Library of things
The equipment listed below is available for loan to our members.
| Item | Purpose | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Compound microscope x400 | Pollen identification, disease checks | Nick O'Toole |
| Binocolar dissecting microscope | Dissection and checking for acarine | Nick O'Toole |
| Microscope: 2, 7, 10x | Pollen identification, disease checks | Nick O'Toole |
| Extractor: manual 4 frame | Honey extractor with filters and tank | Derek Read |
| Extractor: 9-frame electric radial | Electric honey extractor | Derek Read |
| Uncapping tray | Uncapping honey frames prior to extraction | Derek Read |
| Foundation mould | Making wax foundation | Derek Read |
| Oxalic vapouriser | Hive treatment with oxalic acid | Derek Read |
| Queen rearing cupkit | Rearing queens | Derek Read |
| Refractometer | Water content of honey | Barbara Barnes |
| Honey grading glasses | Assessing whether honey is "light", "medium", or "dark" | Barbara Barnes |
Library of books
The Association also has a range of books available to loan to members. A list of these is below, and more books are yet to be added. Please contact Kathy to borrow anything from the catalogue or to enquire about other publications.
| Title | Author | Year |
|---|---|---|
| A Manual of Beekeeping | EB Webmore | 1975 |
| A Simple Guide to the Uses of a Snelgrove Board | Wally Shaw | 2015 |
| A World without Bees | A Benjamin & B McCallum | 2009 |
| At the Hive Entrance | H Storch | 1985 |
| BBKA Guide to Beekeeping | I Davis & RCullum- Kenyon | 2015 |
| Bee Journal | S Borodale | 2016 |
| Bee-Keeping | AN Schofield | 1973 |
| Beekeeping | KK Clark | 1951 |
| Beekeeping - advice to would be small holders | National Trust | 2007 |
| Beekeeping A Practical Guide | R Patterson | 2012 |
| Beekeeping Study Notes M1,2 & 3 | JD & BD Yates | 2012 |
| Beekeeping at Buckfast Abbey | Brother Adam | 1975 |
| Bees & Beekeeping | AV Pavord | 1975 |
| Bees & Honey from flower to jar | M Weiler | 2006 |
| Bees At The Bottom of My Garden | A Campion | 2001 |
| Bees in America | T Horn | 2006 |
| Bees, Wasps, Ants & Allied Insects of the British Isles | E Step | 1932 |
| Breeding the Honey bee | Brother Adam | 1985 |
| Essays in Beekeeping History | Karl Showler | 2011 |
| Guide to Bees & Honey | T Hooper | 2010 |
| Guide to Bees & Honey | T Hooper | 1997 |
| Haynes Bee Manual | C & A Waring | 2011 |
| Honey & Dust | P Moore | 2005 |
| Introduction to insect Biology & Diversity | J Daly J Doyen AH Purcell III | 1997 |
| Langstroth on the Hive & the Honey Bee | Langstroth | 1853 |
| Mating in Miniature | B Mobus | 1983 |
| Microscopy as a Hobby | M Smith | 2014 |
| Mites | MA Houck | 1994 |
| Plan Bee | S Brackney | 2015 |
| Practical Microscopy for Beekeepers | B Maurer | 2013 |
| Queen bee: Biology, Rearing & Breeding | D Woodward | 2010 |
| Raise your Own Queens | Richard Smailes | 1977 |
| Sixty Years with Bees | D Sims | 1997 |
| Some alternative Pathways for the hesitant Queen rearer | B Harden | 2014 |
| Swarm management with Checkerboarding | J White, A Hunt, G Bannister | |
| Swarming - its control & prevention | Snelgrove | 2012 |
| Swarming - its control & prevention | Snelgrove | 1943 |
| The Bee Hunter | G H Edgell | 1949 |
| The Beekeepers Problem Solver | JE Tew | 2015 |
| The Dancing Bees | K von Frisch | 1966 |
| The Hive | Bee Wilson | 2005 |
| The Honey Factory | J Tautz & D Steen | 2017 |
| The Practical Beekeeper | M Bush | 2011 |
| The Principles of Bee Improvement | J Widdicombe | 2015 |
| The Rose HIve Method | T Rowe | 2010 |
| Varroa- still a problem in the 21st century? | NL Carreck edited | 2011 |
| Wisdom for Beekeepers | JE Tew | 2014 |