In the last 25 years progress in information gathering and dissemination has surpassed that of any other period of history.
Apiculture and apicultural research have been very much a part of this progression. Edited by the Director of the International Bee Research Association (IBRA) this book assembles a wealth of information in a simple format. It lists, in alphabetical order of first author, just about everything that has been written on bees, the practical application of bee science, beekeeping and hive products for all the countries of the Commonwealth. Besides titles and authors, most of the entries have an abstract of the work or a note to the title. Each entry is accompanied by various symbols and abbreviations, explained in a key, which indicate such things as original language, when published, where published and details of where a full version may be obtained.