Books

There are so many great bee books out there so if you prefer to read a book rather than watch a YouTube clip, or just want to supplement your online knowledge, here is just a small selection of books about bees and beekeeping (fiction and non-fiction) that can be purchased online or major bookstores.   

Beekeeping and Hive Products

• The Australian Beekeeping Manual by Robert Owen
• The Australian Native Bee Book by Tim Heard
• Backyard Bees: A Guide For The Beginner Beekeeper by Doug Purdie
• Bee AgSkills: Practical Guide To Farm Skills by NSW Government
• The Bee Friendly Garden by Dough Purdie
• Beeswax Alchemy by Petra Ahnert
• Australian Stingless Bees: A Guide to Sugarbag Beekeeping by John Klumpp
• The Contented Bee by ABC Organic Gardener Magazine

For older children

• The Bee Book – Dorling Kindersley (UK based)
• The The Book of Bees Hardcover by Piotr Socha
• QueenSpotting by Hilary Kearney  

For younger children

• The Bee Book by Charlotte Milner
• Bee: Nature’s tiny miracle Paperback by Patricia Hegarty and Britta Teckentrup

Photography, History and Fiction

• Bees of Australia, A Photographic Guide by James Dorey
• Photo Book of Bee by Suzy Timebook
• Honeybee Democracy by Thomas Dyer Seeley
• Langstroth on the Hive & Honey Bee by L. L. Langstroth (the creator of the Langstroth hive)
• Bee Quest by Dave Goulson
• The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
• The History of Bees by Maja Lunde
• The Beekeeper’s Secret by Josephine Moon
• The Beekeeper’s Promise by Fiona Valpy