Book thread/forum section
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Originally Posted by
The Drone Ranger
Hi Kitta
Alan Campion's Bees at the bottom of the garden is a good first book mine took the same route as yours and went on permanent loan :)
It is a very good starter book though
Jeremy Evans as mentioned by Neil is another very good first beekeeping book
Don't know if they would help with any bee exam I doubt it :)
In the case of Module 1 they will. It is very much a, pardon the pun, foundation exam.
Do you understand the differences in hive types? Why might you chose hive A over hive B?
Why do we use foundation and why would you use wired or unwired, perhaps none at all.
What are the considerations when choosing an apiary site?
Basic life cycle knowledge of the honey bee.
Swarm management.
What is robbing, how would you recognise and deal with it?
These are all the sort of topics that module 1 covers and that most beekeeping books (aimed at beginners) have at least some information about.
Hence it's difficult to recommend one book in particular and even while evan's book is very much geared to the beginner it still covers, if at perhaps a more basic level than you might need in some areas, most of the topics likely to come up in Module 1.