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Common Stock (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended 24 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Dec. 31, 2013
Class of Stock [Line Items]        
Cost of common stock purchased and retired   $ 3,356,000us-gaap_StockRepurchasedAndRetiredDuringPeriodValue $ 6,644,000us-gaap_StockRepurchasedAndRetiredDuringPeriodValue  
Minimum percentage of outstanding common stock held by two shareholders (in hundredths) 10.00%belfb_MinimumPercentageOfOutstandingCommonStockHeldByTwoShareholders      
Minimum percentage of common stock needs to held by shareholders having more than ten percent of Class A common stock as per class B Protection clause (in hundredths) 10.00%belfb_MinimumPercentageOfCommonStockNeedsToHeldByShareholdersHavingMoreThanTenPercentOfClassCommonStockAsPerClassBProtectionClause      
Number of days from trigger date to purchase Class B common shares 90 days      
Percentage of common stock held by shareholder one (in hundredths) 23.50%belfb_PercentageOfCommonStockHeldByShareholderOne      
Percentage of common stock held by shareholder two (in hundredths) 11.00%belfb_PercentageOfCommonStockHeldByShareholderTwo      
Percentage shareholding of class B considered as per class B Protection clause below 10%      
Common stock dividends declared 3,200,000us-gaap_DividendsCommonStock 3,100,000us-gaap_DividendsCommonStock 3,200,000us-gaap_DividendsCommonStock  
Class A [Member]        
Class of Stock [Line Items]        
Common stock purchased and retired (in shares) 0us-gaap_StockRepurchasedAndRetiredDuringPeriodShares
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Common stock repurchased during the period (in shares)     0us-gaap_StockRepurchasedDuringPeriodShares
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Number of shareholders with ownership in excess of ten percent 2belfb_NumberOfShareholdersWithOwnershipInExcessOfTenPercent
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Common stock dividends declared each quarter (in dollars per share) $ 0.06us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared
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$ 0.06us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared
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$ 0.06us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared
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Class B [Member]        
Class of Stock [Line Items]        
Authorized amount of repurchase of outstanding Class B common shares     10,000,000us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramAuthorizedAmount1
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Common stock purchased and retired (in shares) 0us-gaap_StockRepurchasedAndRetiredDuringPeriodShares
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547,366us-gaap_StockRepurchasedAndRetiredDuringPeriodShares
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368,723us-gaap_StockRepurchasedAndRetiredDuringPeriodShares
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Cost of common stock purchased and retired     $ 6,600,000us-gaap_StockRepurchasedAndRetiredDuringPeriodValue
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$ 10,000,000us-gaap_StockRepurchasedAndRetiredDuringPeriodValue
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Common stock repurchased during the period (in shares)     0us-gaap_StockRepurchasedDuringPeriodShares
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Common stock dividends declared each quarter (in dollars per share) $ 0.07us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared
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$ 0.07us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared
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$ 0.07us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared
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