Books & Media
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...
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...
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...
Blue Butterfield Wall Calendar
$38.00
Portland, Maine artist Blue Butterfield's calendars are stunning, full of color, and evocative of every season in Maine. Her work is peaceful and full of nature. She has a way...
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...
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...
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 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. ...
Mini Card Sets
$21.00 $22.00
Truly beautiful artwork makes these tiny cards something special. Whether you want to enclose a quick note with a gift, or send a sweet message in a lunchbox or pocket,...
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...
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...
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...
The Queen Must Die
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"The Queen Must Die, and Other Affairs of Bees and Men" is a collection of essays by William Longgood that give a delightful insight into the wonders of keeping bees. ...
The Honey Trail
$29.99
". . . a global travel narrative that examines different aspects of how honey and bees are being affected by globalization and its implications, including terrorism, deforestation, the global food...
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,...
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...
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...
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 -...
The Thinking Beekeeper
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Christy Hemenway, owner of Gold Star Honeybees in Bath, Maine, brings us "The Thinking Beekeeper - A Guide to Natural Beekeeping in Top Bar Hives" the complete how-to and why-to...
The Honey Makers
$6.99
Gail Gibbons wrote the text and drew the full-color artwork for this beautiful book. The information is presented simply enough for young people but with enough thorough information for the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The Music of Bees
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Eileen Garvin’s novel is beautifully moving, warm, and uplifting. The Music of Bees is about the power of friendship, compassion in the face of loss, and finding the courage to...
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.
The Lives of Bees
$29.95
Tom Seeley, a world authority on honey bees, sheds light on why wild honey bees are still thriving while those living in managed colonies are in crisis. Seeley is one...
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...
The Honeybee Man
$17.99
A fabulous story by Lela Nargi, illustrated by Kyrsten Brooker, "The Honeybee Man" tells of a beekeeper who keeps hives on a rooftop in Brooklyn, NY. The book is simple...
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 Secret Life of Bees
$19.99
"A powerful story . . . Kidd's writing is sharp and descriptive. Before the first chapter ended, I had recoiled, I had cried, and I had laughed. I was also...
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...
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...
The Amazing Adventures of Maisy Mae
$11.99
An unbeelievable adventure story!
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...
Boxed set of small Bee cards (with envelopes)
$14.00
Superior Dry Goods makes this charming stationery in Eugene, Oregon for the bee- and honey-lovers in your life. Printed on luxury 100% recycled kraft card stock, you can feel good...
The Honey Connoisseur
$26.95
From honey and beekeeping experts C. Marina Marchese and Kim Flottum comes this comprehensive course in the origin, flavor, and culinary uses of more than 30 varietals of honey, from...
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...
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...
Dishing Up Maine
$19.95
Author Brooke Dojny brings you 165 recipes that capture authentic down east flavor!
The Practical Guide to Container Gardening
$19.95
The ultimate guide to adding beautiful, imaginative, and colorful container gardens to your yard, deck, patio, porch and sidewalk.
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...
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.
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...
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 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...