Education
Free Education Materials
Modern Books & Guides
Honey Bee Feed Recipes - Eric Burns - 2025
Beekeeping 101 - Bees & Equipment - Eric Burns - 2025
Beekeeping Calender Louisville, KY - Eric Burns - 2024
Beeswax Cleaning and Candle Making - Eric Burns - 2024
List of Beekeeping Books at Louisville Public Library
Kentucky Beekeeping Calender - KYSU
Field Guide to Honey Bees - Penn State - 2011
Bait Hives for Honey Bees - Thomas D. Seeley - 1989
Bee Space Frame Box Design Study - Jim Thompson - 2011
Cloake Board Method of Queen Rearing - Sue Cobey - 2005
Making Quality Queen Bees - University of Arkansas
Pest Management Stategy Plan - NCSU - 2006
There Are Queen Cells In My Hive - WBKA - 2010
Guides by John M. Behnam
DIY Plans
5-Frame Nuc Plans - Yankee Beekeeper
Bee Vacuum Plans - Matthew Westall - 1999
Observation Hive Plans - Tim Arheit - 2004
Beekeeping Websites
KSBA - Kentucky State Beekeepers Association
Mann Lake - Supplies, formally Walter T. Kelley, Kelley Bees in Clarkson, Ky
Dadant - Supplies, located in Frankfort, Ky
Bush Bees - Large collection of free beekeeping information
Classic Books
50 Years Among the Bees - C.C. Miller - 1911
A Thousand Answers to Beekeeping Questions - C.C. Miller - 1917
A Year Among the Bees - C.C. Miller - 1890
A Year's Work in An Out-Apiary - G.M. Doolittle - 1908
American Honey Plants - Frank C. Pellet - 1920
Beekeeping for All - Abbe Warre - 1948
Better Queens - Jay Smith - 1949
Dadant System of Beekeeping - C.P. Dadant - 1920
Facts About Bees - E.R. Root - 1907
Facts About Honey - C.P. Dadant - 1916
First Lessons in Beekeeping - C.P. Dadant - 1919
Honey Labels - A.I. Root - 1920
How to Grow Queens - Walter T. Kelley - 1900
Improved Queen Rearing - Henry Alley - 1903
Langstroth on the Hive & Honey Bee - L.L. Langstroth - 1853
New Observations Upon Bees - Francis Huber - 1814 (Translated by C.P. Dadant 1926)
Outaparies & their management - M.G. Dadant - 1919
Practical Queen Rearing - Frank C Pellett - 1918
Queen Rearing - Q.C. Matthews - 1920
Queen Rearing Simplified - Jay Smith - 1923
Quinby's New Beekeeping - Moses Quinby - 1879
Rearing of Queen Bees - E.F. Phillips - 1905
Scientific Queen Rearing - G.M. Doolittle - 1889
The ABC & XYZ of Bee Culture - A.I & E.R. Root - 1910
The Anatomy of the Honey Bee - R.E. Snodgrass - 1910
Youtube Channels
University of Guelph Honey Bee Research Centre
Arkansas Division of Agriculture - 26 Video Beekeeping Course
Duck River Honey - Nathan Coleman
Canadian Beekeeper’s Blog - Ian Steppler
Kamon Reynolds - Tenenessee’s Bees
