The Phillip Pike Memorial Library
is a vast library of beekeeping literature that is available for our members.
The library is lovingly and painstakingly maintained at the home of WCBA member Kathy DeGraaf.
Guidelines have been set to ensure fair and equal access to all WCBA members who wish to borrow library materials.
* You must be a WCBA member in good standing to borrow library books or materials.
* Articles may be requested by telephone or e-mail to be borrowed at meetings or arrangements may be made directly with the librarian.
* Articles may be borrowed from the library for a one month period. They must be returned at the next regular meeting or they MUST be renewed through the librarian if they cannot be returned within 30 days. See contact information below for the librarian below.
* If books are not renewed or returned, a reminder will be sent by phone or e-mail to the borrowing member.
* If articles are not returned after 2 reminders, the WCBA treasurer will be notified and will issue a request for payment for the replacement cost to the borrowing member.
* A current listing of library materials is available on the WCBA website: worcestercountybeekeepers.com. A hard copy may be requested from the librarian for those that do not have e-mail access.
* Members may ask the Library Committee to purchase books or materials appropriate to the keeping of bees for addition to the library.
Thank you for your support and cooperation.
The WCBA Library Committee
Librarian:
Kathy DeGraaf
(508) 393-0140
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The elves of the world wide web will soon have an actual database with all of the libraries holdings up and running...in the meantime, an almost up to date version is available here.
Book # Title Author Year of Print
1 ABC and XYZ of Bee Culture Root 1945
2 Adventures in Beekeeping Oglesby 1954
3 Allen Latham's Bee Book Latham 1949
4 American Honey Plants Pellet 1947
5 Arthritis and Folk Medicine Jarvis 1958
6 Bee Book Root 1914
7 Beekeeping Eckert 1960
8 Beekeeping Phillips 1949
9 Beekeeping for Beginners and Others James 1958
10 Cooking with Honey Barrett 1981
11 Anatomy of The Honey Bee Snodgrass 1956
12 Beekeeping in Antiquity Fraser 1931
13 Beekeeping in Britain Manley 1948
14 Beekeeping in the U.S. (Handbook #335) U.S.D.A. 1981
15 Beekeeping Tips and Topics Jaycor 1982
16 Beekeeping Questions and Answers Dadant 1978
17 Bees Are My Business Whitcombe 1955
18 Bees at the Bottom of the Garden Campion 1984
19 Bees, Their Chemical Senses, Vision & Language VonFrisch 1950
20 Bee's Ways Curtis 1984
21 Beeswax Root 1951
22 Beeswax Brown 1981
23 Behavior & Social Life of Honeybees Ribands 1953
24 Bumblebees & Their Ways Plath 1934
25 City of Bees Stuart 1949
26 Complete Guide to Beekeeping Morse 1972
27 Composition of American Honeys (Bulletin) USDA 1962
28 Dictionary of Beekeeping Terms Crane 1951
29 First Book of Bees Tibbetts 1952
30 First Lessons in Beekeeping Dadant 1924
31 Folk Medicine Jarvis 1959
32 Following the Bee Line Morse 1941
33 The Fragrant City of Wax Graffam 1954
34 Garden Guide: The Amateur Gardener's Handbook DeLaMare 1949
35 Handbook of Parliamentary Procedure Davidson 1955
36 Beekeeping A Practical Guide Boney 1993
37 Honey in a Comprehensive Study Crane 1975
38 Honey & Your Health Beck 1938
39 Honey Bee Brood Diseases Hansen 1981
40 Honey Getting Sechrist 1947
41 Honey Guide to Efficient Production Gojmerac
42 Honey in the Comb Killion 1951
43 How To Do It Book of Beekeeping Taylor 1974
44 How to Raise Beautiful Comb Honey Taylor 1977
45 Anatomy & Dissection of The Honey Bee Dade 1977
46 Curative Properties of Honey & Bee Venom Yoirish 1977
47 Pheromones of Social Bees Free 1987
48 Keeper of the Bees Porter 1925
49 Let's Build a Beehive Miller 1976
50 The Life of the Bee Maeteerlin 1948
51 The Life of the Queen Bee Sutherland 1959
52 Asian Apiculture Wicwas 1993
53 Productive Beekeeping Lippincott Farm 1916
54 Beekeeping A Practical Guide Boney 1993
55 The Life Cycle of The Honey Bee Hogan 1979
56 The Pollen Loads of the Honeybee Hodges 1952
57 Rearing Queen Honey Bees Morse 1979
58 Honey Bee Pests, Predators and Disease Root
59 Bee Hive Product Bible Brown 1993
60 The New Complete Guide To Beekeeping Morse 1994
61 What You Should Know About Honey Hoynorac
62 Beekeeping: An Illustrated Handbook Stelley 1986
63 The Joys of Beekeeping Taylor 1984
64 How to Know the Wildflowers Dna 1920
65 How to Keep Bees & Sell Honey Kelley 1993
66 Beekeeping Clark
67 The New Complete Joy of Home Brew Papazian 1986
68 Joy with Honey Mech 1979
69 The Dancing Bees Von Frisch 1955
70 Back lot Beekeeping Pease 1949
71 Wilderness Honey Pollock 1917
72 The Secret Life of Bees Kidd 2002
73 Beekeeping Phillips 1916
74 Honey Plants of North America Lovell 1926
75 Observation Hive Webster/Caron 1999
76 Starting Right With Bees Root 1937
77 500 Answers to Bee Questions Root 1947
78 The Hive and The Honeybee Langstroth 1878/2004
79 Fundamentals of Beekeeping Collison 1914
80 The Comb Honey Book Taylor 1996
81 Archaeology of Beekeeping Crain 1988
82 Mites of The Honeybee Dadant 2001
83 Varroa Handbook Connor 1988
84 Isle of Wright on Acarine Disease Adams 1969
85 Honeybee Pests, Predators and Diseases Abiee 1990
86 Do It Yourself Plans Sunstream
87 Beekeepers and Their Neighbors Caron
88 Following the Bloom Whynott 1991
89 The Art & Adventure of Beekeeping Aebi 1975
90 Practical Queen Rearing Dublon 1987
91 Honey Shows Morse 1996
92 The Biology of the Honeybee Winston 1987
93 The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Beekeeping Morse 1985
94 23rd International Apicultural Congress IFBA 1971
95 21st International Apicultural Congress IFBA - Maryland 1967
96 29th International Federation of Beekeepers IFBA - Hungary 1983
97 30 International Apicultural Congress IFBA - Japan 1983
98 Bin-Och Biodling (Swedish) Hansson 1980
99 The Hardworking Bee Bohatta 1981
100 The Reason for a Flower Heller 1983
101 First Lessons in Beekeeping (Second Printing) Dadant 1990
102 Honey Plants Manual Lovell 1966
103 Making Aromatherapy Creams & Lotions Maria 2000
104 For the Love of Bees (story of Brother Adam) Bill 1989
105 Scent Talk Among Animals Winter 1977
106 Beekeeping: The Gentle Craft Adams 1972
107 Amateur Beekeeping Sechrist 1974
108 Beeswax Crafting Berthold 2002
109 Swarm Prevention Werner 1979
110 Candle Craft Marko/Davis 1998
111 Wick, Wax and Talk Wilhel 1983
112 Natural Cosmetics Krockmal 1993
113 Pests Control Methods Not Harmful to Bees Krockmal 1993
114 The Hive and The Honeybee Dadant 1992
115 The Beekeeper's Garden Hooper 1988
116 Hive Management Bonney 1991
117 How Well Are You Willing To Bee Wagner 1998
118 The Queen and I Weiss 1978
119 Bees Wax Coggshall/Morse 1995
120 Life of a Honeybee Fischer - Na 1986
121 The Art and Adventure of Beekeeping Aebi 1983
122 The Soap makers Companion Cavitch 1997
123 Bees, A First Discovery Book Scolastic Inc.
124 Homebrew Favorites Lutzen 1994
125 The Soap Book Maine 1995
126 Honey Bee Diseases & Pests Canadian APA 1993
127 Making Craft wax Candles Root 1992
128 Honey Bees & Beekeeping Delaplane 1993
129 Honey is my Hobby Sauriol 1936
130 Apitherapy Babnick
131 Beekeeping: A Complete Owners Manual Melzer 1989
132 Honeybees at Home Harwood 1994
133 Elimination of American Foulbrood w/o The Use of Drugs Goodwin & Van Eaton 1999
133 Starting Right With Bees Root 1927
134 Composition of American Honeys(Bulleting #1261_ USDA
135 Bees, Bugs and Beetles Rood 1972
136 ABC & XYZ OF Bee Culture Root 2007
137 Golden Book of Bees and Ants Disney 1969
138 Beekeeping Principles Tew 2001
139 Bees & Beekeeping Morse 1975
140 About Honey: Nature's Elixir for Health & Energy Norris 1959
141 Queen Rearing Laidlaw 1950
142 Beekeeping For Dummies Blackiston 2002
143 Beekeeping in the Midwest Jaycox 1981
144 Honeybees and their Management Whitehead 1951
145 The Magic of Honey Perlmen 1971
146 Dadant System of Beekeeping Dadant 1932
147 The Life of the Bumblebee Alford 1978
148 Honey Farming Manley 1945
149 Busy Bees Cowley 1993
150 Bees Besieged Mares 2005
151 Making Herbal Hand Creams & Slaves Weingburg 2000
152 How To Manage The Blue Orchard Bee Bosch & Kemp 2001
153 Selling Honey Bee Culture 1994
154 Honey, The Gourmet Medicine Traynor 2002
155 Bees in Balance Rose 1994
156 The Bernstein Bears & the Wild Honey Berenstain 1983
157 Purple Loostrife MA Agriculture 1995
158 At the Hive Entrance Storch
159 Two for the Honey Tontz 1988
160 Breeding Super Bees Hanson
161 Bees Wax
162 Making Mead Morse 1980
163 Do You Know About Honey Bees? Buckle
164 Pumpkin Production Guide Co-Op 2003
165 New Perspectives on Varroa Matheson 1994
166 Super Formulas - Arts & Crafts White 1993
167 A Guide For Managing Bees for Crop Pollination
168 The Complete Guide to Beekeeping Evans
169 The Big Honey Hunt Berenstein 1962
170 Bumble Bees for Pleasure & Profit Matheson 1996
171 The Backyard Beekeeper Flottum 2005
172 Bee Science 1996
173 Practical Queen Rearing Pellett 1918
174 National Geographic
175 500 Answers to Bee Questions 1975
176 The Adventures of Billy Bee Thomas 1995
177 Basic Steps to Candles Frantz
178 Candles, Naturally - A Guide To Edmonds 1994
179 Honey - Bee Candles McNeill 1995
180 Honey Bees & Their Management Shaw 1951
181 Beeswax Brown 1995
182 Sweetness & Light Ellis 2004
183 Bees Time Life 2005
184 Making Candles & Soaps for Dummies Ewing 2005
185 Gardening With Native Wildflowers
186 Varroa, Fight the Mite 1997
187 Apiculture for the 21st Century Hoopingarner & Connor 1999
188 The Honey Files National Honey Board
189 Honey Bee Biology & Beekeeping Caron 1996
190 Beekeeping for Beginners Richard 1991
191 Honey In the Comb (Second Edition) Killion 1981
192 How To Bees Make Honey?
193 Building a Hive
194 The Classroom Hayes 1998
195 Honey, A Book of Recipes 1997
196 Bees Reasoner 2001
197 The Complete Mead maker Schramm 2003
198 Increase Essentials Connor
199 Honey Bees Lecht 1973
200 Honey From The Table Rosenbaum 2002
201 Super Formulas With Honey & Beeswax White 1993
202 Swarming Its Control and Prevention Snelgrove 1998
203 Natural Beekeeping Conrad 2007
204 The Hibernation Diet McInnes 2007
205 One Bear With Bees in His Hair Wood
206 The Healthy Taste of Honey Lonik 1981
207 Backyard Beekeeping Tew 2004
208 Honey In The Hive Rockwell 2005
209 Fifty Years Among the Bees Omiller 2006
210 Keeping Bees and Making Honey Benjamin 2008
211 Honey Handbook Flottum 1999
212 Fruitless Fall Jacobsen 2008
213 What Do You Know Collison 2003
214 The Natural Soap Book Cavetch 1995
215 The Quest For The Perfect Hive Kritsky 2010
216 A Spring Without Bees (Colony Collapse Disorder) Schacker 2008
217 The Buzz About Bees Tautz 2009
218 Honeybee - Lessons from an accidental beekeeper. Marchese 2009
219 Robbing the Bees Bishop 2005
220 The Sacred Bee - In ancient times & folklore Ransome 2004
221 Bees Steiner 1998
222 The Queen Must Die Longgood 1985
223 Sweetness and Light Ellis 2004
224 Wisdom of the Bees (Principles of Biodynamic Beekeeping) Berrenoets 2009
225 A World Without Bees (A Short History) Benjamin & McCallum 2009
226 The Complete Guide to Beekeeping for Fun & Profit Belknap 2010
227 Bad Beekeeping Miksha 2004
228 The Complete Idiots Guide to BeeKeeping Stiglitz & Herboldsheimer 2010
229 A Short History of the Honey Bee Readicker & Henderson 2009
230 The World History of Beekeeping (and Honey Hunting) Crane 1994
231 Beekeeping In Northern Climates & Bee Diseases & Pests Furgala, Spivak & Reuter 2008/2009
232 Barefoot Beekeeper - Third edition Chandler 2009
233 Honey Hunters of Nepal Valli & Summers 1988
234 The Buzz on Bees: Why are They Disappearing? Rotner & Woodhull 2010
235 The Success of the Longbox Beehive in America Adams 2010
236 Honeybee Democracy Seeley 2010
237 The Beekeeper's Lament Nordhaus 2011
238 The Beekeeper's Bible Jones & Sweeney-Lynch 2011
239 Honey Bee Removal Bee & Owens 2010
240 The Beekeeper's Handbook, Fourth Edition Sammataro & Avitabile 2011
241 Better Beekeeping Flottum 2011
242 Bait Hives for Honey Bees Seeley, Morse, Nowogrodzki 1989
243 Bee Skit (Heifer Project) Rose & Jo 2010
244 Keeping Bees With a Smile Lazutin 2013
245 Breeding the Honeybee Brother Adam 1982
246 Successful Queen Rearing (short course with DVD) Marl Spivak with Gary Reuter 2006
247 Bee Sex Essentials Connor 2008
248 Queen Rearing Essentials Connor 2009
DVD# Title Author or other info Year Length
D-001 A Day in the Life of a Virgin Queen & Practical Aspects of Queen Rearing Dr. David Tarpy 2005 1 hr 53 min
D-002 A Look At Queen And Package Bee Production 1 hr
D-003 All About Honeybees India 2005
D-004 All About Mason Bees 47 min
D-005 An Introduction To Beekeeping 58 min
D-006 Aphis Mellifera aka Honeybees Rick Green 2002
D-007 Assembling Hive Bodies & Frames 54 min
D-008 Bee Cultures Beekeeping Workshops Bee Culture 1 hr 30 min
D-009 Bee Sting Therapy - I Want to Tell the World
D-010 Bee Tales From The Hive Nova 54 min
D-011 Beginning Beekeeping 2 hrs
D-012 Candle Making For Everyone: Rolled, round and tapers. 1 hr 12 min
D-013 Channel 3 - Worcester Interview: Bob & Grace Deboer DeBoer 2006
D-014 Chunk Honey "A Tribute to Al Delacata" EAS - Oreno, Maine EAS 43 min
D-015 City Of Bees ( K - 6 ) Hodell, Olsen 2005 30 min
D-016 Finding The Queen James Tew 56 min
D-017 Garden Hives - A Simplified Method of Beekeeping Brushy Mountain
D-018 Getting Started with Beekeeping with the Topbar Beehive
D-019 Health And The Hive - A Beekeepers Journal Jan Cannon 2008 53 min
D-020 Hive Splitting 50 min
D-021 Honey and Beeswax Processing 56 min
D-022 Honey Extracting and Bottling missing 58 min
D-023 Honey In The Comb
D-024 Keeping Bees And Producing Honey distorted picture 2 hr 33 min
D-025 Ken Warchol: Bee Inspector Worcester Today 2007 30 min
D-026 Know - How about Beekeeping (Apimondia) Apimondia 2005
D-027 Leeches, Maggots And Bees Learning Channel 45 min
D-028 Living With Bugs - Close Encounters 42 min
D-029 Nepal "The High Mountain Home of The Honeybee" 33 min
D-030 Northern VT Beekeeping Mass Bee 2005
D-031 Preventing Swarms & Hive Splits (5 frame nuc's & 2 Queen Systems) Roland Sevigney 2005
D-032 Queens - Problems and Solutions 1 hr 15 min
D-033 Requeening and Colony Division
D-033 Requeening and Colony Division
D-034 Safely Removing Wild Honey Bee Colonies 30 min
D-035 Slaves To The "Queen" 52 min
D-036 Silence of Bees
D-037 Spring Management 29 min
D-038 Swarm Boxes - A Revolutionary Management Tool
D-039 The Discovery Channel Presents: "Killer Bees" 42 min
D-040 The Honey Harvest 47 min
D-041 The Magic Of Mead missing
D-042 The Monk And The Honeybee missing 4/1/2009
D-043 The Mysterious Bee 46 min
D-044 The Private Life Of Plants: The Birds & The Bees 48 min
D-045 The Swarm: India's Killer Bees Nat'l Geographic 1999 53 min
D-046 Twenty First Century Complete Guide To Bees Progressive Management
D-047 Ulee's Gold Movie 1 hr 52 min
D-048 US Department of Agriculture - Africanized Bees USDA Extension 1 hr 10 min
D-049 What's Buzzen - The national Honey Files 30 min
D-050 Why Honeybees? 20 min
D-051 World of Bees 62 min
D-052 Worlds Biggest And Baddest Bugs 1 hr 20 min
D-053 Your Smoker and Reading Frames 1 hr 2 min
D-054 Production of Nucleus Hives In Louisiana (Andy Card) Andy Card
D-055 Vanishing of the Bees
D-056 Colony Hackenberg/Mendes 2009 1 hr 23 min
D-057 Back Yard Hive: Alternative Beekeeping Using the Top Bar Hive and The Bee Guardian Methods Corwin Bell 2012 1 hr 25 min
| DVD# | Title | Author or other info | Year | Length |
| D-001 | A Day in the Life of a Virgin Queen & Practical Aspects of Queen Rearing | Dr. David Tarpy | 2005 | 1 hr 53 min |
| D-002 | A Look At Queen And Package Bee Production | 1 hr | ||
| D-003 | All About Honeybees | India | 2005 | |
| D-004 | All About Mason Bees | 47 min | ||
| D-005 | An Introduction To Beekeeping | 58 min | ||
| D-006 | Aphis Mellifera aka Honeybees | Rick Green | 2002 | |
| D-007 | Assembling Hive Bodies & Frames | 54 min | ||
| D-008 | Bee Cultures Beekeeping Workshops | Bee Culture | 1 hr 30 min | |
| D-009 | Bee Sting Therapy - I Want to Tell the World | |||
| D-010 | Bee Tales From The Hive | Nova | 54 min | |
| D-011 | Beginning Beekeeping | 2 hrs | ||
| D-012 | Candle Making For Everyone: Rolled, round and tapers. | 1 hr 12 min | ||
| D-013 | Channel 3 - Worcester Interview: Bob & Grace Deboer | DeBoer | 2006 | |
| D-014 | Chunk Honey "A Tribute to Al Delacata" EAS - Oreno, Maine | EAS | 43 min | |
| D-015 | City Of Bees ( K - 6 ) | Hodell, Olsen | 2005 | 30 min |
| D-016 | Finding The Queen | James Tew | 56 min | |
| D-017 | Garden Hives - A Simplified Method of Beekeeping | Brushy Mountain | ||
| D-018 | Getting Started with Beekeeping with the Topbar Beehive | |||
| D-019 | Health And The Hive - A Beekeepers Journal | Jan Cannon | 2008 | 53 min |
| D-020 | Hive Splitting | 50 min | ||
| D-021 | Honey and Beeswax Processing | 56 min | ||
| D-022 | Honey Extracting and Bottling | missing | 58 min | |
| D-023 | Honey In The Comb | |||
| D-024 | Keeping Bees And Producing Honey | distorted picture | 2 hr 33 min | |
| D-025 | Ken Warchol: Bee Inspector | Worcester Today | 2007 | 30 min |
| D-026 | Know - How about Beekeeping (Apimondia) | Apimondia | 2005 | |
| D-027 | Leeches, Maggots And Bees | Learning Channel | 45 min | |
| D-028 | Living With Bugs - Close Encounters | 42 min | ||
| D-029 | Nepal "The High Mountain Home of The Honeybee" | 33 min | ||
| D-030 | Northern VT Beekeeping | Mass Bee | 2005 | |
| D-031 | Preventing Swarms & Hive Splits (5 frame nuc's & 2 Queen Systems) | Roland Sevigney | 2005 | |
| D-032 | Queens - Problems and Solutions | 1 hr 15 min | ||
| D-033 | Requeening and Colony Division | |||
| D-033 | Requeening and Colony Division | |||
| D-034 | Safely Removing Wild Honey Bee Colonies | 30 min | ||
| D-035 | Slaves To The "Queen" | 52 min | ||
| D-036 | Silence of Bees | |||
| D-037 | Spring Management | 29 min | ||
| D-038 | Swarm Boxes - A Revolutionary Management Tool | |||
| D-039 | The Discovery Channel Presents: "Killer Bees" | 42 min | ||
| D-040 | The Honey Harvest | 47 min | ||
| D-041 | The Magic Of Mead | missing | ||
| D-042 | The Monk And The Honeybee | missing 4/1/2009 | ||
| D-043 | The Mysterious Bee | 46 min | ||
| D-044 | The Private Life Of Plants: The Birds & The Bees | 48 min | ||
| D-045 | The Swarm: India's Killer Bees | Nat'l Geographic | 1999 | 53 min |
| D-046 | Twenty First Century Complete Guide To Bees | Progressive Management | ||
| D-047 | Ulee's Gold | Movie | 1 hr 52 min | |
| D-048 | US Department of Agriculture - Africanized Bees | USDA Extension | 1 hr 10 min | |
| D-049 | What's Buzzen - The national Honey Files | 30 min | ||
| D-050 | Why Honeybees? | 20 min | ||
| D-051 | World of Bees | 62 min | ||
| D-052 | Worlds Biggest And Baddest Bugs | 1 hr 20 min | ||
| D-053 | Your Smoker and Reading Frames | 1 hr 2 min | ||
| D-054 | Production of Nucleus Hives In Louisiana (Andy Card) | Andy Card | ||
| D-055 | Vanishing of the Bees | |||
| D-056 | Colony | Hackenberg/Mendes | 2009 | 1 hr 23 min |
| D-057 | Back Yard Hive: Alternative Beekeeping Using the Top Bar Hive and The Bee Guardian Methods | Corwin Bell | 2012 | 1 hr 25 min |