Following is the current listing of WSBA's library holdings. Library materials are available to association members to check out for one-month periods. Please be mindful of the fact that these materials are meant to be shared and return your checked out materials promptly. You can contact the librarian by sending email to library@westsoundbees.org

Some of these books are many years old but are still very insightful and relevant. The association has an ongoing fund to purchase new library materials and in this regard we encourage input regarding books and videos that the club may want to order for the library in the future.

Videos
Bee Hives and Beekeeping (Al, Victor)
Bees, Nepal
Candle Making for Everyone
Children's Honey Bees
Collection of 3 TV Specials
Finding & Treating Bee Diseases, Brushy Mtn. (2 copies)
Honey Bee (The)
Honey in the Comb
Honeybees and Beekeeping, K. Delaplane (2 copies, including book)
Keeping Bees and Producing Honey: An Introduction, Brushy Mtn. (2 copies)
Introduction to Beekeeping, Ed Weiss (2 copies)
Mite Detection (Lecture video at WSBA)
Monk and the Honeybee (The)
NOVA program "Bees
Tracheal Mite: Detect, Prevent, Cure Brushy Mtn. (2 copies)
Requeening and Colony Division Made Easy, Brushy Mtn. (2 copies)
Varroa Mite, Brushy Mountain (2 copies)
What's Buzzin', National Honey Board

Special Checkout

Available for special events ONLY such as bee talks or presentations to groups. Contact the librarian.
Slide Presentation Materials (slides and script for slides)
Honey Bee Diseases, (MAAREC) Penn State University
Honey Bee Parasites, Pests and Predators, (MAAREC) Penn State Univ.

Books

A Living from Bees
A Bee is Born
ABC and XYZ of Bee Culture (3 copies)
Apimondia 2003 book of Abstracts 970 pages.
Bee Chats, Tips and Gadgets
The Behaviour and Social Life of Honeybees, Ronald Ribbands 1953 352 pages comprehensive book of what is known about honeybees and shows studies of why we know what we do. Very good detail and very readable.
Beekeeping, The Gentle Craft
Bees are my Business
The Bees of the World, Charles D Michener, 913 pgs 2000. comprehensive identification of bees of the world - for the serious entomologist.
Beekeepers Handbook (The) Diana Samataro and Alphonse Avitabile, 3rd ed 1998 190 pgs The best book for the hobbyist
The Beekeepers Story ( 3 copies) 16 pages grade school level reader
Beekeeping at Buckfast Abby, Brother Adam 1987 hardback reprint 122 pgs
Bees' Ways
Beeswax Production Harvesting Processing Products, William L Coggshall and Roger A Morse 1995 192 pgs.
The Biology of the Honey Bee, Mark Winston 1991 paperback edition 281 pages
Certified Beekeeper , Short Course (2 copies)
Certified Beekeeper , Short Course (2 copies)
Clan Apis, Jay Hosler 2000 paperback 158 pages Excellent bee book in comic book form. Life of the bee from the bee perspective (personal favorite)
Classroom, (The)
Complete Guide to Beekeeping, Jeremy Evans 1989 192 pgs.
Complete Candle Maker
Dance Language and Orientation of Bees, Karl Von Frisch 566 pages 1993.
First Lessons in Beekeeping (6 copies)
Five Hundred Answers to Bee Questions
Golden Throng (The)
Guide to Bees and Honey, Ted Hooper 1979 256 pgs
Honey Bee Pests, Predators, and Diseases 3rd ed Robert Morse and Kim Flottum 1997 718 pages.
Health and Healing with Bee Products, C Leigh Broadhurst Phd 60 pages paperback 2000.
Health and the honey Bee, Charles Mraz 91 pages Apitherapy ( or bee sting) therapy.
Hive and the Honey Bee, The (2 copies) Joe Graham 1993 1324 pgs
Hive Management
Honey in the Comb, Carl E Killion 1951 hrdbk 114 pgs Excellent coverage of producing comb honey.
Honey Getting
How to Keep Bees
How Well Are You Willing to Be?
In Search of the Best Strains of Bees
Joys of Beekeeping (The)
Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey Bee
Let's Build a Bee Hive, Wilbert R Miller 1976 92 pgs. Drawings and descriptions of many beehives and other bee equipment.
Life of the Bee, The (2 copies)
The new Comb honey Book, Richard Taylor 1981 112 pages Excellent book on how to produce comb honey and contains additional valuable tidbits such as swarm control.
Nine Lectures on Bees, Rudolf Steiner 1964 reprint of 1923 lectures 91 pgs.
Observation Hives, Thomas Webster and Dewey Caron 1999 wire bound 108 pages.
Queen Must Die and Other Affairs (The) , William Longgood 1985 reprint of 1917 edition 234 pgs.
Queen Rearing and Bee Breeding, harry H Laidlaw and Robert E Page Jr 1997 224 pages.
Social Behavior of Bees (The)
Story of Pollination
Sweeten naturally with Honey (Low Fat Recipes) 95 pages spiral bound
Weeds of the West, University of Wyoming 5th edition 1999 630 pages.
The wisdom of the Hive, Thomas Seeley 1995 295 pages the social physiology of honey bee colonies.
World of Bees (The), Gilbert Nixon 1954 214 pgs Covers many types of bees. Very readable

A big thank you to the Stedman family for loaning books from their valuable personal collection for our use.

Vickie "Bee" & Roy Barton
WSBA Librarians