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Abbé Warré's book
Beekeeping for All:

1. Printed edition

2. free e-book (PDF)

1) Primary resources for the vertical top-bar hive of Abbé Warré (1867-1951)

English language sites

The book 'Beekeeping For All' by Abbé Émile Warré :
http://warre.biobees.com/bfa.htm (on this site)

Chapters of Johannes Thür's book about the Abbé Christ hive and the principle of retention of nest scent and heat (Nestduftwärmebindung):
http://www.users.callnetuk.com/~heaf/thur.pdf
(original German at http://www.seanet.com/~alexs/bien/bienenzucht_full.pdf )

Warré beekeeping e-group:
To join, visit https://groups.google.com/g/warrebeekeeping. Founded in 2007, and having 1800+ members by 2020 when it transferred from Yahoogroups to Googlegroups, this is the longest existing English language internet group for Warré beekeeping.

Technical drawings of an authentic Warré hive:
http://warre.biobees.com/plans.htm

Nick Hampshire's site with Warré hive construction help for complete beginners:
http://thebeespace.net/

J. L. Christ's hive of 1783 which precedes Warré's and is almost identical in concept:
http://warre.biobees.com/christ.htm

English Warré beekeeping thread at The Top-Bar Beekeeping Forum
http://www.biobees.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=12

Advice for complete beginners to beekeeping:
http://warre.biobees.com/beginner.htm

David Heaf's 4-part article serialised in The Beekeeper's Quarterly 2008, supplemented with ethical introduction.
http://www.dheaf.plus.com/warrebeekeeping/towards_sustainable_beekeeping.pdf

Translation of pages 60-71 of the 5th edition of Warré's book regarding the frame versions of his hive:
http://warre.biobees.com/warre_5ed_60-71.pdf

A home-made honey press suitable for extracting Warré comb: http://sites.google.com/site/topbarbeehives/beekeeping/honey-press
(You may wish to put stainless steel in contact with the comb.)

Forum for Warré & natural beekeeping in Australia and New Zealand
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/natural-beekeeping-aunz

André Wermelinger's (Switzerland) site in English: http://www.natuerliche-bienenhaltung.ch/

Suppliers of Warré hives and/or kits

BUYER BEWARE!
Several of the following manufacturers/sellers are offering Warré hives that are modified from Warré's original design. We advise checking before you buy that you want the modifications which are being offered. For example, Warré's hive had no windows in each box. For details of an authentic Warré hive, see pages 41-47 in his book or the plans.

"Even the People's Hive [Warré Hive, Tr.] has already been a victim of the inventors. They say that they are improving it. But the improvements I have heard of are useless, some are harmful, and a few absurd." (p. 26, 'Beekeeping for All').

Europe:
Import-Handel-Export Alfred and Anita Thuminger, Vienna. (Delivers to the UK)
https://imkershop-wien.at/produkt-kategorie/beuten/warre-beute/
     (with or without a window in each box)

Ickowicz, France
http://www.ickowicz-apiculture.com/  (search 'CF895', a 3-box Warré; or 'CF887' a Warré-type top feeder)

Villa le Bosquet (Olivier Duprez) https://rucherecole.com/ 

La Fabrique à Ruches (France)
https://www.la-fabrique-a-ruches.com

Jérôme Alphonse, France
www.labeilleduvercors.fr/  (gives courses, possibly no longer selling hives (Feb 2021))

Andreas Meisl, Germany
https://www.oekobeute.de

Heinrich Holtermann, Germany
https://www.holtermann-shop.de/Holzbeuten/Warr---Beute/ 

Imkershop.nl, Netherlands
https://imkershop.nl/111-warre-bijenkasten 

Apicoltura Compa, Italy
http://www.apicolturacompa.com/arnie-apicoltura-in-legno/art54a-arnia-warre-con-fondo-fisso-n-3-settori-coprifavo-e-tetto-n-2

Petr Cernohorský (Czech Republic)
http://www.maderapura.cz/warre-uly/

Thomas Ellis, Donegal Bees (Ireland): http://www.donegalbees.ie/product/warre-hive/

UK:
Paul Free (Norwich): http://www.beehappyhives.blogspot.com/ (eBay links here defunct)
Mike Hillard (Stroud): http://tranquilityhouses.com/hives-info/
David Johnson (Penzance): http://www.natural-beekeeping.co.uk/buy-a-warre-beehive/
Joe Leighton-Trew (Somerset) : Trew Hives 07545139030, www.facebook.com/pages/Trew-Hives/1662566423962669
Matt Mercy (Dorset): http://www.zorbanet.com/warre/
Martin Osborne (Wiltshire) Now only supplies timber cut to size, not complete hives.
    (Email: martinosborne_uk (at) yahoo.co.uk (substitute @ for (at)). Phone: 01380 830128.)
E. H. Thorne & Co. (Lincs etc.) http://www.thorne.co.uk -- Warré page
Heather Bell Honey Bees (Cornwall): http://cornishhoney.co.uk/index.php?cPath=93_110
Leeway Woodwork (Surrey): here
Arum Devereux (Little Bees, Devon): http://www.littlebees.buzz/shop/
Paynes Bee Farm (Sussex): https://www.paynesbeefarm.co.uk/warre-hive/

USA:
Bee Built (Oregon): https://beebuilt.com/collections/warre-hives
Mark Gostkiewicz & Naomi Niemann (Connecticut): https://trigablelea.com/products/warre-hive
Chris Harvey (Michigan): http://www.thewarrestore.com (part of Teakwood Organics)
Tel Jensen (Washington State): http://www.pikkufarm.org/
Bill Wood (Oregon): http://www.beeologique.com

Canada
Hubert Pilon (Québec): http://www.rebelbees.ca
Mike Trotter (Ontario): http://www.canadabeehives.ca

Australia:
Tim Malfroy (NSW): http://www.naturalbeekeeping.com.au
Hornsby Beekeeping Supplies (NSW): http://hornsby-beekeeping.com/shop-online/hives/warre/
Savayava Warré Beekeeping (Lilydale, Tasmania): https://www.savayava.org/warre-beekeeping-1 

New Zealand
Nick Holmes (Auckland): https://naturalbeekeepingnz.wordpress.com/products-and-services/warre-hives-2/ 

Non-English sites promoting Warré beekeeping

France

Warré's book L' apiculture pour tous (12th ed.) that describes his vertical top-bar Peoples Hive:
http://www.apiculture-warre.fr/livre_warre.html

Scan/OCR of 5th edition of L'Apiculture Pour Tous fully bookmarked:
http://warre.biobees.com/warre_5th_edition.pdf (5 Mb)

Images of pages of L'Apiculture Pour Tous, 5th and 12th editions (scroll to bottom of page):
http://ruche.populaire.free.fr/

Site of Jan Michael, featuring Olivier Duprez and his Warré beekeeping courses in Normandy and Paris
https://rucherecole.com/ Rucher école Villa le Bosquet, 14510 Gonneville sur Mer, +33 (0)2 31 87 36 63

David Giroux's site, includes courses on Warré beekeeping
http://www.laruchewarre.fr

Gilles Denis -- supplier of Warré hives, parts, bees & Warré beekeeping manual; runs courses on the Warré hive
https://www.ruche-warre.com

French language forum:
http://www.ruchewarre.net

Jean-François Dardenne's page on the Roger Delon's modification of the Warré hive (French)
La Ruche Climatstable de Roger Delon.htm

Christophe Köppel's (Strasbourg) modified Warré hives and teaching apiary (link to 2 hour video)
http://bdpalsace.fr/tiki-view_articles.php?topic=1

German language sites

Bienenhaltung für Alle -- Émile Warré's L'Apiculture pour Tous -- in German
http://www.warre-bienenhaltung.de/
German translation from the original French by Mandy Fritzsche (first published December 2010).
(This version follows closely the layout of the original and is faithful to the vocabulary of the time.)

Bienenhaltung für Alle -- Émile Warré's L'Apiculture pour Tous -- in German
http://www.oekobeute.de/de/warre/bienenhaltung_fuer_alle_(emile_warre).pdf
German translation from the original French by Andreas Meisl (first published November 2010)

Imkern nach Warré -- Eine Kurzanleitung von Bernhard Heuvel
http://www.warre-bienenhaltung.de/Imkern_nach_Warre.pdf
Kleine Präsentation über die Imkerei nach Warré (PDF, 15 MB)

Supplier of ready made Warré hives and hive parts
https://imkershop-wien.at/produkt-kategorie/beuten/warre-beute/
Import-Handel-Export Anita Thuminger, Vienna.

German offshoot of 'Friends of the Bees'; Warré and horizontal top-bar hives; nature-near beekeeping 
http://www.immenfreunde.de/. Site run by Bernhard Heuvel.

e-forum has a thread on Warré under Betriebsweisen > Ökologische Bienenhaltung:
http://www.imkerforum.de

André Wermelinger's natural beekeeping site, including Warré hives:
http://www.natuerliche-bienenhaltung.ch

Italy

http://www.warre.it

Marco Valentini's site -- courses on bee-friendly beekeeping with top-bar and Warré hives
http://www.corsoapicoltura.it/

Russia

The first Warré site in Russian, in Estonia by Sergey (also known as burbot):
http://warre.ucoz.ru/ 

Romania

Forum http://stuparitul.3xforum.ro/; thread APICULTURA - FORUM DE APICULTURA "STUPARITUL" / ECHIPAMENTE SI UTILAJE APICOLE / stupul warre.

Serbia

Warré and self-reliant beekeeping site, in Serbian here.

Turkey

Forum in Turkish: http://aricilik.gen.tr

Warré thread: http://www.aricilik.gen.tr/index.php/topic,4837.0.html

2) Beekeepers engaged with the vertical top-bar hive of Abbé Warré (?-1951) or its analogues

Australia

Tim Malfroy (NSW): http://www.naturalbeekeeping.com.au

France

Olivier Duprez courses on Warré beekeeping: https://www.rucherecole.fr/
BOOK: Élever des abeilles en ruche Warré: Amazon.fr

Guillaume Fontaine's Francophone Warré web portal: http://www.apiculture-warre.fr/ .

La Ruche Warré: http://ruchewarre.canalblog.com

Jérôme Alphonse, a commercial organic beekeeper, gives courses: www.labeilleduvercors.fr/

Gilles Denis, commercial Warré beekeeper: http://www.ruche-warre.com

Paul N: http://ruche.populaire.free.fr

Japan

Traditional 'Warré-like' beekeeping with Apis ceranae: http://warre.biobees.com/japan.htm

Slovakia