Northern Bee Books

11/06/2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EqMYTuJFms

THE ART OF BEEKEEPINGBees and Humans: A Partnership Through Timeb...

27/05/2026

Why Not Top Bar Hives?
A Look at the Practicalities of Keeping Bees in Top Bar Hives.
By J. R. Slade

NORTHERN BEE BOOKS
1st ed. 2013

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20/05/2026

Colony Increase ~ The Roger Patterson Method
By Roger Patterson.

Bee Improvement and Bee Breeders Association (BIBBA).

NORTHERN BEE BOOKS. 1st ed. 2021.

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16/05/2026

Asian Hornet
The Beekeeper’s Guide to Defences against the Yellow-legged Hornet Vespa Velutina
by Andrew Durham.

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08/05/2026

Honey Bee Biology

By Brian R. Johnson

30/04/2026

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND — NOW RESTOCKED

Raising Honeybee Queens walks you step-by-step through every procedure, explaining everything in such a way that you’ll easily grasp every detail.

“Raising Honeybee Queens is a most wonderful resource that has helped countless beekeepers raise their own bees and become self-sufficient. Translated into a dozen languages, it is probably the best queen-rearing guide in the world.”
– Dr. Nicola Bradbear, Director, Bees for Development

“I was able to triple the size of my apiaries in one season by following Gilles Fert’s invaluable guidance.”
– Dr. Leo Sharashkin, Editor

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The Beekeepers Quarterly

26/04/2026

Its a good time to share our most viewed video on our YouTube.

The Vertical split which can also be used as a method of Swarm control

This instructional video demonstrates how carry out a vertical split to produce queens which does not require the beekeeper to have any specialist equipment....

25/04/2026

Our local Association, the Halifax and District BKA is publicising its own swarm collection service this year via Social Media. They are posting this notice on local FB pages.
There was a serious outbreak of AFB last year in the Upper Calder Valley. The Association is taking a measured approach to this issue with regard to swarm collection and will be using isolation apiaries to quarantine any swarms collected. It is also advising others who collect swarms to follow a similar protocol

15/04/2026

‘Swarm Control’ by Richard Ball.

NORTHERN BEE BOOKS
1st ed. 2020

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14/04/2026

An update from Friday regarding the Long Hive at NBB HQ. There's a super Queen at work. Since Friday she had laid up another 6 frames with eggs. 3 frames of stores had been emptied of honey in the middle of the frame to create space for her to lay in.

The limits of the Long Hive had been reached and it's not like you can put on an extension, like building a conservatory

So to prevent congestion and trigger swarming, the colony has been put into a National Hive with a double Brood configuration with 16 Frames of BIAS. Two supers of drawn comb were then added.

The Long Hive will now get a good clean and a refresh before going back in service.



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