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Bee Agskills - Beginning in bees

Fully updated in 2026 in a new edition after 20 years use in industry, this practical guide explains the fundamentals of beekeeping in clear, easy-to-read language. Photos, diagrams and practical tips will help you choose suitable equipment, establish your apiary, safely light a smoker, open your hives, inspect and manage your colonies, identify health problems, and harvest quality honey.

Australian native bees

This AgGuide provides a wealth of advice on how you can support and enjoy our native bees, whether you use them for pollination or you have a small backyard garden and collect their delicious honey. Combining the expertise of Australia's leading native bee researchers.

Pollination using honey bees

Learn about preparing and maintaining bees so that they are fit for the pollination task. This book describes bee stocking rate required for more than sixty plant species.

Healthy Bees

NEW EDITION covering varroa management - Pests and diseases can attack specific stages in the lifecycle of the honey bee and they can also attack specific castes. This publication covers the management of pests, diseases and other disorders of the honey bee.

Honey harvesting and extracting

The harvesting and extracting manual for the professional beekeeper, with lots of information that applies to all levels of beekeeping. It covers the steps from hive to extraction, the premises where you extract the honey, the extraction process itself, and the evidence you need to keep as a commercial beekeeper.

Products of the hive

This book is about more than honey production. The complex behaviour of bees results in other products such as wax, pollen, propolis, royal jelly and, for older bees, bee venom. There are a range of possibilities for beekeepers to consider when it comes to overall profitability of keeping honey bees.