To avoid misleading anyone: My list -the first 6 books- comprises reference
books as well as favourites but these are not for the beginner. There
certainly are pitfalls when using earlier books for reference e.g. A Manual
of Beekeeping, EB Wedmore,second edition revised, 1945 : Painting Hives
paragraphs 769-771, highly toxic compositions of white lead, red lead etc.
are recommended.Fortunately it would be virtually impossible to obtain such
ingredients nowadays if anyone were to take this advice seriously; this does
not invalidate much excellent advice on management , swarm control etc.,you
have to be selective.Because it contains no reference to varroa it is not
useless.I am SO glad I bought this book. Beekeeping is a craft and some
aspects are timeless. I started beekeeping in 1952, later gave up for a
period of 40years and started again 5 years ago. I suspect that many of the
`modern techniques`are really wider, more systemmatic application of
information known to experienced beekeepers of the last century. Anyone
heard of Snelgrove?
Derek Steed

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