Book thread/forum section

[snimmo243]

Having done my basic beemaster this year I've applied for the March sitting of module 1 next year, so today I ordered the Yates Study notes for modules 1, 2 & 3. I found the Yates book for the basic exam to be invaluable in preparing for it, the only downside I found was that it may have been a little dogmatic and preachy in places e.g if you can't handle bees without gloves either you are doing something wrong or the bees should be requeened!

Steven

[Poly Hive]

I cannot agree more about the modern attitude of look it up on the net and if it is not on the net it is worthless. Came across that attitude more than once on a forum or two. Personally I am a reader. I read about bees for a year before buying my first nuc so at the least I had the table of threes in my head which is something many beekeepers these days do not do and so cannot read the colony.

All three Manley books.

Wedmore is something I still consult and yes the numbering is excellent.

Logan and Mace are authors to consider too.

I am VERY wary of American books as the conditions and bees are so very different to ours. Can be very confusing to beginners who cannot read between the lines.

I asked Bernard why he had never written a book and he said there were already too many. Possibly a dig at one which is never mentioned in book lists oddly. LOL

PH

[drumgerry]

I agree about Wedmore. My copy lives mostly in the toilet for a quick read during the unmentionable!

[Mellifera Crofter]

... at the least I had the table of threes in my head which is something many beekeepers these days do not do ...

I'm entering my fifth year of beekeeping, PH, and I don't know what the table of threes is ... Can you please tell me?
Kitta

[snimmo243]

I cannot agree more about the modern attitude of look it up on the net and if it is not on the net it is worthless. Came across that attitude more than once on a forum or two. Personally I am a reader. I read about bees for a year before buying my first nuc so at the least I had the table of threes in my head which is something many beekeepers these days do not do and so cannot read the colony.

All three Manley books.

Wedmore is something I still consult and yes the numbering is excellent.

Logan and Mace are authors to consider too.

I am VERY wary of American books as the conditions and bees are so very different to ours. Can be very confusing to beginners who cannot read between the lines.

I asked Bernard why he had never written a book and he said there were already too many. Possibly a dig at one which is never mentioned in book lists oddly. LOL

PH

I agree with what you are saying about starting out although I have to admit my first piece of research was watching the dreamworks film Bee Movie then I went to the Library and got Ted Hooper's book and Clive de Bruyn's, followed by contacting my local association and enrolling in the beginners classes. for me it was the right way to do it (there was a bit of a spat on another thread about this). As I'm currently studying for the first of the modular exams I think I'm going to go and buy Ted Hooper's book as it seems to be on the reading lists for most of the exams.

Oh and I recently got my Yates Module 1,2,3 book - intimidating!!!

Steven

[Mellifera Crofter]

But Steven, do you know your 'table of threes'?
Kitta