust: Travels in Search of Sweetness – Piers Moore Ede - USA

After being seriously injured in a hit and run, Piers Moore Ede went to work and recuperate on an organic farm in Italy. There he met a beekeeper, Gunter, who showed him, for the first time, the wonders and magic of the beehive. Battling depression and afraid to face the future, Piers finds a renewed sense of purpose through his work with the bees. Up close amongst the highly organised life of a hive, he realises that somehow honey might be the salve that can help him. Back in England Piers, still only in his mid-twenties, decides upon a quest to seek the most wondrous honeys in the world. From the terracotta bee jars of the Lebanon to the clay cylinders of Syria, slowly his personal tribulations dwindle into perspective against the backdrop of the fast-shrinking traditions of the honey-farmers. Hunting wild honey from cliffs with Gurung tribesman in Nepal, and in vast jungle trees with Veddah tribesmen in Sri Lanka, Piers draws close to the very origins of life. But honey itself is the real luminary of Honey and Dust - honey, the wonderful invigorating golden manna that Virgil believed was of divine origin. Honey and Dust is about the world's oldest and purest food. But it also a personal quest of healing, an attempt to regain a sense of place in the world. Meditative, and keenly observant, it is a book about the joy of being alive, and of the regenerative powers of wild nature.

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The Beekeepers Handbook – Diana Sammataro & Alphonse Avitabile – US

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.  This book explains not only how but also why each step is part of the transformative process that results in the magnificent creation of honey.

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Product Code: P35250

Honey Bee Diseases & Pests – Canada
The 2^nd edition of this useful guide to honeybee pests and diseases gives both the amateur and professional beekeeper the information necessary to diagnose and treat the most common maladies associated with bees.

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Product Code: P35251

Keeping HealthyHoney Bees – David Aston & Sally Bucknall –U.K.

Published in 2010, this valuable book explores the many reasons bees often die before they reach their full potential and how a competent beekeeper can lessen or prevent this occurrence through integrated bee health management

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Product Code: P35300

Folk Medicine – D.C. Jarvis – USA

Dr Jarvis spent years practising medicine in the Green Mountains of Vermont observing the natural wonders of Vermont folk medicine.  This book tells how these resourceful and self-sufficient people drew on such natural substances as honey, apple cider and kelp to treat a number of common illnesses.

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Product Code: P35301

The Gourmet Medicine – Joe Trayner - US

Written by well known American author Joe Trayner, the book covers the use of honey to treat common ailments as well as providing recipies for some delicious meals made with honey.

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Product Code: P35302

Honey – Nature’s  Golden Healer – G. Havenhand –U.K.

Drawing on her background in the biological sciences the author demonstrates her belief that honey is essential  for healthy living – boosting the immune system and preventing certain diseases.  She points out that protecting the honeybee is important not only for its own survival but for our own longevity.

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Product Code: P35303
Honey for Health & Beauty - The National Honey Board USA - USA Discover the proven and powerful health, beauty and healing properties of nature’s miracle medicine: honey. For millions of years, bees have worked tirelessly to create nature’s miracle medicine: honey. In this important book, Cooking Well: Honey for Health & Beauty, the unique healing properties of honey are revealed, placing the power of this low-cost and effective natural treatment in your family's hands. Whether as a healing agent for minor wounds and burns, a soothing ingredient for sore throats and coughs, a beauty treatment rich in anti-oxidants for youthful skin, or as a potent antibiotic, honey has become and essential part of natural cures and remedies. Cooking Well: Honey for Health & Beauty also explains how the recent, rapid decline in honeybee population is alerting us to damage to our environment, and lists ways that you can help honeybees thrive and how the health of our planet, the health of the honeybee, and very own health is so closely linked. Featuring over 100 honey-based recipes for better health, beauty and nutrition, Cooking Well: Honey for Health & Beauty is all you need to harness the precious gift of honey bees.

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Product Code: P35350

Honey Bees of Borneo – Koeniger - Germany

Borneo, with 5 of the 9 species of honey bee found world wide, is the biodiversity centre for this group. Honey production world wide is base on the European, Asian and African species Apis mellifera, the Western Honey Bee, but as this book shows, the indigenous honeys of Borneo could become increasingly important.  An excellent introduction to the bees of Borneo for both the beginner and expert alike.

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Product Code: P35351

Beekeeping for Honey Production in Sri Lanka – Dr. Punchihewa – Sri Lanka

An excellent text on Apis cerana, the Asian hive bee, Dr Punchihewa is a scientist and beekeeper. has distilled in this book his practical skills, experience and knowledge. The first chapter describes the biology of Apis cerana. Later chapters describe the use of the top-bar hive for keeping Apis cerana. The book is attractively produced with excellent diagrams and over 100 colour photographs.

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Product Code: P35400

Honey: More than 75 Delicious Recipes – Avner Laskin – USA
The natural goodness of honey – the delicious and more healthful alternative to sugar – can enliven every meal.  This wonderfully rich, golden ingredient lends flavour to seventy-eight recipes for a variety of courses, including luscious appetizers, entrees, baked goods, deserts, and beverages.  These dishes will dazzle your taste buds while nourishing your soul.

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Product Code: P35400

The Complete Meadmaker – Ken Schram – US

As one of the most ancient of human beverages, mead arose in part because it was easy to make. Today’s hobbyists rediscover the simplicity of making mead while revelling in the range of flavours that can result.  In The Complete Meadmaker, veteran beverage hobbyist Ken Schramm introduces the novice to the wonders of mead.  With easy-to-follow procedures and simple recipes, he shows how you can quickly and painlessly make your own meal at home.  In later chapters, he introduces flavourful variations on the basic theme that lead to meads flavoured with spice, fruits, grapes and even malt.

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Product Code: P35431
Making Mead (Honey Wine) – Roger A. Morse – USA Mead is honey wine. It is made when honey is diluted and allowed to ferment. Mead is thought by many to have been the first alcoholic beverage made by humans. Learn about honey, the equipment for making mead, yeasts and fermentation, recipes and formulas, fermentation, racking and aging, bottles, closures, sparkling mead, home analysis and judging mead.

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Product Code: P35500

The Candlemaker’s Companion – Betty Oppenheimer -USA

With illustrated step-by-step instructions from a lifelong crafter and candle maker this is a complete guide to Rolling, Pouring, Dipping and Decorating your own candles.

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Product Code: P35550

The Life Cycle of a Honeybee –USA

A beautifully illustrated child friendly book – a great introduction to the amazing honeybee.

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Product Code: P35551

The Life and Times of the HoneyBee – C. Micucci -  U.S.A.

For younger readers 5+ a wonderful  book covering what the beekeeper does, how bees make honey and the various products people make from the bee’s labours.  A great salute to the wonderful honeybee –excellent   illustrations.  Voted outstanding science and trade book for children in the USA by both The National Science Teachers Association and The Children’s Book Council.

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