This is the first iteration on the reading list I promised. The books prefaced with an asterisk are ones I have seen advertised or in book- stores recently and so assume are still available. The others are a case of "don't-know" and may still be available also. Books followed with a '+' are ones recommended by several people. I'm sure there are many other favorite books out there and I'd like to update this list both as others provide me with new entries and as I encounter new books myself. So if you have a favorite (old or new), please share it. Dave Clayton ([log in to unmask]) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Beekeeping Instructional Books The Beekeepers Handbook; Diana Sammataro & Alphonse Avitabile + * Beekeeping: A Practical Guide; Dick Bonney + Beekeeping: An Illustrated Handbook; Diane G. Stelley * First Lessons in Beekeeping; Dadant & Company Guide to Bees and Honey; Ted Hooper * The How-To-Do-It Book of Beekeeping; Richard Taylor * The Complete Guide to Beekeeping; Roger Morse + Practical Beekeeping; Enoch Tompkins and Roger M. Griffith Beekeeping General Reading * A Book of Bees; Sue Hubbell + * Following the Bloom; Douglas Whynott The Honey Bee; Gould and Gould * The Queen Must Die; William Longgood Beekeeping Reference * ABC and XYZ of Bee Culture; AI Root Company + American Honey Plants; Frank Pellet * The Hive and the Honey Bee; Dadant Company + Illustrated Encyclopedia of Beekeeping; Morse and Hooper + This is by no stretch of the imagination "my" list and I'd like to thank Paul Barnum, Richard Bonney, Jeremy Burbidge, Mike Killoran, W. Miller, Dave Morris, Kevin Parsons and Gordon Scott for their contributions. If I missed anyone who sent me information please send me a reminder. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- David Clayton; Academic Computing "On the larger scale of history, the U. of Rhode Island; Kingston, RI 02881 scythe is really only a few steps Internet: [log in to unmask] away from the computer." -Living at the End of Time