Books
Attracting Native Pollinators
$29.95
Bees, wasps, butterflies, moths, flies, and some beetles pollinate more than 70% of flowering plants, but North America’s native pollinators face multiple threats to their health and habitat. This book...
Backyard Beekeeper (5th ed.)
$26.99
This book, by author Kim Flottum, is the text we use for our Beginner Beekeeping courses. It is the best book we've found for taking an absolute beginner through the...
Bee Sex Essentials
$25.00
By Dr. Lawrence John Connor. "This book . . . provides not only the background information necessary to understand honey bee genetics and breeding, it also contains a wealth of...
Bee-sentials
$30.00
A field guide by Dr. Lawrence John Connor, with Robert Muir, this is a "book of thought-provoking, science-based discussion designed for individuals and beekeeping clubs who mentor new beekeepers. "Spend...
Beekeeper's Handbook
$29.00
The current (fourth) edition of the definitive text by Diana Sammataro and Alphonse Avitable is newly updated with lots of information about Colony Collapse Disorder, Varroa mites, African honey bees,...
Beeswax Alchemy
$26.99
Create natural beeswax products for health and home. Make your own candles, soap, balms and salves. Instructive, and chock full of beautiful photos.
Bumble Bees of North America
$24.95
Bumble Bees of North America is the first comprehensive guide to North American bumble bees to be published in more than a century. This guide allows amateur and professional naturalists...
Case of the Vanishing Honeybees
$29.00
A mysterious killer is wiping out beekeepers’ honey makers at a rate of 30 to 50% each year. Countries all over the world have had entire honeybee colonies vanish. Can...
Confessions of a Bad Beekeeper
$14.95
Bill Turnbull had no intentions of becoming a beekeeper. But when he saw an ad for beekeeping classes - after a swarm of bees landed in his suburban backyard -...
Dishing Up Maine
$19.95
Author Brooke Dojny brings you 165 recipes that capture authentic down east flavor!
Flight of the Honeybee
$7.99
Winter is coming, and a tiny honey bee emerges from the hive - she’s a scout, setting off in search of the last flowers of the fall. Nature lovers and...
Following the Wild Bees
$18.95
Drawing on decades of experience as a bee hunter and bee biologist, Professor Tom Seeley weaves informative discussions of the biology of wild honey bees with colorful historical anecdotes, personal...
Fresh Honey Cookbook
$16.99
Beekeeper and chef Laurey Masterson offers honey-tasting tips and vibrant recipes that deliver amazing dishes, both savory and sweet. In addition to the recipes, this book provides a glimpse into...
Garden Plants for Honey Bees
$50.00
Written by accomplished horticulturist and beekeeper, Peter Lindtner, this book has 394 pages packed with beautiful color photographs and information about important plants for honey bees. Organized by month of...
Gift Card
$25.00
We have gift cards available in any amount - if you don't see the amount you would like, just call the store and we will take care of it for...
Give Bees a Chance
$17.99
Fun bee facts: Honeybees have hair on their eyes! Bees sometimes communicate by dancing! An average queen bee can lay 2,000 eggs in one day!
Health and the Honeybee
$12.95
The therapeutic application of bee products, or apitherapy, is an ancient practice [finding] its place in modern medicine. History reveals that Greek and Roman civilizations benefited from the fruits of...
Heart of the Hive - Inside the Mind of the Honey Bee
$28.00
An intimate journey into the life of honey bees. A small book, chock full of concise and fascinating information and amazing photographs. By Hilary Kearney, the author of Queenspotting, another...
Hive and the Honey Bee Revisited
$30.00
L.L. Langstroth's beekeeping classic, updated and annotated by Roger Hoopingarner, PhD. "More than 150 years aftger L.L. Langstroth invented the movable-comb hive and brought beekeeping into the modern age, we...
Honey Bee Biology and Beekeeping
$90.00
"First released in 1999, Honey Bee Biology and Beekeeping is widely accepted as a major textbook of Apiculture (beekeeping). Universities use it to teach college students bee biology and beekeeping....
Honey Bee Diseases & Pests (3rd edition)
$20.00
Every beekeeper should have on the shelf a copy of this handbook from the Canadian Association of Professional Apiculturists (CAPA). With detailed color photographs and concise text, the book outlines...
Honey in a Hive
$5.99
This is one of those beginner books that is just as perfect for grownup beginners as it is for kids. The text is clear and concise while being wonderfully educational. ...
Honeybee Democracy
$29.95
"Honeybees make decisions collectively - and democratically. Every year, faced with the life-or-death problem of choosing and traveling to a new home, honeybees stake everything on a process that includes...
Honeybee Removal
$22.50
By the brilliant Cindy Bee, this step-by-step guide will teach you to safely remove and relocate honey bee colonies from structures.
Hop Onward Rabbit Rabbit: A New England Cottontail's Journey
$19.95
This wonderful children's book by Tonya Shevenell, illustrated by Laura Winslow, is imaginative, beautifully illustrated, and jam-packed with information about native New England critters. It's a lovely story for all...
Increase Essentials
$27.00
Dr. Larry Connor examines essential aspects of making new bee colonies, from swarms or packages, purchased hives or nuclei. He looks at the impact of modern life on beekeeping, and...
Little Bee
$14.99
Are you ready to find out what life is like for a busy bumblebee? Explore the woods and meadows and spend the day with Little Bee and her really wild...
Little Book of Bees
$9.99
Discover the fascinating story of these marvels of nature. Learn about their behaviors, why they are under threat, and how they are essential to our lives. This is the ideal...
Mad Honey
$29.99
Co-authored by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan, this soul-stirring novel is about what we choose to keep from our past and what we choose to leave behind. Great for...
Mason Bee Revolution
$17.95
Native bees, such as the blue orchard mason bee and the alfalfa leafcutter bee, can efficiently pollinate along side honey bees. They’re gentle, good-natured, and highly efficient pollinators: just one...
Natural Beekeeping
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Ross Conrad, from Vermont, is one of the early reasonable voices for keeping bees in better harmony with their place in nature. He explains how, with management techniques and soft...
Our Native Bees
$28.00
Managed colonies of European honeybees have been in the press a lot lately. Many of the difficulties honeybees are having are also challenging other native bees. Learn about the fascinating...
Please Please the Bees
$8.99
“A good reminder for gratitude and kindness for readers of all ages.” -BookPage
Pollinator Friendly Gardening
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Master Gardener and pollinator advocate Rhonda Fleming Hayes starts by covering the most visible and beloved pollinators, as well as some more unlikely candidates, such as wasps, beetles, and even...
Queen of the Sun (DVD)
$19.99
This wonderful film takes a look at the state of the honeybees at the moment. It is filled with interesting characters who offer unique perspectives on the place honeybees have...
Queen Rearing Essentials
$25.00
By Dr. Lawrence John Connor, "Queen Rearing Essentials provides today's beekeepers with a clear, concise, and simple method to not only produce their own queens, but to actually improve their...
Queenspotting
$19.95
Engaging for people of any age. The text is good, approachable science and beekeeping, and the photos are beautiful “where’s Waldo”-style puzzles. Makes a perfect gift for any person curious...
Suburban Safari
$14.95
From an amazing writer and friend of the store, Hanna Holmes, this is one of our favorite books. Ms. Holmes spent a year exploring, studying, and coming to understand the...
Swarm Essentials
$25.00
Another great book from the "Essentials" series, authored by EAS Master Beekeeper Stephen Repasky and Lawrence Connor. 128 pages of concise and valuable information, along with excellent color photographs. "Swarm...
Tales from the Hive (DVD)
$19.95
Truly amazing up-close photography unlike any you have seen before. In this remarkable film about the workings of the honeybee colony you will see the mid-air "wedding flight" of a...
The Amazing Adventures of Maisy Mae
$11.99
An unbeelievable adventure story!
The Beekeeper's Bible
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Part history book, part handbook, and part cookbook, this illustrated tome covers every facet of the ancient hobby of beekeeping, from safe hive management to the culinary, medicinal, cosmetic, and...
The Beekeeper's Lament
$15.99
"John Miller . . . trucks his hives around the country, bringing millions of bees to farmers otherwise bereft of natural pollinators. Even as the mysterious and deadly epidemic known...
The Beeman
$10.00
By Laurie Krebs and Valeria Cis - with easy to read rhyming text and playful illustrations the story of a young boy and his beekeeper grandfather takes us on a...
The Buzz about Bees
$49.95
From researcher and author Jürgen Tautz - the Biology of a superorganism. "With spectacularly beautiful colour photographs and an easy understandable text The Buzz about Bees tells the story of...
The Compleat Meadmaker
$19.95
Ken Schramm presents the story of mead and the method of meadmaking. This book has plenty of recipes and through how-to for the beginner looking to brew this unique and...
The Hive and Honey Bee Revisited
$28.00
Description: More than 150 years after L.L. Langstroth invented the movable-comb hive and brought beekeeping into the modern age, we can still learn from this historic book. The original book,...
The Hive Detectives
$9.99
"Chronicle of a Honey Bee Catastrophe" by Loree Griffin Burns is the perfect book for curious, science-minded youngsters or people of any age who are looking for a concise overview...