Dear Mr. Finkelstein,
 
I would like to suggest at least one additional book for your list sent
to Bee-l on Monday:
 
"Value-added products from beekeeping".  Published by FAO/UN as its
Agricultural Service Bulletin vol. 124 in 1996.  I am the author and I
hesitate to make propaganda for my own book, but since I have no
commercial gain from the sale of the book and since it has been very
favorably reviewed in parts of the British beekeeping world and finds a
fairly higher demand without any advertisement, I feel it has a place in
your useful list under: Bee and Hive Products.
 
At 41$ with 400 pages of practical and scientific descriptions of the
various raw materials with a focus on the knowledge useful for their
collection, processing, storage and marketing while preserving their
quality, including tips, detailed processing descriptions and sufficient
recipes to start developing one's own products on a small to medium
scale, it is a very good value.
 
The book can be purchased from some mail order suppliers and directly
from FAO:
Food and Agriculture Organization/United Nations
Sales and Marketing Group
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
00100 Rome, Italy
or by fax to one of the following numbers:
+39(6) 5225 3360
+39(6) 5225 3152
 e-mail to [log in to unmask]
http://www.fao.org/catalog/
 
I don't think the book has made it into too many libraries, yet.
 
For beekeepers and beekeeping organizations from developing countries
the book is free.  Other FAO beekeeping publications include:
 
        (as part of the FAO Agricultural Services Bulletin)
 
Number  Title                                   Year    Language
68      Tropical and sub-tropical apiculture            1986    (E)
68/2    Honeybee mites and their control - a selected annotated
bibliography
                                                1986    (E)
68/3    Honey and beeswax quality control               1990    (S)
68/4    Beekeeping in Asia                      1986    (E)
68/5    Honeybee diseases and enemies in Asia: A practical guide
                                                1987    (E)
68/6    Beekeeping in Africa                    1990    (E)
105     Practical Beekeeping in Latin America   1993    (S)
188     Pollination of cultivated plants in the tropics 1995    (E)
124     Value added products from beekeeping    1996    (E)
 
 
I hope this will be of help to new and old beekeepers alike.
 
With best regards
 
Rainer Krell