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IBRA Bookshop Welcome to the IBRA bookshop. A page dedicated to all bee books published by The International Bee Research Association.

We offer a wide range of books on all aspects of bee science, beekeeping, beekeeping history and books for children on bees.

A new bee book has landed on our shelves! 📚  A joint publication from International Bee Research Association - IBRA & No...
23/04/2022

A new bee book has landed on our shelves! 📚 A joint publication from International Bee Research Association - IBRA & Northern Bee Books:

'World Meliponine Etymology of Taxonomic Nomenclature' By Abu Hassan Jalil.

BUY HERE: https://bit.ly/3v67vv9

🎉 Two new Meliponiculture titles will soon be reaching the IBRA bookshop shelves! Watch this space...Subscribe to our Be...
14/02/2022

🎉 Two new Meliponiculture titles will soon be reaching the IBRA bookshop shelves! Watch this space...

Subscribe to our Bee Book News newsletter to be the first to hear about the latest titles: https://ibra.org.uk/beebooknews

Did you know... the 2021 reprint of 'The Pollen Grain Drawings of Dorothy Hodges' is now available to buy at our IBRA bo...
26/01/2022

Did you know... the 2021 reprint of 'The Pollen Grain Drawings of Dorothy Hodges' is now available to buy at our IBRA bookshop? 📖

BUY HERE: https://bit.ly/3FbA3Wz

"Designed as a very practical guide for beekeepers, the importance of the book was immense and it has long since risen from being a humble textbook and guide to a much sought after collectors’ item. Its rarity and importance mean that it is no longer easily obtainable and so difficult for the ordinary beekeeper to appreciate its contents. For this very reason IBRA has decided to reproduce Mrs Hodges’s delicate drawings of pollen grains as a separate publication and in so doing hopefully make her work known to other generations of beekeepers..." - Richard Jones. Former Director, IBRA.

A book for the bee AND plant enthusiasts...📖🌼 2021 reprint of 'Trees and Shrubs Valuable to Bees' - by M. F. Mountain. B...
22/01/2022

A book for the bee AND plant enthusiasts...📖🌼

2021 reprint of 'Trees and Shrubs Valuable to Bees' - by M. F. Mountain. BUY HERE: https://bit.ly/3AnfkO1

Jointly published by International Bee Research Association - IBRA & Northern Bee Books from the original Bee Research Assoc. 1965 pamphlet. Preface by Eva Crane.

🌟 OUT NOW! 🌟 Joint 2021 publication by International Bee Research Association - IBRA + Northern Bee Books 'Malaysian Mel...
19/01/2022

🌟 OUT NOW! 🌟 Joint 2021 publication by International Bee Research Association - IBRA + Northern Bee Books

'Malaysian Meliponiculture & Beyond - Inc. Stingless Bee Conservation' by A.H Jalil and D.W. Roubik.

BUY HERE: https://bit.ly/33yGPbs

Very happy to let you know that we'll be kicking off 2022 with two new bee books! 🎊 📚 The first will be on our shelves a...
07/01/2022

Very happy to let you know that we'll be kicking off 2022 with two new bee books! 🎊 📚

The first will be on our shelves as soon as next week, stay up-to-date with it's availability by signing up to our free newsletter here: ibra.org.uk/beebooknews
.. and wishing you happy reading for the forthcoming year!

Wishing you all a Happy New year! ✨  We're excited to announce a brand new reprint on our shelves... 'Pollen Grain Drawi...
07/01/2022

Wishing you all a Happy New year! ✨ We're excited to announce a brand new reprint on our shelves...

'Pollen Grain Drawings of Dorothy Hodges (Taken from The Pollen Loads of the Honeybee by Hodges)' - Jointly published 2021 by International Bee Research Association - IBRA + Northern Bee Books

BUY HERE: https://bit.ly/3FbA3Wz

2021 reprint of The Pollen Grain Drawings of Dorothy Hodges taken from The Pollen Loads of the Honeybee by Dorothy Hodges.

OUT NOW! 🎄 'Coloss Beebook III - Standard Methods for Apis Mellifera Product Research'. BUY HERE: https://bit.ly/3q2KxS0...
17/12/2021

OUT NOW! 🎄 'Coloss Beebook III - Standard Methods for Apis Mellifera Product Research'. BUY HERE: https://bit.ly/3q2KxS0

- Seven papers written by 125 authors from 23 countries. Jointly published by International Bee Research Association - IBRA & Northern Bee Books.

Introducing! 📢 A new title jointly published by International Bee Research Association - IBRA + Northern Bee Books:'Raft...
30/09/2021

Introducing! 📢 A new title jointly published by International Bee Research Association - IBRA + Northern Bee Books:

'Rafter Beekeeping - Sustainable Management with Apis dorsata.' By Eric Guerin . BUY: https://ibra.org.uk/product/rafter-beekeeping

The giant honey bee, Apis dorsata F., is a single-comb, open-nesting species of honey bee. Its distribution area covers much of southern Asia, including parts of Pakistan and all the way to the eastern part of the Indonesian chain of islands.

Intended to serve as a training manual this book has been developed on the basis of related literature as well as personal observations by the author. It aims to provide the essential requirements for the implementation of rafter beekeeping and presents guidelines for rafter construction and management as a means of sustainable harvesting.

We're excited to announce that a new bee book will be hitting IBRA Bookshop next week! Stay tuned...📖😍To stay in the loo...
05/08/2021

We're excited to announce that a new bee book will be hitting IBRA Bookshop next week! Stay tuned...📖😍

To stay in the loop with the book launch you can subscribe to our e-newsletter here: https://ibra.org.uk/beebooknews

🎉 Excited to announce the arrival of the 1st English translation of, 'Keeping Bees Simply and Respectfully' by Johannes ...
22/06/2021

🎉 Excited to announce the arrival of the 1st English translation of, 'Keeping Bees Simply and Respectfully' by Johannes Wirz & Norbert Poeplau. BUY: https://bit.ly/2UhE3SP

Translated from the German 2020 edition by Martin Kunz.

To our American friends! 🇺🇸 You can buy the recently published 'Treatment-Free Beekeeping' by D. Heaf from either Amazon...
21/05/2021

To our American friends! 🇺🇸
You can buy the recently published 'Treatment-Free Beekeeping' by D. Heaf from either Amazon here: https://amzn.to/3woIMzS or your local bookstore can order it in if you quote the ISBN: 978-1913811006

Browse our bookshop here: https://ibra.org.uk/shop

Happy reading!

Is royal jelly really a "panacea"? What is the "defensive power" of propolis? What are the bees guided by when collectin...
12/05/2021

Is royal jelly really a "panacea"? What is the "defensive power" of propolis? What are the bees guided by when collecting herbal balms?

The fascinating work of Professor lsidorov in 'Honey Bee Alchemy' shows how little we still know about the secrets of bees and how much needs to be done to learn them. BUY HERE: https://ibra.org.uk/product/honey-bee-alchemy

✨Out Now!✨  'Honey Bee Alchemy' - By Valery A. Isidorov.BUY HERE: https://bit.ly/33jaL7z The latest 2021 title jointly p...
05/05/2021

✨Out Now!✨ 'Honey Bee Alchemy' - By Valery A. Isidorov.

BUY HERE: https://bit.ly/33jaL7z

The latest 2021 title jointly published by International Bee Research Association - IBRA + Northern Bee Books

This is the first English edition of an important book on “Honey bee alchemy” by a Polish researcher. An entirely original, unparalleled work dedicated to the mysterious aspects of the life of bees, the magical properties of the products they produce, and the chemical composition associated with their medicinal properties.

(Also available on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2Rvg411)

What better way to mark Earth Day 🌎 than the brilliant title, 'The Behaviour and Social Life of Honeybees' - By Ronald R...
22/04/2021

What better way to mark Earth Day 🌎 than the brilliant title, 'The Behaviour and Social Life of Honeybees' - By Ronald Ribbands.

“Recommended in the strongest of terms” - American Scientist.

BUY: https://bit.ly/2QPm44E

Exciting bee book news for the week ahead! ✨  A new book will be hitting the IBRA Bookshop shelves as early as next week...
18/04/2021

Exciting bee book news for the week ahead! ✨ A new book will be hitting the IBRA Bookshop shelves as early as next week... watch this space...

You can subscribe to our e-newsletter here: https://ibra.org.uk/beebooknews to stay in the loop with our latest titles.

Ever been curious about treatment-free beekeeping? If so, we would highly recommend the newly published 'Treatment-Free ...
06/04/2021

Ever been curious about treatment-free beekeeping?

If so, we would highly recommend the newly published 'Treatment-Free Beekeeping' By David Heaf. Buy here: https://bit.ly/3rRdXkJ

Written by David Heaf. Jointly published 2021 by IBRA and Northern Bee Books. Softback, 120 pp. ISBN: 978-1-913811-00-6

Wishing you all a great Easter bank holiday. 🐣Why not give our IBRA bookshop a browse to prepare for the forthcoming bee...
05/04/2021

Wishing you all a great Easter bank holiday. 🐣

Why not give our IBRA bookshop a browse to prepare for the forthcoming beekeeping season ahead! - https://bit.ly/3dzE4ro

  - Celebrating Dr. Eva Crane! Founder of International Bee Research Association - IBRA Crane was a pioneer of bee resea...
08/03/2021

- Celebrating Dr. Eva Crane!

Founder of International Bee Research Association - IBRA Crane was a pioneer of bee research and we continue to publish her seminal works to this day: https://ibra.org.uk/shop

As we fast approach beekeeping season, we have the perfect book for all you beekeepers & bee scientists wishing to ident...
23/02/2021

As we fast approach beekeeping season, we have the perfect book for all you beekeepers & bee scientists wishing to identify the plants on which honey bees are foraging! 🌸

'A Colour Guide to Pollen Loads of the Honey Bee' - By William D J Kirk: https://bit.ly/2Mh9BEN

Recommended reads for Beekeeping exams!‘Anatomy & Dissection of the Honeybee’ By H. A. Dade. BUY HERE: https://bit.ly/36...
04/02/2021

Recommended reads for Beekeeping exams!

‘Anatomy & Dissection of the Honeybee’ By H. A. Dade.
BUY HERE: https://bit.ly/36FLh6o

1st published in 1962, this book has been the standard textbook for the dissection of honeybees. A classic of the beekeeping world.

Check out these short reads, published in Bee World, which are available also to non-subscribers.  Bee World issue 98(1)...
03/02/2021

Check out these short reads, published in Bee World, which are available also to non-subscribers.

Bee World issue 98(1) contains four FORUM articles on honey standardization. Read the editorial for a summary here: https://bit.ly/2MT1w9a

Positive news on a gloomy Monday morning - We will be publishing a new bee book this month! To be revealed imminently......
18/01/2021

Positive news on a gloomy Monday morning - We will be publishing a new bee book this month! To be revealed imminently...

Subscribe to Bee Book News our free e-newsletter: https://ibra.org.uk/beebooknews - to stay in the loop with the latest titles.

Visit our bookshop: https://ibra.org.uk/shop

A unique collaborative venture involving 234 bee scientists from 34 countries, who have produced the definitive guide to...
15/01/2021

A unique collaborative venture involving 234 bee scientists from 34 countries, who have produced the definitive guide to how to carry out research on honey bees:

'COLOSS BEEBOOK: Volume I' - Edited by V. Dietmann, J.D. Ellis + Peter Neumann.

BUY HERE: https://bit.ly/3nNROSe

We have the perfect Winter read for you, to prep for the forthcoming beekeeping season...✨'The Healthy Hive Guide' - By ...
07/01/2021

We have the perfect Winter read for you, to prep for the forthcoming beekeeping season...✨

'The Healthy Hive Guide' - By Dan B., Roger C.K & Ivor D.

BUY HERE: https://bit.ly/2JPZSEe

This book gives information on how to diagnose and treat the most common diseases of honeybees. It also provides advice on how to maintain hive and apiary hygiene to improve the health of bee colonies.

We have the perfect stocking filler for you... 🎄Every essay in 'Bee Optimism' By Jay D. Evans is concise yet funny, and ...
08/12/2020

We have the perfect stocking filler for you... 🎄

Every essay in 'Bee Optimism' By Jay D. Evans is concise yet funny, and rich in content. Each cleverly-worded chapter uncovers exciting findings from complicated research.

BUY HERE: https://bit.ly/39UeDkc

Looking for beekeeping themed stocking fillers this Christmas? We have a very useful tool for any beekeeper in the apiar...
02/12/2020

Looking for beekeeping themed stocking fillers this Christmas?

We have a very useful tool for any beekeeper in the apiary - 'Pollen Identification Cards' by W D J Kirk.

BUY HERE: https://bit.ly/3myNfLT

With Christmas creeping up on us, why not browse our selection of IBRA bee books for some stocking filler inspo...🎄💡 Vis...
18/11/2020

With Christmas creeping up on us, why not browse our selection of IBRA bee books for some stocking filler inspo...🎄💡

Visit our shop here: https://ibra.org.uk/shop

You can now buy this 2020 reprint of a beekeeping classic by Eva Crane from our International Bee Research Association -...
03/11/2020

You can now buy this 2020 reprint of a beekeeping classic by Eva Crane from our International Bee Research Association - IBRA - bookshop here: https://ibra.org.uk/product/honey-a-comprehensive-survey-eva-crane-softback

Big thanks to Northern Bee Books for sending me a great reprinted book to review called Honey- A Comprehensive Survey by Eva crane.Hear my review on my podcast, Beekeeping Short and Sweet.

http://www.patreon.com/norfolkhoney

https://www.northernbeebooks.co.uk/products/honey-a-comprehensive-survey-eva-crane/

Painting of a honey hunter near the Toghwana Dam, Matopo Hills, Rhodesia (the only rock painting known where the use of ...
26/10/2020

Painting of a honey hunter near the Toghwana Dam, Matopo Hills, Rhodesia (the only rock painting known where the use of smoke is shown).

Image from 'Honey, A Comprehensive Survey' By Eva Crane, p.486. 2020 reprint. Published by International Bee Research Association - IBRA + Northern Bee Books

BUY HERE: https://ibra.org.uk/product/honey-a-comprehensive-survey-eva-crane-softback

(Also available on Amazon & in your local bookshop by quoting the ISBN to order in: 978-0-86098-294-4)

THE NATIONAL HONEY SHOW 2020 has begun! 22nd-24th Oct. This historic event is in it's 89th year + will be held online fo...
23/10/2020

THE NATIONAL HONEY SHOW 2020 has begun! 22nd-24th Oct. This historic event is in it's 89th year + will be held online for the first time in the shows history. The National Honey Show

REGISTER for free at: www.nationalhoneyshow.co.uk to access lectures + trade hall.

Pop by our IBRA digital trade stand! We hope you enjoy this years show.

We have been so fortunate to have had Sarah Wyndham Lewis - Bologna-trained honey sommelier, Author, Great Taste Awards ...
21/10/2020

We have been so fortunate to have had Sarah Wyndham Lewis - Bologna-trained honey sommelier, Author, Great Taste Awards judge + Co-founder of Bermondsey Street Bees - write a review on the 2020 reprint of Eva Crane’s ‘Honey - A Comprehensive Survey.’
CLICK TO BUY: https://bit.ly/35klAqz
(Photo taken by Sarah Wyndham Lewis.)

Read Sarah's full review below...

"Eva Crane died in 2007 but her lifetime of research still bears constant revisiting. It’s exciting then, to see one of her most wide-ranging books ‘Honey – A Comprehensive Survey’ now reprinted and accessible to a wide audience. For me, it replaces a battered, very second-hand copy that I bought at vast expense a few years ago. It sits on my bookshelf alongside many of her other titles, all of which I use regularly, especially in my work as a professional Honey Sommelier and when writing/speaking about forage.

The great joy of this particular book lies in the word ‘comprehensive’. Although dated (having first been published in 1975), it covers a huge range of topics that remain central to all beekeepers’ knowledge. From the biological and physical properties of honey to technical information on processing and storing liquid honey and dealing with comb, it offers both facts and tantalising signposts towards deeper research.

There are good sections too on commercial honey processing and the world trade in honey, both of course out of date, but easily used as a starting point for seeking contemporary data. Some of the content is contributions from other experts, but there are glorious chapters written by Eva Crane herself, especially the ones on forage and the language and history of honey. Her voice shines through them, as with all her work, combining her matchless knowledge and scientific clarity with her great love of all things bee.

Let’s be clear though that this is not a book for idle glancing. It is a serious reference work, presenting much of its data in formal, scientific formats. I am not a trained scientist, so consulting it often requires high-level concentration, especially in marrying the text with highly detailed tables and diagrams. But if I had to do a ‘Desert Islands Discs’ and elect just one title to help in my continuing exploration of the world of bees and honey – it would this one.

Revisiting the book for review, I’ve rediscovered many useful commentaries but was struck, in particular, by this most excellent piece of advice: “It is important to distinguish between a) what is assumed to be true because it has been known (i.e. stated) since earliest times; (b) what a large body of evidence suggests is likely to be true; (c) what has been proved by experiment to be true (under the conditions of the experiment); (d) what is true under certain conditions but irrelevant if taken out of its proper context.” A life lesson for us all perhaps?"

Sarah Wyndham Lewis is co-founder of Bermondsey Street Bees. A professional Honey Sommelier, she speaks and writes widely on honey and on planting for pollinators.

bermondseystreetbees.co.uk

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Planning on knuckling down to some serious bee book reading this Autumn? 🐝📖You can sign up for free to our Bee Book News...
14/10/2020

Planning on knuckling down to some serious bee book reading this Autumn? 🐝📖

You can sign up for free to our Bee Book News newsletter, keeping you in the loop with the latest IBRA publications: https://ibra.org.uk/beebooknews

We hope to see you all (online!) at this year’s National Honey Show (22nd-24th Oct). REGISTER here to attend: https://bi...
14/10/2020

We hope to see you all (online!) at this year’s National Honey Show (22nd-24th Oct).

REGISTER here to attend: https://bit.ly/2SQanZh

The event this year will be an online conference, the first of its kind in the UK, welcoming beekeepers worldwide.

We're very excited to announce that the 2020 reprint of a beekeeping classic by Dr Eva Crane is finally here! 'Honey - A...
11/09/2020

We're very excited to announce that the 2020 reprint of a beekeeping classic by Dr Eva Crane is finally here!
'Honey - A comprehensive Survey' - Jointly published by International Bee Research Association - IBRA & Northern Bee Books

BUY HERE: https://bit.ly/2FnU5TZ

(Also available on Amazon & in your local bookshop by quoting the ISBN to order in: 978-0-86098-294-4)

Our founder - Dr Eva Crane. (© Mary Fisher.)Excited to announce that we will be joint publishing (with Northern Bee Book...
02/09/2020

Our founder - Dr Eva Crane. (© Mary Fisher.)

Excited to announce that we will be joint publishing (with Northern Bee Books) a reprint of a beekeeping classic by Eva this month... stay tuned!

You can stay in the loop with forthcoming IBRA books by signing up to Bee Book News here: https://bit.ly/3gUSvps

A little reminder... IBRA Bookshop now have a newsletter! SIGN UP HERE: https://ibra.org.uk/beebooknews ..to stay up to ...
27/08/2020

A little reminder... IBRA Bookshop now have a newsletter!

SIGN UP HERE: https://ibra.org.uk/beebooknews
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