If you're exploring the idea of taking up beekeeping as a hobby or profession, one of the best habits/practices you can undertake is reading and research. There are many good beekeeping books out there - on this page you'll find a list of the best, compiled by beekeeping pros who've loved them.

The Best Books to Read about Beekeeping


firstlessons
First Lessons in Beekeeping by C.P. Dadant
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The ABC-XYZ of Bee Culture by Amos Ives Root 

dummies

Beekeeping for Dummies by Howland Blackiston
beehandbook
The Beekeeper's Handbook  by Diana Sammataro
idiotsguide
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Beekeeping by Dean Stiglitz
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Fifty Years Among the Bees by C.C. Miller
practicalbeekeeper
The Practical Beekeeper: Beekeeping Naturally  by Michael Bush		Other important beekeeping books:

How To Do It Book of Beekeeping

by Richard Taylor

The Hive and the Honeybee

by C.P. Dadant

A Year's Work in an Out-Apiary

by G.M. Doolittle