WEB Links to the World

The Very Best Places to Bee on the Web
The Bee Research Laboratory (USDA - Beltsville)
Canadian Honey Council
The National Honey Board
Tom Sanford's APIS Newsletter
Tucson Bee Research Lab

 
Some Places to Bee in the World
All Around the World
Helping Beekeepers in Developing Countries
Research Sites
Beekeepers United!
Beekeepers Express Themselves...
 
Things to Buy
Bee Supply Places
Places That Supply Bees (and Queens)
Computer Programs for Beekeepers
Beeswax, Candle Making, Craft Supplies, and Honey-Product Gifts
Books About Bees, Beekeepers and Beekeeping
 
Things to Know
The Daily Green
Beekeeping Museums to Visit
How to Bee a Better Beekeeper
Bees and Beekeeping Videos
Dealing with Problem Bees
How to Make Your Own Bee Equipment
All About Queen Bees
Diseases, Mites, Pests
The African Honey Bee
Bees and Pollination
Other Types of Bees
Apitherapy and Whole Body Medicines
The Law, Bureaucracy, and other Annoyances
Lists of Beekeeping Websites
 
Things for Fun
Kid's Stuff
Honey Bee Trivia and Facts
The Historical Bee
Weird and Neat Bee Stuff
Honey and Honey Recipes
Mead and Mead Making

• Beekeeping without Borders - Apicultura sin Fronteras (en espańol)
• Honey International Packers Association
• World Bee - Labour Supply  (helps provide assistants to beekeepers)
• Beekeeping in Africa (Africa)
• European Professional Beekeepers (Europe)
• Beekeeping in Arab Countries (Arabian Countries)
• Argentina Beekeeper's Magazine (Argentina)
• Argentina Honey Report (Argentina)
• Argentine Queen Breeder (Argentina)
• Beekeeping News - Noticias Apicolas -en espańol (Argentina)
• Australia Honey Bee Industry Council (Australia)
• Australian Native Bee Research (Australia)
• Bindaree's in Canberra (Australia)
• Golden Acres Honey (Australia)
• Hog Bay Honey on Kangaroo Island (Australia)
• Honey Bee Australias (Australia)
• Wescobee Honey Co-operative (Australia)
• Capilano Australia (Australia)
• Complete 90 Page Book on Australian Beekeeping (Australia)
• Economic Value and Environmental Impact of Bees in Australia (Australia)
• Michael's (Australia)
• Queensland Government Website on Bees and Beekeeping (Australia)
• Superbee Honey Factory (Australia)
• Wombat Beekeeping (Australia)
• Austrian Carniolan Association (Austria)
• Biene Österreich (Austria)
• Imker (Austria)
• De Waterwilig (Belgium)
• l'abeille noire - European Dark Bees (Belgium)
• Bosnia and Herzegovinia Beekeeping (Bosnia i Herzogovia)
• Brasila, Brazil Beekeeper's Page (Brazil)
• Folha WWW do Apiario (Brazil)
• Brazilian Beekeepers Association (Brazil)
• Apiarios Esmeralda (Brazil)
• Allen Dick's Honey World Web Site (Canada)
• Beekeeping: The Beekeeper's Home Page (Canada)
• Chinook Honey Farm, Okotoks, Alberta (Canada)
• Lansdowne Apiary, Eastern Ontario (Canada)
• Quebec Beekeeping Museum (Canada)
• Summit Gardens Honey Farms Ltd. – Calgary, Alberta (Canada)
• Yukon Beekeeping (Canada)
• Chilean Beekeeping and the Laws of Nature (Chile)
• Chilean Bee Web Site (Great Spot!) (Chile)
• Mesa Apicola Nacional de Chile (Chile)
• Apple Pollination in China (China)
• China Bee (China)
• Cooperative Chinese Beekeeping great photo (China)
• Honey Products: Royal Jelly (China)
• Croatian Beekeeping (Croatia)
• Croatian Message Board for Beekeepers (Croatia)
• Honey Spots of Central Istria (Croatia)
• Hrvatski Pcelarski (Croatia)
• Honey Bee Institute (Czech Republic)
• Danish Beekeepers (Denmark)
• Almaleka - in the Arabic Language (Egypt)
• Estonian Beekeeping (Estonia)
• South Pacific Beekeeping (Fiji)
• Hunajayhtymä (Finland)
• Pasi's Finland Beekeeping Site (Finland)
• Apiservices and Apimondia Pages (France)
• A Year Beekeeping in France (France)
• Page Apicole (France)
• Bienen.de (Germany)
• Beekeeping Museum in Weimar (Germany)
• Bio-Honig: Wald und Wiesen Imkerei (Germany)
• Honig Hausen (Germany)
• Institut für Bienenkunde aus Frankfurt (Germany)
• A History of Greek Honey and Beekeeping (Greece)
• Greek Beekeeping Center (Greece)
• Greek Honeydew Production (Greece)
• John Phillips - A Beekeeper in Greece (Greece)
• A méhcsalád genetikája - Honeybee Genetics (Hungary)
• Hungarian Beekeeping (Hungary)
• Hungarian Honey Festival (MÉZFESZTIVÁL) (Hungary)
• Hungarian Honey Suppliers - order online from Cserenyi (Hungary)
• Hungarian Bee Supplies – Eskolt Ltd. (Hungary)
• Hungarian Comb Honey Equipment (Hungary)
• Hungarian National Beekeepers' Association (Hungary)
• KATKI Research Subjects (Hungary)
• Monks, Doctors and Little Old Ladies - Beekeepers of Hungary (Hungary)
• Honey Making in Iceland (Iceland)
• Galtee Bee Breeders – The European Dark Bee (Ireland)
• Irish Beekeeping Website(Ireland)
• Apicoltura AAAB(Italy)
• Apicoltura Tettamanti(Italy)
• Apicultura On Line ( taly)
• B-Brezzo Italian Honey Sales (Italy)
• Sicily Beekeeping (Italy)
• Hoshi Botany and Bee Lab, Tokai University (Japan)
• Honeybee Science Research Center, Tamagawa University (Japan)
• Bee Research Unit - Jordan (Jordan)
• Land of Oil and Honey (Kuwait)
• Beekeeping and Honey Flowers in Beirut (Lebanon)
• The Beekeeper Home Page in Lithuania (Lithuania)
• Lithuanian Bee Pictures (Lithuania)
• The Giant Asian Honey Bee (Malaysia)
• National Public Radio's Honey Hunters (Malaysia)
• Beekeeping on the Island of Malta (Malta)
• Impact of Africanized Bees in Sinaloa (Mexico)
• Mayan Beekeeping Tradition from National Geographic (Mexico)
• Research Report: Pollen Plants and Bees in the Yucatan (Mexico)
• Smithsonian Tropical Research: Mayan Beekeeping (Mexico)
• Yucatan Beekeeping (Mexico)
• Moldovian Beekeeping (Moldova)
• Nepalese Beekeeping (Nepal)
• Beautiful Honey Pots (Netherlands)
• All About Nectar (Netherlands)
• Dutch Bee Web (Netherlands)
• The Hoogeveen Honey Pot Site (Netherlands)
• Manuka Honey (New Zealand)
• New Zealand Beekeeping (New Zealand)
• Organic Beekeeping in (Nicaragua)
• Peruvian Andes (Peru)
• Beekeeping Congress (Philippines)
• Beekeeping in the Philippines (Philippines)
• Philippine Beekeeping – Phil Bee Net (Philippines)
• Pinoy Beekeepers Forum (Philippines)
• Warsaw Agricultural University (Poland)
• Bee Tools, in Russian (Includes an Unacknowledged Copy of THIS page!) (Russia)
• Great Russian Web Site (Russia)
• Alternative Technology (in Russian) (Russia)
• Russian Language Beekeeping Site (Russia)
• Lochluichart Beekeeping (Scotland)
• Slovak Beekeeping Picture (Slovakia)
• Detailed and Informative Slovakian Bee Web Site (Slovakia)
• Apimondia 2003 (Slovenia)
• Bajc Beekeeping Family Homepage (Slovenia)
• Beekeeping in Slovenia (Slovenia)
• Branko Obranovic’s Website (Slovenia)
• Royal Jelly Site from Slovenia (Slovenia)
• Slovenian Beekeeping - "A Way of Life" (Slovenia)
• Slovenian Apiary Tour (Slovenia)
• Slovenia and Beekeeping (Slovenia)
• Slovenian Beekeeping (Slovenia)
• Stane Plut’s Bronze Apimondia Site (Slovenia)
• Fynbos Honey - from the Cape (South Africa)
• Beekeeping in Spain (Spain)
• Beekeepers of Sweden (Sweden)
• Projekt NordBi (Sweden)
• P. O.'s Swedish Beekeeping (Sweden)
• zum Bienenvolk (Switzerland)
• Schweizerischen Carnicaimker - Vereinigung (Switzerland)
• Clove Honey Production on Pemba Island (Tanzania)
• Cerana vs Mellifera (Thailand)
• Beekeeping on the Tropical Island of Tobago (Tobago)
• Rural Beekeeping in Turkey (Turkey)
• Beekeeping in the City of London (United Kingdom)
• British Isles Bee Breeders Association (United Kingdom)
• Alaska Beekeeping Images (USA)
• Mid-Atlantic Apiculture (USA)
• Midnite Bee Page, State of Maine (USA)
• National Honey Board's Home Page (USA)
• USA Beekeeping Industry Reports (USA)
• USDA Stats Sheets on Honey Prices, Colony Count (USA)
• Apiservice's In-depth Report on Vietnam (Vietnam)
• Beekeeping in Vietnam's North Mountains (Vietnam)
• Vietnam News Report on Honey Exports (Vietnam)
• Vietnam Rafter Hives (Vietnam)
• Beekeeping the Natural Way (Wales)
• Beekeeping in Serbia (Yugoslavija)
• Serbian Bee Site (Yugoslavija)

 

 

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Bees, Poverty and World Development:

• Practical Answers to Poverty
• Bees for Development
• Netherland Expertise Centre of Tropical Apicultural Resources (Code Name: NECTAR)
• Keeping Bees in the Developing World
  - From the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization:
  1. Bees Around the World;
  2. Pollination in Developing Countries;
  3. the Value of Honey in the Developing World;
  4. Bee Equipment for the Developing World;
  5. and , How to Promote Beekeeping in the Developing World.

 

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Links to Entomology and Apiculture Research Sites:

• Colorado State University
• University of Florida - APIS Homepage
• University of Georgia Honey Bee Program
• Iowa State Entomology
• Logan Utah USDA Bee Lab
• Lousiana USDA Bee Lab
• Mid-Atlantic Apiary Research Site
• Mississippi State Beekeeping Tips
• University of Montana Bee Alert
• Ohio State Queen Breeding
• Penn State’s Mid-Atlantic Apiculture Beekeeping Site
• Michigan State University - Department of Entomology
• Nebraska's Bee Tidings Newsletter
• Tucson Bee Research Lab
• USDA - Disease Laboratory
• Varroa Mite Control using Natural Oils - U of West Virginia

 

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Beekeeping Organizations:

• International Bee Research Association (International)
• International Federation of Beekeepers (Apimondia) (International)
• Apimondia - 2007 World Meeting in Australia (International)
• Find Bee Clubs and Bee Inspectors for your USA State or Canadian Province (Canada and the USA)
• Eastern Apicultural Society of North America (Canada and the USA)
• Canadian Honey Council (Canada)
• The American Beekeeping Federation (USA)
• Back Yard Bee Association (USA)
• National Honey Board (USA)
• Heartland Beekeepers Association (USA)

 

• Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Bee Club (Australia)
• Tasmanian Beekeepers (Australia)
• Brazilian Beekeepers Association (Brazil)
• Ontario Beekeepers Association (Canada)
• Central Beekeepers Alliance (New Brunswick, Canada)
• Danmarks Biavlerforenings Hjemmeside (Denmark)
• European Black Bee Preservation Society (Europe)
• Italian Beekeeping Association (Italy)
• Pinoy Beekeepers Forum (Philippines)
• Scottish Beekeeping Association (Scotland)
• Beekeeping Association of Slovenia (Slovenia)
• Beekeeping Association of Sweden (Sweden)
• Trollhattan Bee Association (Sweden)
• Avon Beekeepers Association (UK)
• Bee Farmers of the United Kingdom (UK)
• Bees for Development - British Charity Organisation (UK)
• British Bee Clubs Listings (UK)
• British Beekeepers (BBKA) Association  (UK)
• British Isles Bee Breeders Association (UK)
• Essex Beekeepers Association (UK)
• First Honey Producers Co-operative (UK)
• Hampshire Beekeepers Association (UK)
• Kent Beekeepers of England (UK)
• Midlands Beekeeping Forum (UK)
• The National Honey Show (UK)
• Northamptonshire Beekeepers' Association (UK)
• Somerset Beekeepers Association (UK)
• Surrey Beekeepers Association (UK)
• Sussex Beekeepers’ Association: Brighton & Lewes Division (UK)
• West Glamorgan Beekeeping Society (Wales)

 

• Brown County Beekeepers Association (Wisconsin, USA )
• Capital Area Honey Bee Stewards (Texas, USA )
• Chester County Bee Association (Pennsylvania, USA )
• Georgia Beekeepers Association (Georgia, USA)
• Jefferson County Beekeepers Association (Missouri, USA)
• Maryland State Beekeepers Association (Maryland, USA)
• Montgomery County Beekeepers Association (Maryland, USA)
• Mount Diablo Beekeepers Association (California, USA)
• Nashville Area Beekeeper's Association (Tennessee, USA)
• Greene County Beekeeper’s Association (Ohio, USA)
• Northwest Ohio Beekeeper’s Association (Ohio, USA)
• Ohio's East Central BKA (Ohio, USA)
• Trumbull County Beekeepers (Ohio, USA)
• Oregon Beekeepers Association (Oregon, USA)
• Pugent Sound Bee Club (Washington, USA)
• Santa Clara Valley Beekeepers’ Guild (California, USA)
• Tennessee Beekeeper's Association (Tennessee, USA)
• West Sound Bee Club (Washington, USA )
• West Virginia Beekeepers' Association (W VA, USA)

 

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Beekeeper's Personal Home Pages:

• Adam Finkelstein's Home Page
• Adee Honey Farms
• Albert Needham's "Bees-on-Line"
• Allen Dick's Honey World Web Site
• Archibald Honey Company, Australia
• Arnold Honey Bee Services, east Tennessee
• Bee Care - Consulting and Information Services
• Beekeepers' Home Pages, active since October 1995!
• BeekeepingStarterKit.com
• Bee Source
• Beeway Honey in Oregon
• Billy Bee Honey
• The Blackmore Boys' Regina Saskatchewan Bee Business
• Blessed Bee Apiaries, Ottawa
• Boris Romanov’s Bee Behaviour Web Site
• Bosse in Stockholm - lots of photos
• Buckeye Bees & Equipment
• Bug World Bee Page
• Burleson's Texas Honey Homehive
• Country Bee Apiaries
• Dave Bradshaw's Bees' Home Page
• Durham's Bee Farm, Walls, MS
• E&M Gold Beekeepers of Tinton Falls, New Jersey, USA
• Ferntree Cottage
• Franc Šivic's - Beekeeping, A Way of Living
• Friederike Erlinghagen - Research and Papers
• Georgia Honey Corporation
• Glenn Apiaries - Queen Breeding Information
• Grossman Oregon Organic Farm- Honey
• Hamilton Bee Ranch - Menthol Boards
• Henry's Honey Home Page - Red Granite, Wisconsin
• Honey Bees Only - from DK Honey Farms
• Honey Run Apiaries in Northwest Ohio, USA
• Honig Haeuschen – German Site
• (queen bee) Jan's...of bees, beekeepers, and food
• Jay Hosler, Bee Biologist and Bee Book Author
• John Pluta's Georgia Beekeeping Page
• John's Beekeeping Notebook
• John's Beekeeping Page (Watzke On Line)
• Kallas Honey Farm
• Larry Selman's Honey Label
• Lochluichart Beekeeping
• Luckiamute Bee
• Marieke Mutsaers of Holland - Trichilia ABC
• Mark Turner's Page and Varroa Information
• Michael Mordenti's Pennsylvania Beekeeping Site
• Miller's Honey (since 1894) Home Page
• Mtn. Honey of Georgia
• North Fork Honey
• Old North State North Carolina Apiaries
• Parson's Gold Apiaries of Ohio
• Pure Foods' Home Page
• Robert Talk's Bee Talk Site
• Scribner's Bee Happy Page
• Sepe Honey
• Sleeping Bear Michigan Farms
• Spring Prairie Hutterite Colony Apiary
• Stroope Bee and Honey Farm
• Sue Cobey - Ohio State - Queen Breeding
• Summit Gardens Honey Farms of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
• Tate's Spokane Washington Honey Farm
• The Three Beekeepers, Ontarion, Canada
• Tropical Blossom Florida Honey Company
• Vlado Augustin’s Slovenian Web Site

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Beekeeping Museums

• Musée de l'Abeille - Quebec, Canada
• Musee des Arts et Traditions Apicoles - Château de la Causega, France
• Lebendigen Bienenmuseum Knüllwald - Germany
• Bienenkundemuseum - Münstertal, Germany
• Deutches Bienen Museum - Weimar, Germany
• (Pastida) Rhodes Beekeeping Museum - Greece
• The Beekeeping Museum - Bozano, Italy
• Ancient Beekeeping Museum - Ignalina, Lithuania
• Norwegian Beekeepers’ Association Bee Museum – Billingstad, Norway
• Kralova Beekeeping Museum – Kralova pri Senci, Slovakia
• Virtual Tour of the Cebelarski muzej - Radovljica, Slovenia
• The Prokopovych Beekeeping Institute Museum - Kiev, Ukraine

 

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Companies that Sell Bee Supplies:

• Adelika Bee Equipment – in Romania
• Bee-Commerce - Quality Bee Supplies and Online Advice
• BeeHaven ('Killer Bee' Protection)
• BeekeepingStarterKit.com - Everything for the Beekeeper!
• Bee Maid, Alberta, Canada
• Bee-o-Sphere: A New Comb Honey System
• Bee Ventilator System from Bee Cool Manufacturing:  Keeping Bees Cool
• Betterbee, Inc. Up-State New York – Bee Supplies, Candle & Soap Eq. and More
• Bindaree's in Canberra, Australia
• Brushy Mountain Bee Equipment
• Buckeye Bees & Equipment
• China: Orient Beekeeping Supplies
• Corn Syrup Information
• Country Hill Beekeeping Supplies, New Brunswick, Canada
• Cowen Manufacturing
• Dadant's Main Home Page
• Fraser Auction House: Western Canadian Beekeeping Auctions
• Glorybee Supplies
• Greece - Anel-Standard Beekeeping Supplies
• Hamilton Bee Ranch - Menthol Boards
• Handy-Man Handy Bar Tool
• Hoge Brush Company – Bee Brushes for Beekeepers
• Manitoba Bee Supply Co-op, Manitoba, Canada
• Mann Lake Bee Supplies, Minnesota, USA
• MEDIVET – Medicines to control Nosema, AFB, and Mites!
• Miller Bee Supplies, North Carolina
• Mite Gone Formic Acid Dispensers
• New England Bee Supplies
• Plastools Honey Punch - used for uncapping w/o electricity
• Protection from Bees Stings and Vermin
• On-Line Bee and Bee Supplies Sources
• Queen Bee Insemination Equipment
• Rauch Boy Bee Smokers - Germany
• Ross Round's Comb Honey Equipment
• Sherriff's Protective Beekeeping Clothing
• Swienty Bee Supplies - Denmark
• The Bee Space - Rauchboy Bee Smokers
• The Three Beekeepers
• Thorne's Bee Equipment Home Page, U.K.
• Thorne's Beginner's Hive Kit
• Turkish Beekeeping Equipment
• Western Bee Supply, USA

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Bees and Queens for Sale

• Carnica – Carniolan Bees and Queens
• Cedar Glen Bees and Queens - Washington State
• Glenn Apiaries' Bee Breeder
• Hawaiian Queen Co. Inc.
• MALKA  - Argentina Queen and Bee Company
• Pedersen's Saskatchewan Queen and Honey Farm
• Rossman Apiaries
• Queen and Bee Suppliers in the USA
• Sue Cobey’s Ohio State Queen Breeding
• Suppliers of Bees and Queens in the USA

 

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Computer Resources for Beekeepers:

• BeeDictionary - Interactive, 7 Languages
• Mynista's Beekeeper's Tracking Software
• EDBi Bidata from Denmark

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Lists of Beekeeping Links to Hundreds of Web Sites:

• Agrifor List of Beekeeping Materials
• Australian Beekeeping Links
• Beekeeping Links from Nick Wallingford
• Beekeeper's Reference
• Bee-Who Directory
• Bee Aware's Beekeeping Web Site Lists
• Bee Data dot Com's List of Bee Links
• IBRA's Beekeeping Links
• Midnight Bee's Links Page
• Mining Company's ‘About’ Bees Links
• Roger Parson's British Bee Links
• Pickens County South Carolina Bee Research List
• Surrey Beekeepers’ Bee Links List
• Yugoslavian List of 100 Sites

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Laws and Legal Statutes about Bees and Beekeeping:

• Illinois Bee Regulations
• List of Bee Inspectors in Canada and the USA
• Alaska Bee Statutes
• USA Laws and Regulations on Honey Bees
• USDA and FDA Honey Labeling Laws

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Beeswax, Candle Making, Craft Supplies, and Honey-Product Gifts:

• At Wix End - Candle Supplies
• Beeswax Furniture Polish
• Blossomland Bee Crafts and Supplies
• Blue Corn Beeswax Candles
• Candle Escape
• Candle Making Techniques
• Honey Pots and Things - European Gifts
• HoneyJewels.Com - Gifts and Ideas
• Honey Hill Farm - Handcrafted Honey & Beeswax Soaps
• Honey Stone Candles
• Local Honey For Sale
• Peak Candle Making Supplies
• Red Bee Studio - Honeybee Healing Products: Soaps, Salves, Candles
• The Place to Bee - Beeswax Candles
• Wentworth Craft Centre, South Yorkshire, England

 

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Books and Magazines About Bees, Beekeepers and Beekeeping

• American Bee Journal
• A.I. Root's Bee Culture
• Apidologie – International Research Journal of Apiculture
• Amazing, Brilliant - A Literary and Scientific Classic - Bad Beekeeping by Ron Miksha
• Beekeeping Quarterly Magazine
• Bee Talk Back Issues
• Encyclopedia of Beekeeping
• California Beekeeping Books for Download
• Georgia Bee Quarterly Newsletter
• McGregor’s Book on Pollination
• Ohio’s ‘The Beehive’ On-Line Newsletter
• Oregon Beekeepers’ PDF Bee Line
• The Life of the Bee by Maurice Maeterlinck, 1862-1949
• U of Georgia's Year in the Life of an Apiary Book and Video

 

On-Line Book Stores:

• Ping’s Bee Book Store: Denmark
• Beekeeping Book Store in the USA
• A.I. Root's Book Store: USA
• Bad Beekeeping Book Store

 

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How to Bee a Better Beekeeper:

• Bee Blog - Diary of an Incompetent Beekeeper
• A Year in the Bee Yard - Pennsylvania
• About Swarming
• Apiculture Newsletters from University of California
• Bee Behaviour – Boris Romanov Site
• Bee Tidings Newsletter from Nebraska
• Beginning Beekeeping Resources
• Certificate Course in Organic Beekeeping
• Code of Practice for Urban Beekeeping
• Colony Management
• Country Hills' Guide to Beginning Beekeeping
• The Georgia Beekeeper's Association Newsletter - TARA
• Getting Started with Beekeeping - British Guide
• Honey Bee Biology - Powerpoint Show
• Honeybee.com's Beginning Beekeeping Information
• How to Get Started in Beekeeping
• How to Become a Beekeeper – from Mann Lake Supplies
• Farrar's Life of the Honey Bee
• 'Go Beekeeping' - Advice for the Hobby Beekeeper
• Live Pictures of Bee Colony
• Beginning Beekeeping Information
• Information on Capturing Swarms
• Installing Package Bees
• Organic Beekeeping Certification
• Practical Information from University of N.C.
• Queen Management Techniques from Ohio State U.
• Small Scale Beekeeping: A Complete Guide Book
• Swarm Prevention
• Tips for Suburban Beekeepers
• Ventilation and Wintering Bees

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Bees and Beekeeping Videos:

• The Waggle-Tale Bee Dance
• Bees Working The Oil Palm
• Comb Honey on Morning Talk TV - this one is great!!
• Commercial Beekeepers Pulling Honey - Bees Gone Wild
• A London Beekeeper
• Honey Bee Life Cycle
• Tennessee Beekeepers’ Association Video about Pollination
• U of Georgia's Year in the Life of an Apiary Book and Video
• Video on Removing Bees from a Bee Tree
• Varroa Mite Life-Cycle Movie
• Working the Top Bar Hive in Kenya, Africa
• Bee Hive and Bee Videos from Boris Romanov

 

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Management of Problem Bees:

• How to Prevent Bee Stings
• Biting and Stinging Insects
• Controlling Unwanted Honeybees
• Dealing with Bee Stings
• How to Capture and Hive a Swarm

 

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Make Your Own Bee Equipment:

• European Alpine Bee Hive Plans
• Making your own?? Bee Hive Construction Info!
• Langstroth Hive Plans
• Paul's Ingenious Solar Wax Melter Instructions
• Solar Wax Melter Plans from Bee Tools
• Top Bar Hives - Construction, FAQs, More - Great International Reference!
• Observation Bee Hives
• Bee Tool's Observation Bee Hive Construction
• Build a Bee Vacuum
• Constructive Beekeeping Book (plus a varroa trap) by Norman Chapman
• Alternative Hive Designs (Long Hives, Top Bar Hives)
• Bee Venom Collector Device
• Rusty Wise: The WCB (British) Hive Box

 

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All About Queen Bees

• Bee Biology - including Queen Mating
• Bee Improvement and Breeding - BIBBA, UK
• Glenn Apiaries' Bee Breeder's Information
• Georgian (former USSR) Caucasian Queen Breeding Site
• Honeybee Genome Project
• How to Re-Queen a Hive
• The New World Carniolan Breeding Program
• Queen Bees
• Queen Bees Management Fact Sheet
• Queen Breeding and Instrument Insemination
• Royal Jelly Site from Slovenia
• The USDA Honey Bee Breeding, Genetics & Physiology Research Unit

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Diseases, Mites, and Pests

• Honey Bee Quiet.com - Colony Collapse Disease
• Colony Colapse News Story
• Colony Colapse - MidAtlantic Research
• Salon Mag - Discussion on Colony Collapse Syndrome
• Colony Colapse and Other News from USDA National Agricultural Library
• Science News Magazine Article on Mites and Russian Resistant Bees
• Honey Bee Disease Diagnosis and Information
• Beekeeping and the Tracheal Mite
• EXCELLENT Photographs of Bee Diseases!
• How to Catch Varroa Mites
• Mite Gone Formic Acid Dispensers
• Controlling Mites with Essential Oils
• Varroa and Essential Oils
• Recommendations on Controlling Hive Beetles and Mites
• Varroa Mite Information
• Varroa Mite Disease Fact Sheets
• Varroa - Powdered Sugar Sampling Technique
• The Effect of Stress on Various Races of Bees
• Woodpecker Damage to Beehives
• Small Hive Beetle
• A True Bear in the Bees Tale
• Florida Bears and Beekeeping
• Managing Bear Damage in Bee Yards
• USDA Bee Brood Disease Information
• Where Have All the Bees Gone?? - from Penn State
• Video on Varroa Mite Life Cycle
• Wax Moths and Their Control
• MEDIVET – Medicines to Control Nosema, AFB, and Mites!

 

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The African Honey Bee:

• May 2003 - Map Showing Spread of African Honey Bees
• African Bees Turn Left from Mexico - Searching for Food
• Africanized Bees in Arizona
• Africanized Bees in California
• Africanized Bees in Florida
• Africanized Bees in Mexico
• Brazilian Site for Africanized Bees -  Apis mellifera scutellata
• The African Honey Bee
• Bad Bee Stories in the News
• Not Killer Bees!
• Mean Gene Discovered in Africanized Honey Bees
• Movie: Tickle Me Elmo Doll vs the Africanized Bees
• PowerPoint Show on AHB
• Predictions on the Spread of the African Honey Bee
• Sting Shields - Lots of Great AHB Information

 

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Other Types of Bees and the Honey Bee Races

• Australian Native Bee Research
• Belgium Project - l'abeille noire - European Dark Bees
• Buckfast, Monticola, and Greek Bees
• Raising Bumble Bees
• Bumble Bee Web Page
• Bumble Bee Photograph
• Carniolan Bees
• Carniolan Bees at Carniolan.com
• Die Dunkle Biene – The German Dark Bee
• European Association for Preservation of the European Dark Bee
• Galtee Bee Breeders – The Irish Dark Bee
• Himalayan apis cerana
• Hornets
• Insect Encyclopedia
• Insects.org
• Know About Bumblebees (includes a picture)
• Know About Carpenter Bees (includes a picture)
• Know About Digger Bees (includes a picture)
• Know About Leafcutter Bees (includes a picture)
• Know About Mason Bees (includes a picture)
• Know About Orchid Bees (includes a picture)
• Know About Sweat Bees (includes a picture)
• Mason Bees: Raising
• Knox Cellar's - The Orchard Mason Bee
• How to Raise Orchard Mason Bees
• Solitary Bee Management
• Solitary Bees and Nest Building Info!
• Stingless Bee of Panama
• Stingless Bee Species
• The Races of Honey Bees
• Red and Blue Mason Bees - Oxford Bee Company, U.K.
• Lousiana USDA Bee Lab (Russian Bee anti-Varroa Project)
• Entomology Stuff - Insect Notes
• Pollen Loads (with Pictures) from Wild Bees
• Wild Bee Management

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Bee Pollination and Honey Plants:

Bee Pollination

• All About Honey Bee Pollination
• Bees and Pollination Reference and Facts - from Ohio State
• Pollination and Ecology
• California Commercial Migratory Beekeeper Moving from Kiwis to Alfalfa
• CNN Article on Disappearing Pollinators
• Economics of Pollination
• Our Forgotten Pollinators – An Activist Page
• Pollination Primer (FAQ Sheet)
• Online Pollination Handbook (S.E. McGregor's complete USDA book!)
• Tennessee Beekeepers’ Association Video about Pollination
• Pollination with Bees: How It Works and What It Does
• The Pollination Home Page
• What’s Blooming?

Plants for Pollen and Nectar

• Australian Plant Pollination by Honey Bees
• Bee Working Borage
• Denmark’s Honey Plants
• Florida Honey Plants – Excellent List!
• Honey Plants in Central Europe ( Hungary )
• Honey Plants – with Pictures
• Southern (USA) Honey Plants
• Western Australia Honey Plants

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Kids' Stuff:

• Yucky Stuff
  • How to Eat Bee Brood - Great Pictures!
  • Insect Snacks from Around the World
  • Insects as Food - Your kids will love these recipes!
  • Bumble Barf Honey Ad - Kids Might Think This is Cute...
• Fun Stuff
• BeeCam: Inside the Live Hive
• Drapers’ Bee Camera
• Beekeeping Crossword Puzzle
• The Clan Apis Comic Book
• Honey Bee Trading Cards
• Games! Cartoons! Fun Kid Stuff!
• Bee Games and Puzzles Kid's Korner at the U of Montana
• Puzzles and Games from Billy Bee
• Hooray for Beekeeping! - Book
• Educards - Honey Bees - available in four languages
• Just For Kids - from Honey.com
• Wonderful World Of Insects
• Resources
• Children's Story About Royal Jelly
• Encyclopedia Article About Beekeeping
• Bill D's Florida Insect Page
• African Honey Bee Resource Tools for Teachers
• See the Honey Bee Dance in Motion!
• Kid's Web: World Wide Web for Kids!
• B-EYE: The World Through The Eyes of Bees
• Wonderful World of Insects
• The Bug Ranch
• Buzzy's Links to Other Kids Pages

 

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Honey Bee Trivia and Miscellaneous Facts:

• Buzzing Facts about Bees
• Buzzy's Honey Bee Trivia
• Bee Facts Trivia Page
• Honey Bee Anatomy
• Glossary of Honey Bee and Beekeeping Terms
• Trivia Questions Answered
• Can We Forecast the Price of Honey?
• Honey Bee Dance: Communication
• Beekeeping Translations - Spanish, English, Italian, French Words
• CNN Story from the Year 2000 - Honey Prices Hurt by Imports

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The Historical Bee:

• Origin and Diversity of the Honey Bee
• Ancient Beehives
• A History of Beekeeping in the USA
• 80 Million Year-Old Bee
• Beekeeping Up To the Year 1500 (en espańol)
• Bees in Warfare
• Blind Beekeeper - Curious Expedition Report on Huber
• Brother Adam Memorial Trust
• History of Greek Beekeeping
• Honey Crimes
• Irish Beekeeping History
• Legends of Beekeeping
• Ligurian Bee Sanctuary of Kangaroo Island History
• Natural History and Evolution of the Honey Bee
• Mythology of Bees and Honey
• History of American Beekeeping
• Ancient History Citations and Quotations
• Cherokee Indian Legend: How the Honey Bee Got Her Stinger
• How the Honey Bee Got Her Hummm - A Folk Tale
• First Bees in California
• Maltese Beekeeping History
• Toxic - Poisonous  Honey used in Warfare
• Extensive Historical Research on Bees
• Bees in War

 

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Weird, Wonderful, and Neat Bee Stuff:

High Culture:

• Beekeeper's Review of Ulee's Gold
• An Idyl of the Honey-bee from John Burroughs (b. 1837)
• Exorcising Bee Masks to Dislodge Evil Spirits
• Killer Bees – 2002 Disaster Movie, not to be confused with the 1978 movie…
• The Bees! A 1978 Disaster Movie, not to be confused with The Swarm...
• The Swarm, Another Bee 1978 Disaster Movie!
• Clan Apis - the Super-Hero Cartoon Action Character
• Children's Story About Royal Jelly
• Ms Mona Lisa Eats Honey??
• World's Largest Bee - Alberta, Canada
• How the Honeybee Got Her Hum
• The Life of the Bee, by Maurice Maeterlinck, 1862-1949
• Sculptured Beehive of Hagen von Tronje with the assassinated Siegfried

Really Different Stuff:

• People Who Hate Beekeepers: Anti-Honey Vegen Page - Uses photos stolen from beekeepers’ web pages...
• The Blessed Bee: A Pagan Page (and supply store) for Wiccans
• Bee Population Projections and Models
• Can Bees Find Landmines?
• DNA Studies of the Honey Bee
• University of Florida - Book of Insect Records
• Economic Impact of Honey Bees in Florida
• Honey of a Way to Sniff Out Landmines
• Land Mine Detecting with Croatian Bees (from the BBC)
• This Beekeeper Web Master Owns A Seismic Company!!
• All About  Skeps!
• The Kenyan Top Bar Hives
• Bees Shouldn’t Be Able To Fly
• Bumble Barf: Is Honey Really Bee Barf?
• CNN Article on Tracking Bees with Radar
• Lost at your Beeyard? High-Tech Satellites can help!

Beekeeping People:

• Famous Beekeepers
• Famous Beekeeper Quiz
• Some GIANTS in Beekeeping
• A.I. Root's Who's Who in Bee Culture

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Apitherapy and Whole Body Medicines:

• Bee Venom Anaphylaxis Research Study
• Apitherapy Information and Supplies
• Apitherapy Page - Bee Venom Journal
• Bee Health - World's Largest Propolis Supplier
• Bee Venom Information
• M.S. Testimonial on Bee Stings Therapy
• Bee in Balance - Apitherapy
• Burt's Bees - All Natural Products
• Dark Honey is Healthier?
• Honey as a Cough Suppressant for Children - from Penn State U
• Micro Venom
• Royal Jelly in Japan by Toshio Morikawa
• Royal Jelly Store
• French Apitherapy Site
• Health/Apitherapy/Spirituality
• Little Honeyzzz Natural Health and Beauty Products
• North Yukon Pollen Farm

 

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Honey and Honey Recipes:

• Antioxidants in Honey
• Buy and Sell Local Honey
• Flavours and Vrieties of Honey
• Technical Book on Honey on the Web
• Honey Recipes
• Kids’ Favourites Honey Recipes
• Lots and Lots of Honey Recipes from Billy Bee Honey
• National Honey Board
• Sue Bee's Honey FAQ
• Draper's Info on Honey
• Sourwood Honey
• Recipes from the Northhamptonshire Bee Club
• Tips on Cooking with Honey
• Technical Information and Applications of Honey
• Science On-Line: Antioxidant Properties of Honey
• Chemical Formulations for Sugar and Nectar
• Raw Honey Standards
• USDA Rules and News on Honey
• Honey Page
• Understanding the Varieties of Honey
• USDA and FDA Honey Labeling Laws

 

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Mead, Mead Making and Honey Beer Brewing:

• Got Mead? Great Site
• About Mead
• Mead Lover’s Digest
• Heather Ale
• Honeywine.com
• Nossa Receita de Hidromel
• Brewing Honey Beer (PDF format)

 

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