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I pity those who keep bees only to earn
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NATURAL BEEKEEPING AUSTRALIA - RESOURCES

Over ten years ago, when Tim began researching natural and traditional beekeeping methods, relevant information drawn from various disciplines wasn't yet collated. Therefore, investigating the topic was time consuming.

A few years ago we compiled a 'recommended reading list' in order to save our beekeeping students the time involved in searching for the best books, articles
and websites about Natural Beekeeping.

We have recently expanded the list, and although by no means exhaustive, the compilation offered below is a hand picked collection of books, articles and links
that Tim has found to be indispensable for his research and his day to day
activities as a Natural Beekeeper.

We strongly suggest new beekeepers read some of the resources below and that
practicing beekeepers re-visit this page for yearly updates.


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READING LIST
   
  Hard copy Books
       
  BEE BIOLOGY   NATURAL & SUSTAINABLE BEEKEEPING
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  Jürgen Tautz The Buzz About Bees: Biology of a Super-organism

Abbé Warré Beekeeping for All
  Thomas Seeley   Honeybee Democracy

David Heaf The Bee-friendly Beekeeper
  Thomas Seeley   The Wisdom of the Hive

David Heaf Natural Beekeeping with the Warré Hive : A Manual
  Karl Von Frisch The Dancing Bees

Phil Chandler   The Barefoot Beekeeper
  Lesley Goodman Form and Function in the Honeybee

H. Storch   At the Hive Entrance
  Mark Winston The Biology of the Honey Bee

W.A.Mangum Top-Bar Beekeeping with 200 hives
  H.R. Hepburn, C.W.W. Pirk,
O. Duangphakdee
Honeybee Nests - Composition, Structure, Function (also see free PDF articles below)
 

     
  POLLINATION CRISIS
  HISTORY  
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  Rowan Jacobsen Fruitless Fall: the Collapse of the Honeybee
and the Coming Agricultural Crisis

Eva Crane The World History of Beekeeping and Honey Hunting
  Henk Tennekes

The Systemic Insecticides : A Disaster in the
Making

Hilda Ransome The Sacred Bee in Ancient Times and Folklore
  Taggart Siegel &
Jon Betz
Queen of the Sun : What Are the Bees Telling Us?
Anthology
   
 

     
  AUSTRALIAN NATIVE BEES
PLANTING FOR BEES
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  Tim Heard The Australian Native Bee Book
Mark Leech Bee Friendly: A planting guide for European honeybees and Australian native pollinators

  Anne Dollin et al. Native Bees of the Sydney Region : A Field Guide
WDJ Kirk and
FN Howes

Plants for Bees
  John Klump Australian Stingless Bees: A Guide to Sugarbag
Beekeeping

Alan Clemson Honey and Pollen Flora


  Free PDF Books & Articles
         
  Abbé Warré

Beekeeping for All T. Seeley and
R. Morse

Nest of the Honeybee
  Johann Thür

Beekeeping - Natural, simple and successful Nicola Bradbear
et al

Extensive Beekeeping
  David Heaf

Towards Sustainable Beekeeping Nicola Bradbear
Bees and their role in forest livelihoods (FAO)


  David Heaf

Sustainable and Bee-friendly Beekeeping RIRDC Pollination Aware


  Various authors
(Compiled by David Heaf)


Natural Beekeeping: Abstracts of
Scientific Papers
United Nations
Environment Program
(UNEP)

Global Honey Bee Colony Disorder and other threats to Insect Pollinators
  Roger Delon The Stable Climate Hive Tim Malfroy Warré Beekeeping in Australia
(as featured in Natural Bee Husbandry
Issue 1 October 2016)


  Online Resources
   
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  This is the primary online site for Warré beekeepers in Anglophone regions. Established by David Heaf (UK), the site is an incredible resource with a great deal of excellent information covering
all aspects of Warré beekeeping


www.warre.biobees.com
  The Natural Beekeeping Trust, with the assistance of David Heaf, have created an informative
reference tool regarding the science behind Apicentric practise.

https://www.naturalbeekeepingtrust.org/the-science
  Warré beekeeping at Milkwood Farm 2008 - 2012 (Central Tablelands, NSW Australia), Sydney, and
Sydney and ‘Melliodora’ (Central Victoria, VIC Australia). Informative blog posts with pictures and video detailing the Milkwood Natural Beekeeping courses and the apiary through the seasons


www.milkwood.net/tag/warre
  Established by Phil Chandler (UK) the ‘barefoot’ beekeeper, Biobees is an excellent site with a great
deal of information, articles and a huge forum space for Natural Beekeepers around the world


www.biobees.com
  David Heaf’s web page


www.bee-friendly.co.uk
  Michael Thiele (US), biodynamic beekeeper


https://www.apisarborea.com


  Sam Comfort, professional Natural Beekeeper with hundreds of Kenyan and Warré style hives (US)


www.anarchyapiaries.org

  Wyatt Mangum, professional Natural Beekeeper with Kenyan Hives (US)


www.tbhsbywam.com/

  Leo Sharashkin, natural beekeeper with Horizontal Hives (US)
www.horizontalhive.com

  Eric H. Erikson, Stress and Honey Bees Article

www.beesource.com/resources/usda/stress-and-honey-bees/
 

  FRENCH LANGUAGE WARRÉ & NATURAL BEEKEEPERS
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  Jerome Alphonse www.labeilleduvercors.fr/

  Claude Bralet

www.la-ruche-sauvage.com
  Marc Gatineau

www.apiculturegatineau.fr
  Gilles Denis www.ruche-warre.com

  Olivier Duprez
www.ruchebio.com

  David Giroux www.laruchewarre.fr
 

  AUSTRALIAN NATIVE BEES  
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  Australian Native Bee Research Centre, Blue Mountains NSW

www.aussiebee.com.au
  Megan Halcroft, Blue Mountains NSW www.beesbusiness.com.au

  Tim Heard, Brisbane QLD

www.sugarbag.net
  Russell and Janine Zabel, Hatton Vale QLD
www.zabel.com.au
 

 
  ORGANISATIONS  
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  Milkwood Permaculture www.milkwood.net

  Bees for Development
www.beesfordevelopment.org

  IBRA - The International Bee Research Association

www.ibra.org.uk

  Natural Beekeeping Trust

www.naturalbeekeepingtrust.org
  Mellifera e.V. - Centre for Organic Beekeeping

www.mellifera.de
  Biodynamic Agriculture Australia

www.biodynamics.net.au
  Food Ethics Council

www.foodethicscouncil.org
  Demeter International

www.demeter.net
  Bio-Dynamic Research Institute (Australia)

www.demeter.org.au
  Slow Food International
www.slowfood.com
 

  PHOTOGRAPHY  
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  Eric Tournerét - the bee photographer www.j-aime-les-abeilles.fr

www.thehoneygatherers.com

thebeephotographer.photoshelter.com

 

Information for Warré Beekeepers
         
  BUILD YOUR OWN HIVE  
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  Plans for making an Australian Malfroy Warré hive
with standard 19mm radiata pine:
https://lewishamhouse.wordpress.com/2013/06/16/making-my-own-warre-bee-hives/?mc_cid=0b9f21d4a3&mc_eid=ebf1736e0a

https://lewishamhouse.wordpress.com/2013/09/28/design-plans-for-a-sydney-warre-hive/

   
  Plans for the European version of the hive http://warre.biobees.com/plans.htm

   
  Making Starter Strips https://www.milkwood.net/2015/11/16/making-starter-strips-for-your-warre-hive-top-bars/

http://warre.biobees.com/methods.htm
 

 
  BEES AND HONEY  
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  Populating Your Hive: Bait Hives for Honeybees by Seeley et al (PDF)

http://warre.biobees.com/methods.htm

https://www.milkwood.net/2012/09/20/catching-a-swarm-in-a-warre-hive/


https://www.milkwood.net/2015/10/23/natural-beekeeping-catching-our-first-swarm/

http://www.tbhsbywam.com/bait-hives/

   
  Harvesting and Processing Honey http://warre.biobees.com/methods.htm

https://www.milkwood.net/2012/01/19/how-to-harvest-honey-from-natural-comb/

https://www.milkwood.net/2012/03/26/new-press-for-crushing-wild-honeycomb/
 

 
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