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Lots of sites out there, eh? Here are the ones I've found of most use for beekeepers. There's a form at the bottom if you can find any others, or you can just email me.

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Number of sites: 348
Last site added/changed: 12 Dec 2001

Africanised Honeybees

Africanised Honey Bee

Research project attempting to involve students to discover the migratory routes of the AHB through Texas and other states bordering Mexico.

Africanised Honey Bees (Florida, USA)

Tom Sanford provides a question and answer article to provide factual information.

Africanised Honeybee Education Project (USA)

A useful and educational site with projects related to bees and beekeeping for children (and adults!).

Apitherapy

8th International Symposium on Apitherapy

Information related to the upcoming symposium.

American Apitherapy Society

The use of bee stings and venom in various forms of therapy.

Apiphyt

Manufacturer of apitherapy product based on honey, royal jelly, bee pollen, propolis and medicinal herbs in France.

Apitherapy Reference Database

Durk Ellison's site, one of the finest reference sites for information on apitherapy.

Conrad Berube Pages

With links to various interesting published articles.

Nature's Way

Site where you can purchase honeybees for use in apitherapy.

Spectrum Medical Arts

Information about using bee venom in a therapeutic manner.

Wolf Home Page

Pages with a particular emphasis on apitherapy.

Commercial Sites

A Vermont Store

Includes honey (as well as maple syrup!) for sale.

Abeeco Site

Direct mail company for all products from the hive i.e. bee pollen, active manuka honey, propolis, bee venom, etc. Can mail world wide.

Active Manuka Honey and other Manuka Honey Products

Manuka Honey is collected from the manuka bush (leptospermum scoparium) in New Zealand, researched by Dr. Molan of the Waikato University and found to naturally destroy staph, strep and h.pylori.

AI Root Company

Bee Culture magazine, including some of the most recent articles.

Airborne Honey

NZ's largest packer and honey, with innovative approaches to marketing and high quality packaging. Very nice people to deal with!

Alliance Beekeeping Woodware

New Zealand company, the source of excellent woodware, as distributed by Ecroyd's Beekeeping Supplies. A country with a long history of involvement in the New Zealand beekeeping industry.

Andrei of Omsk's Site

A site in both Russian and English from a seller of honey and other beekeeping products.

Apiário SãoLázaro

General information on honey and propolis. Portuguese language.

Apiários Esmeralda

Virtual shopping for Brazilian beekeepers and general information. Portuguese language.

Apian Technologies

Producers of cell grafting kit to speed up queen rearing or royal jelly production

Argentine Beekeepers' Magazine

Bilingual beekeeping magazine. Five editions yearly with current information about Argentine beekeeping.

Australian Sungold Queen Bees

Queen bee breeding business supplying queen bees to Australian and overseas beekeepers.

B Weaver Apiaries

Texas queenrearing and honey business

Bee Barf

Yes, what can I say? Go see for yourself.

Bee Commerce

A 'one stop shop' for ordering equipment and all other beekeeping related materials over the Internet.

Bee Gifts

A variety of bee and beekeeping related gifts for sale, including windsocks, books other bee motif items.

Bee Guard

'Bee Rig' consisting of four colonies on a modular pallet like affair.

Bee Health

UK based company with attractive informative site, including extensive information on propolis and its use.

Beehive Botanicals

Honey, pollen, royal jelly and propolis products for sale.

BeeHoney

A free listing service for any/all honey producers in the world, as well as other bee stuff.

Beekeeping Adverts

While this part of Allen Dick's site doesn't sell anything, it might help you to buy or sell beekeeping equipment, etc!

Bees and Things Collectibles

Suppliers of a large range of bee-related giftware and collectibles from Europe, like honeypots, bee-jewelry, honeylabels, honeyspoons, ink stamps and so on.

Beeworks

Ventilated hives, T-Mite resistant queens.North American agents for E.H.Thorne UK.

Bernard Michaud SA

Bernard Michaud SA, Lune De Miel (tm), Miel L''Apiculteru (tm). Le miel, toute la culture du miel.

Bernhard Swienty

Scandinavia's leading wholesaler of beekeeping supplies. Own developed products include: insemination apparatus, filling machines, heating devices.

Bernhard Swienty

Scandinavia's leading wholesaler of beekeeping supplies. Own developed products include: insemination apparatus, filling machines, heating devices, etc

Bill Bennett's Manuka Site

This website is about Active Manuka Honey. Active Manuka Honey is the type of manuka honey which has unique antibacterial properties especially effective against helicobacter pylori (this bacteria is responsible for stomach ulcers)

Billy Bee Honey

One of the largest Canadian honey packers, and ships a lot to US markets as well.

BJ Sheriff

Sherriff International (formerly B J Sherriff) site, with info about their range of stock and prices.

Books from the US

Beekeeping books for sale.

Bryan Clements Home Page

Company, product and sales information from this Waikato, NZ, based producer and packer.

Buckeye Bee

Ohio based company of Dr Ken Lightle, PhD.

Burleson's Honey

Claims to be the "Sweetest Web site in the world!". Selling honey, but also includes kids' pages and recipes.

Burt's Bees, Inc.

Lotions and creams made with beeswax from Maine (USA).

C/M Concepts

Sales point for the EbeLift, a drum transporter system.

Canadian International Beekeeping Site

Includes business site listings for beekeepers.

Century Systems

Stewart Poole's site, describing the extractor control systems he has available for sale. An excellent Kiwi product, well worth a look.

Coffee Gourmet

Sales location for New Zealand's Airborne Honey in the US.

Colesburg Apiaries

Iowa honey producer's site with store, links and slideshows of beekeeping in northeastern Iowa.

Comvita Laboratories

New Zealand based company specialising in a variety of bee products. Beautiful site!

Constructive Beekeeping

Site to promote a book about 'do it yourself' beekeeping, written by an UK beekeeper.

Creamy Honey_

Creamy honey from South America. New product - Creamy Honey with fruits.

Dadant and Sons

Publishers of the American Bee Journal, with information on beekeeping supplies and branches in the US where the equipment is available.

Glenn Apiaries

Describes breeding techniques.

Herbie's Honey

Honey for sale from New Jersey

Honey & Herbs (N.Z.) Ltd

We make beautiful skin care products from Manuka honey and other hive products. We really are the first company IN THE WORLD to have used Manuka honey in skin care - despite what some other companies are claiming.

Honey Bee Tree

Honey from upstate New York for sale.

Honey Hill Farms

Honey Hill Farm sells homemade honey and beeswax soaps and other bath products. Free brochure available.

Honey Hive (Taupo, NZ)

An unforgettable place to visit! Honey and all other sorts of bee and honey related products, a real attraction to our tourists and locals alike.

Honeybee Health Products

Publishers of Charlie Mraz's book: Health and The Honeybee and have a catalog named Honeybee Health Products that sells materials and supplies for bee venom therapy and apitherapy.

Honeycombers

Committed to providing the most extensive listing of U.S. beekeepers and honey providers available anywhere on the Internet.

Howard Honey Farm

Maryland honey for sale.

Hummer & Son Honey Farm

Includes information about honey use

Hungarian Bee Supplies

New company for beekeeping supplies.

Kiwi Shop

Manuka, vipers bugloss, clover and comb honey for sale using a secure server for credit card transactions.

Madeleine Ritchie Skin Care Company

The Madeleine Ritchie skin care company is one of the world leading manufacturers and marketers of prestige natural honey skin care. Pioneers of the worlds first manuka Honey skin care creams.

Malka Queens

Argentine breeder and exporter of fine queen bees. Italian and Caucasian queens. Mated queens available from October 20 to April 10.

Maneci Machinery

Single dose (<1 oz) honey packing machine from Croatia.

Mann Lake Ltd (Minnesota, USA)

Equipment and beeswax supplier.

Munzer Apiaries

Long Island honey and some beekeeping supplies for sale.

 14 Nov N Z Beeswax Ltd

Peter Lyttle Manager. Specialist beeswax processing and manufacturing and exporting company. Products include Comb foundation, Refined White and Yellow Beeswax, Water washed Beeswax, Crude Beeswax, Organic certification from Bio-Gro and CERTENZ. Also sell a wide range of beekeeping equipment.

Nature's Nectar Ltd

English site for the sale of NZ manuka honey products.

Ohio Queen Breeders

Ohio Queen Breeders specialises in producing instrumentally inseminated Cordovan Italian breeder queens. They have named their hybrid line of Cordovan Italians the AUREA.

Oregon Glove Company

Commercial site that has beekeeping gloves. They are made in Salem, Oregon, USA. Very high quality.

Palais D'Amour

Honey from US midwest for sale.

Paz Apiaries

Israeli queen rearing business, with queens and HolyLand honey and other products of the hive.

Peace Corps materials

A variety of materials for sale and download.

PJ Apiaries

Hobbyists from New Jersey with links to Scouting movement.

Pollen Control

A pollination company that collects pollen for nut and fruit orchards and puts it back into the orchard most commonly by use of the beehive.

Pollen Man

Propolis, pollen, royal jelly for sale.

Rauchboy

A company with a uniquely designed bee smoker to overcome the problems of smokerst that go out when you most need them_

Redpath Beekeeping Supplies

Alan and Gordon Redpath run Redpaths Beekeeping Supplies with a history of over 30 years in the Victorian honey industry, supplying honey and beekeeping equipment around SE Australia. New lines include candle molds and paints to decorate the candles.

Ross Rounds

The production and marketing of round sections for comb honey. Includes tips for production and preparation of sections.

Rossman Apiaries

This site is the site of Rossman Apiaries, Inc of Moultrie,Ga USA.It deals with package bees and queens (Italian) and bee supplies (manufacturing hive components from cypress wood.)

Sherry Honey Farms

Ohio beekeepers and honey sales

Smokey Mountain Bee Company

Includes queens and packages for sale, along with other beekeeping information.

Strathdale Honey - NZ

Strathdale Honey established production in 1959 with only 2 hives. Today this family business has grown to become one of New Zealand's largest exporters of certified organic clover honey, with over 1200 hives.

Sue Bee Honey

A comprehensive and highly professional site that is well worth a visit. You can even send a honey related "postcard" to another email user!

Thom s Equipment

French equipment manufacturer

Thorne Beekeeping Supplies (UK)

Home of one of the UK's primary equipment suppliers. Good information about what is needed to start out in beekeeping.

Tomas Krones' Hawaiian Queen Co.

Select Italian Queen Bee Producers and 100% pure and natural Hawaiian honey on the Big Island of Hawaii

Tweeddales Honey

Producer and exporter of honey, both packed honey and bulk. Propolis, propolis products. Live bees. Beeswax.

Wescobee Honey

Western Australian honey sellers, with attactive and informative site.

Woodlife II

Woodlife II has been used succesfully for the protection of hives against rot, and decay, and controls against premature paint failure, and splitting or moving of wood, and there are no noticeable or known ill effects to bees.

World's Finest

Columbian propolis emulsions in honey for sale.

Legal Sites

Alaskan laws related to bees and beekeeping equipment.

Apiaries Act

New Zealand's main bee legislation (now superceded to a considerable extent by the Biosecurity Act).

Honey labelling regulations

Definitions and legal aspects of honey descriptions.

Honey Research, Promotion, and Consumer Information (US Code, Title 7, Chapter 77)

US Code related to research, promotion and consumer information

Honeybees (US Code, Title 7, Chapter 11)

US Code related to honeybees

North Carolina Regulations

Legal regulations relating to honey and bees in North Carolina.

North Vancouver bylaw

Bylaw for the keeping of bees in built up area

Ordinances related to beekeeping

A variety of ordinances about beekeeping from San Diego.

USDA Organic Honey

Proposed USDA regulations for the use of 'organic' a a food label.

Miscellaneous

"Beekeeper" Discussion List

"Beekeeper" discussion list for hobbyist and commercial beekeepers. Small list that will be moderated if demand is too great.

Australian Stingless Native Bees

Site with both practical and commercial information about the various Australian stingless native bees, with instructions for maintaining the Trigona Carbonaria bees.

Beekeeping Web Page

A page used as an example in an HTML writing course!

Bees and Beekeeping (Entomol. 020)

Course material and question bank for beekeeping/entomology course

Buzzing Facts About Bees

An 'internet treasure hunt, designed for children aged 7-10 or so.

Candles You Can Burn

Making a variety of candles from beeswax.

Dieter Kosmeier's Insect Page

Information about bees, wasps and hornets.

Distance Education Course

Simon Fraser University offers a distance education course in bee biology.

Ferris Apiaries

Includes an oak observation hive.

Garden Web

Beekeeping discussion forum.

Hornets

Information about hornets with exceptional graphics. In German.

Jean Elsen s.a. - Numismatists

Bees and hives on stamps.

Life of the Bee

Full text of Maurice Maeterlinck's book "The Life of the Bee", published in 1901

Mead Makers Page

One of the nicer things you can make from honey!

No Fear of Hornets!

Exceptional photographs and informative text about hornets, in English.

Phil Simon's Nature Films

'The Mysterious Bee' honeybee video. A film about Honey Bees, Bee Behaviour and Basic Beekeeping, presented in an entertaining and informative way and of interest to all Beekeepers, both amateur and professional alike.

Piet Vanmarsenille's Coin/Currency Site

Graphics of bees on coins and notes.

Pitcairn Island (2)

Warning about not bringing beekeeping materials to Pitcairn.

Pitcairn Island Stamps and Beekeeping

Description of philatelic project from Pitcairn Island (South Pacific).

Seal-It Products

Canadian based company selling products to the bee industry

Stamp with a Honey Bee

Stamp to be released in the US in late 1998 depicting a honey bee, promoting the value of insect pollination.

Truckin' Folks

Story about hauling hives with big trucks!

Vegan Viewpoint to Honey

An anti-beekeeper and anti-honey site! Puts the arguments used by vegans when defending their philosophy toward honey and the keeping of bees to produce it.

Year in the Life of an Apiary

Video and book package from University of Georgia.

Organisations

ABRACAM

Brazilian Association for replacing Africanized honey bee by European honey bee.

American Beekeeping Federation

A national (U.S.A) membership organization for the beekeeping industry.

American Beekeeping Federation

Site for one of the major American beekeeping associations

APACAME

Brazilian Association of Beekeepers.

Apicoltura on- line

Italian language beekeeping magazine.

Apicultural Abstracts

Apicultural Abstracts aims to give a complete survey of research and technical developments concerning all bees and bee-related subjects throughout the world. It is published quarterly, with a fifth issue containing the annual indexes.

Apidologie Magazine

Magazine (paper!) that prints articles in English, French or German on bee behaviour, the study of bee plant interactions, pollination, bee genetics and pathology.

Apimo dia

World organisation that has Congress at various locations.

Apimonida 1999

Home site for the organisation of the Vancouver, Canada, Apimonia Conference to be held in 1999.

Apiservices

Showcase for beekeeping businesses, magazines, manufacturers, laboratories and services.

Appalachian Beekeepers Association

Non-profit Beekeeping Association Serving Western Maryland, South Western Pennsylvania, and North Central West Virginia; based near the highest point in the Appalachian Mountains USA.

Australian Beekeeping

Photographs and descriptions of beekeeping in Australia. A good site to get an overall view of Australian beekeeping!

Basingstoke and District Beekeepers' Assn

English site with links to Gordon's quarterly newsletter.

Bath Beekeeper's Assn

English association of beekeepers

Bedfordshire Beekeeping Assn

Pages of the Bedfordshire Beekeeping Association, an English beekeeping organisation representing about 200 Bedfordshire beekeepers.

Bee and Surrounding Friends Association

Italian site offering assistance to promote better understanding of bees and beekeeping topics.

Bee Improvement and Bee Breeders' Association

BIBBA. Formerly the British Isles Bee Breeders Assn. One of the main British beekeeping associations.

Bee Maid Honey

With links to Alberta Honey Producers, BeeMaid Honey, Manitoba Honey Producers and Western Wax Works

Bee Page on MBS

Bee page from South Africa. Includes list of links to other sites.

Bee World

The international link between beekeeping science and practice, with the latest in bee science and beekeeping, and providing topical reviews and digests which are relevant to people everywhere.

Beekeeping and Development

Sustainable beekeeping news. UK based, but providing information of interest on beekeeping around the world.

Beekeeping Calendar (UK)

Updated regularly, these pages inform you of all of the various honey shows and other happenings in the UK.

Beekeeping in Russia

Russian language. Links with photos and articles from a Russian language beekeeping magazine.

Beekeeping in Slovenia - Homeland of Carniolan Bee

National homepage for Slovenian beekeeping

BeeNet

erman pages with information about BeeNet BBS system

Brazilian Beekeeping

Brazilian site in Portuguese with many links.

British Beekeepers Association

One of the main beekeeping associations in Britain. Demon site.

Buckfast Bee in Europe

Site for the organisation involved with the Buckfast bee in Europe. In German.

Cherokee Bkprs Club, Ross Berry Farm and Apiaries

Pages for the Cherokee Beekeepers Club and Ross Berry Farm and Apiaries in Canton, Georgia USA.

Clark Consultancy International

Information from an agricultural consultancy company, providing links to several beekeeping sites.

Cornwall Beekeepers' Association

UK based beekeepers association with a web site to provide details about their activities.

Dansk Biavler Forening (Danish Beekeeper Association)

DBF is the 'umbrella' organization for Danish beekeepers

DBF (Danish Bee Federation)

National Danish organisation for beekeepers (in Danish)

EcoTour/Malasian Beekeeping

Research and development activities in Malaysia.

EDBi and BEENET Home Page

Danish organization taking advantage of the new technology and comunication between countrys, offering multilingual software to the beekeeping society.

Egyptian Beekeeping

History and practice of Egyptian beekeeping.

Finnish Beekeeping

Homepage of the Finish Beekeepers Association

Gilroy Beekeepers Assn

A local association in Gilroy, California geared to local hobbyists and to informing the community about bees and beekeeping.

Hampshire Beekeepers Association

English beekeeping association, representing 13 local Hampshire associations, with over 400 beekeepers.

Hungarian Beekeeping

Not the 'official' page, but the only one available.

IBRA Tropical Bkpg/Asian Apiculture Assn Conference

Home pages of the IBRA Tropical Beekeeping/Asian Apiculture Association Conference, to be held in Chiang Mai, Thailand, on March 19-25, 2000.

International Bee Research Association

The IBRA is a real 'clearing house' for information about beekeeping. They have one of the most extensive beekeeping libraries in the world.

International Honey Exporters Association

Objective of the organisation is to defend better the price of the honey, meaning a fair price for beekeepers but without neglecting the buyer's side.

Journal of Apicultural Research

This journal publishes descriptions of new findings on the scientific aspects of the biology, ecology, natural history and culture of Apoidea in general and Apis species in particular.

Leiden Beekeepers

Pages of the beekeepers of Leiden, The Netherlands (in Dutch).

Live Bee Shows

How to run a live flying bee show for the public

Maryland (USA) Beekeepers Page

Still under construction. Mostly links to other sites.

Mexican Beekeeping

Information on the beekeeping in Mexico, including honey production, exporters, floral sources.

Midnite Bee

A very attractive site with excellent graphics. Includes newsletter and speaker's reports from recent local meetings.

Nashville Area Beekeepers Association

Has some on-line films about varroa resistant bees, etc; catching swarms. Good local association in the southeastern United States.

National Honey Board

American honey promotion board.

North London Beekeepers

About beekeeping in England's capital city.

Oelb-Austria Homepage

Homepage of the Austrian Beekeeping Organization - in German

Ontario Beekeepers Association

Mission statement, details of officers and membership.

Oxfordshire Bee Keepers Association

English based bee association

Proapis Homepage

Homepage from PROAPIS HB, in Swedish with information about products.

Projekt Mellifera

Supports the consevation of the Dark European Honeybee Apis mellifera mellifera

Scottish Beekeepers' Association

Small but growing site from a group known for producing high value heather honey.

Slovakian Beekeeping

Pages about Slovakian beekeeping, including download for a beekeeping educational programme.

Small Farm Resource

Information about honey bees, bumble bees and orchard mason bees.

South Staffordshire Beekeepers Association

English bee association (good photos!)

Surrey Bee Keepers Association

Pages maintained by an English beekeeping association

Telford Rural Polytechnic

NZ's leading provider of rural, land-based courses, which includes beekeeping. Offers Cert in Apic (by correspondence), Adv Certificate in Apiculture (at Telford) and the Certificate in Queen Bee Rearing (correspondence/block courses).

The Bee Pages

Bee Education & Extension - a dedicated international network to encourage productive and healthy beekeeping, facilitating links between extension workers and advisors, educators and trainers.

Tidewater Beekeeper's Association

Southeastern Virginia, USA, beekeepers' association using a web page to increase the public presence of the association and help promote their activities.

UMF Manuka Honey Network

Description of how a group of honey producers have co-operated to increase the returns for UMF manuka honey in New Zealand.

University of Nebraska Extension

Links to newsletters and American Association of Professional Apiculturalists

Vermont Beekeepers Association

Providing a friendly bond of unity among beekeepers statewide through education, product promotion, resource access and networking opportunities.

Wellington Beekeepers' Association

Wellington (New Zealand) club interested in all aspects of beekeeping. Meetings are held regularly for members to exchange ideas and learn from a variety of speakers on different topics.

West Sound Beekeeper's Association (WSBA)

Washington State organisation's pages, including copies of old newsletters and other association information.

Worcester County Bee Association

Includes back issues of the Association's newspaper.

Personal Sites

Alaska Honeybee Home Page

Web site for new and old beekeepers. People can see how I keep bees in Alaska. There are learning pages and related links to sites around the world.

Allen Dick's Home Page (Canada)

Allen is an interesting and well-informed beekeeper. His pages have links to the BEE-L discussion list archives as well

Andrew's Bee Page

English hobbyist with good picture of his four hives (including WBC style).

Andy Nachbaur's Site

Any one who reads the BEE-L list will know Andy! Andy consistently contributes some of the most thought provoking and commented on postings. His site is fresh and changing regularly.

AntBoy's Bee Page!

Informational pages from an enthusiast who has a site with all sorts of 'bug stuff'.

Australian Beekeeping Club at Yahoo Clubs

Online Beekeeping club. Members can post messages, add photos, add links or use online chat room.

Barry's Bee Page (Illinois, USA)

Includes plans for bee hives and equipment.

BeeHoo

Websites about beekeeping indexed by theme.

Beekeeping at Hazlegrove

A few photos and description of hobby beekeeping in England affected by varroa mites.

Beekeeping in Lochluichart (Scotland)

Photographs of hives and an observation hive run as an adjunct to a knitting studio in Scotland, describing heather honey production.

Beekeeping the Natural Way

All about beekeeping using natural products, ie. Oils and herbs. The site was created in early 1998 with a view to sharing hints and tips with other beekeepers worldwide.

Bees and Honey

Learn about bees and honey! Also available is the educational freeware programme "The HoneyBee" for downloading.

Bees, Trees and Nature

Latest news on the Dark European honeybee, all its queen breeders in Europe and some nice photos! The Buckfast, Italian, Carniolan, the African and even Cape bees are also described.

Belinda's Bee Pages

English beekeeping, with Oxfordshire newsletters and links.

Chris' Beekeeping

Valley Farm, in England. Includes a variety of articles and photographs.

Chris Parker's Site

English beekeeper's personal site.

Chris-o-rama Bee Page

One hobbyist's experience over the first few seasons with a movie and some nice photos.

Country Jack's Honeybee Farm

Honey for sale, describes Honeybee Improvement Program

Dave Green's Pollination Pages (USA)

Dave Green is a serious pollination beekeeper. These pages contain a wealth of practical information for grower and beekeeper alike.

David Bradshaw's Pages

A large beekeeping operation in US with some pictures.

Elaine White's Site

How to make beeswax soap at home: recipes, instructions, soap history and more.

French beekeeper's site

Apiculteur professionnel en Provence (franch) je produis du miel et assure la pollinisation des verger

Gail's Garden

Includes both pictures and sounds as part of a children's educational site.

Gilles Fert's Site

Queen breeding information and apicultural books from a French professional apiculturalist.

GoBeekeeping Site

Large site focussing primarily on beekeeping as a hobby.

Hillgrove Farm

Australian site from Ken Morris

Hog Bay Apiary, Kangaroo Island, Australia

Isolated since the late 1800's, a sanctuary for bee breeding off the coast of Australia. Oldest bee sanctuary in the world. This is the only place where pure disease free Ligurian bees exist.

Honey Board Opposition

Detailed opposition to the US Honey Board.

Honeybee's Beekeeping Page

John Clayton's pages describing his hobbyist beekeeping. Good descriptions of starting beekeeping as a hobbyist and of the castes in the colony.

Jan Tempelman

Dutch beekeepers site with information on solitary bees, to

Jim Coker's Site

Beginning beekeeper's home page with personal stories about catching swarms and a few links to other bee information sites, from a beekeeper who lives in Paris, Texas.

John and Tina Drake's Page

Attractive site emphasing the use of products of the hive.

John Caldiera's Home Page

Excellent graphics and descriptions of observation hives, as well as other hobbyist topics.

Kevin Bilodeau's Site

A description of beekeeping life along with a few "Fun Facts" on honeybees.

La passion des abeilles - the passion of bees

Bilingual site (French and English). A presentation presentation (with photos and text) of all the products made by " those nice and brave little insects to benefit our health."

Luca de Franceschi's Site

Italian beekeeper with 18 hives (some with Buckfast queens). Italian, but will eventually include English.

Luckiamute Bee's

Catalog of supplies, monthly guide to beekeeping, the Oregon State Lab on crops, pollination fees, evaluating a hive. Requirements for honey house, regs on dealing with USDA & BLM lands. Grower info for cranberries, meadowfoam. Recipes and trivia.

Mark Turner's Varroa Site

English description of possible control mechanisms for varroa.

Michael Reddell's Pages

Personal observations from a hobbyist of 16 years experience.

Nadir's Site

Recently revised site from a Russian beekeeper.

Norwegian beekeeping

Page of general bee information (related pages in Norwegian).

Of Bees, Beekeepers and Food

Janice Green's excellent pages of information for teachers to help with teaching about bees and pollination

PJ's Apiaries Page

Personal page about beekeeping.

P-O Gustafsson's Pages (Sweden)

Excellent pages from a practical beekeeper. Neat photos of a beekeeper at work!

Queen B Jan's Page

Discusses the need for bees in the food chain. Also talks about honey, beeswax and candles, and problems of bees and beekeepers.

Russian Beekeeping

Russian language site - sorry, I don't have a review for it_

Scottish Bee Issues

Current information and commentary on the issues and news related to beekeeping in Scotland.

Sleeping Bear Farms

Beekeeping business with activities in Florida and Michigan. Honey and bee shirts, soaps and candles for sale.

Stampa Vincenzo's Pages

Five methods of making artificial swarms.

Urban Beekeeping

Stan Umlauft has developed these pages to describe beekeeping urban style. Honeybee facts & trivia. Back yard hobby beekeeping information, excellent listing of San Francisco area beekeeper associations

Wilson Honey Bee World

A set of personal pages 'for the new and old' beekeeper.

Wolfgang Tomaschitz's Site

Site created by an Austrian honeywine maker!

Reference Sites

A Beehive Miracle

Information about the various items produced by bees (except wax). Multilingual site - Spanish, French, Portuguese and German, with Japanese and Chinese to come.

Agriculture in Alberta

Overview of beekeeping in Alberta province of Canada.

Agro Apis

General information on beekeeping. Portuguese language.

An alternate type of beekeeping

Kenyan-type 'top bar hives' as an alternative to Langstroth -type moveable frames

Apícola Científica

General information on tropical beekeeping. Portuguese language.

APIS Newsletter (Florida, USA)

Tom Sanford's newsletter was a pioneer in Internet publishing for the bee industry, and still one of the finest sources of up-to date information.

Armed Forces Pest Management Board

Excellent resource material on bees, stings and Africanised honeybees.

Beekeeping FAQ

Answers to all those basic questions about beekeeping!

Beekeeping in Africa

Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations report on beekeeping in Africa. Written in 1990.

Beekeeping in Asia

Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations report written in 1990.

Beekeeping in Rubber Plantations

Use of Apis dorsata bee in India.

Beekeeping Tips

Mississippi State University's tips for beekeepers.

Beekeeping WWW Home Page (University of Washington)

Includes links to many other sites.

Bee-Plus Newsletter (Michigan, USA)

Roger Hoopingarner's newsletter (back issues also available).

Bees and Beekeeping Gopher (Ohio State University)

Gopher menu about bees and beekeeping

Beeswax

History and use by Roger Morse

Bibliography of Bee Books

Good listing of books and other resources related to beekeeping compiled by James Tew of Ohio State University.

Bugwatch

Good education information about bees as insects.

Canadian beekeeping

All about Canada's honey industry...

Canadian Honey Crop

1995 honey crop information for Canada.

Carniolan Import Health Standard

Description of conditions to be met to allow an importation of Carniolan bee seman into New Zealand.

Chinese honey production

Spreadsheet of honey production, by region and province, in China, 1979-93

Compuserve beekeeper's home pages

Some excellent graphics, including a Java applet of the bee dance

Concerted Action on Varroa Mites

Coordination in Europe of research on integrated control of Varroa mites in honey bee colonies, a project with financial supports from the Commission of the European Communities (FAIR)

Fairview College

Canadian beekeeping educational institute. Good photos.

FAO food database

Can report on honey from specific countries. Useful resource.

FTP from Sunsite

A variety of pictures and text for anonymous FTP.

Getting Started in Beekeeping

Extension publication intended for Nebraska conditions.

Homage to Brother Adam

Brother Adam - Multilingual homage (Engish, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch) - history and bibliography of this famous beekeeper. With original full articles since 1933.

Honey Bees and Beekeeping

Wide-ranging, well-illustrated overview of bees, bee biology and beekeeping prepared by Keith Delaplane of the University of Georgia.

Honeybee biology

Quite detailled information on bee biology with good line illustrations.

International Honey Market

The most updated website on world trade of honey. Argentine, Chinese and Mexican exports. USA and German imports and much more.

Internet Apiculture and Beekeeping Archive

Extensive archive containing logs of the Usenet newsgroup sci.agriculture.beekeeping, the logs from the listserv bee-l, FAQ files, and pointers to other beekeeping and apicultural resources, on and off the Internet.

List of Resources

Entomology Index of Internet Resources: Beekeeping.

MAAREC

The Mid- Atlantic Apiculture Research and Extension Consortium - Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and West Virginia cooperating in a site with an excellent set of graphics and text 'slides' about bee pests and diseases. A great site!

Malaysian beekeeping story

The Tualang Tree, the Giant Asian Honey Bees and the Hindu Myth of the Princess, Hitam Manis-- Dark Sweetness...

Mike Reddy's Skep FAQ

Information about keeping bees in skeps with good photos.

Minnesota Apiary Section

Includes information on detecting varroa mites and information about chalkbrood.

More than wood - Special options on multiple use of forests

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations report on the other 'users' of forests, including honeybees.

National Honey Board Database

Largish (200k) database of information about honey use.

Nebraska beekeeping

How to' guide to start beekeeping in Nebraska, including excellent bibliographical and other sources of information.

Non-wood forest products for rural income and sustainable forestry

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations report summarising restrictions on trade in the various markets.

Nort west European Pollen Flora

Different pollen and spore types are illustrated with photomicrographs taken with a high resolution scanning electron microscope.

NZ Spreads

Article in Grocer's Review describing the position of honey in the context of other spreads (jams, peanut butter).

Propolis Database

Database of information (including abstracts) related to propolis.

Propolis Research International

Propolis Research International (PRI) is involved in research and development, and the manufacture of bee and propolis products.

sci.agriculture.beekeeping

The Usenet group that discusses bees and beekeeping.

Small Farm Resource

Practical information about beekeeping

Tunisian Traditional Beekeeping

Good photos and description of traditional beekeeping methods.

University of Nebraska Extension Service

Organisation of beekeeping professionals, including research and advisory personnel. Includes links to "Bee Tidings", a bi-monthly newsletter for regional beekeepers. Includes information on American Association of Professional Apiculturalists.

US Honey (Final Estimates)

USDA honey figures for late 1980s

US Honey Statistics

USDA statistical report by state

V rroa Reference Site

Easy access point for Varroa information on the Web.

World Honey Stats

More authoritative compilation of world honey production statistics available. Worth a visit if you want to keep up with honey from a 'macro view'.

Research Sites

Apiário Central - Universidade Federal de Viçosa

Brazilian university site for beekeeping.

Apiary Inspectors of America

With contacts in each of the states for inspectors and regulatory personnel.

Argentinian Beekeeping

Introductory page in English. Beautiful colour graphics.

Bar Coding of Bees

Yes, attaching barcodes to bees to identify them individually!

Bee Science Brasil

Brazilian university site for beekeeping.

Beeke ping Notes

North Carolina State University sites, with pollination, plantings for bees and mite information.

California Agriculture Magazine

Article about the possible effects of varroa on Africanised bees in California.

Central Science Laboratories

The National Bee Unit is part of the Central Science Laboratory, an agricultural, food and environmental research agency based near York.

Devon Apicultural Research Group

Lists current projects of this English research group.

Foraging behavior of honeybees and hormones

Janko Bozic's personal site with references to research

GEARS - Global Entomology Agriculture Research Server (Arizona, USA)

The USDA Carl Hayden Bee Research Center in Tucson pages include Africanised bee information, pollination, research, and educational materials.

Helping Honey Bees Fight Mites

From the May 1997 issue of Agricultural Research magazine, produced by the Agricultural Research Service of the USDA.

Honey bees for pollination

Use of honey bees as specialist pollinators in plant research

Honey Research Unit

University of Waikato (NZ) research unit specialising in honey related research.

Honeybee Science Research Center

Japanese research laborator

Kohala Net beekeeping

Excellent graphics of healthy bees and larvae and a wide variety of pests and diseases.

Laboratório de Abelhas - USP

Brazilian university site for beekeeping.

Ohio State University Bee Breeding

Information about the OSU bee breeding programme, including instrumental insemination, the New World Carniolan bees and the various courses and training opportunities.

Pennsylvania State University

A university with a long history of involvement in beekeeping.

Pennsylvania State University

Penn State site includes information sheets about beekeeping, as well as Scott Camazine's neat photo gallery.

Society of the German Bee Research Institutes

Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Institute fur Bienenforschung e.V. (German language site for the most part, but with English being developed).

The Color of Honey

Excellent article describing the antioxident properties of honey. Well worth reading.

University of Montana (Montana, USA)

The use of bees as environmental indicators.

USDA ARS Honey Bee Breeding, Genetics, and Physiology Research Unit

USDA Baton Rouge Lab has mission statement, email contacts for personnel.

USDA Bee Research Lab (Texas, USA)

This USDA lab has been at the forefront of Africanised honeybee and mite research.

USDA Beltsville Bee Research Laboratory

Maryland (USA) based lab, information on personnel and projects underway.

Varroa control research (West Virginia, USA)

Preliminary esults of research using essential oils for varroa mite control.

Varroa jacobsoni and honey bee viruses

Varroa and virus information from IACR-Rothamsted (UK) bee lab

Varroa Treatment

Pages on the drone method (in Engl, German, Dutch) against the varroa mite without the use of chemicals.

Simulations

B-Eye

See the world the way a bee does.

Honey Bee Simulation

PhD student David Sumpter is researching bee nest temperature and presents his work on thermoregulation.

On-Line Bees

Real time displays of video and scientific data about bees - weather, colony temperature, etc. Fascinating! An excellent example of the immediacy of the Internet.

Software

AAPA Bees and Beekeeping Database

American Association of Professional Apiculturalists database with text and photos (not for download, but for purchase).

Animated cursor scheme

Designed for Windows 95

Bee Aware

Software to assist in diagnosis and treatment of bee diseases and pests.

Bee Plus software

Beekeepers 'yard book', with demo for download

BeeKeeper 2.1

The BeeKeeper program allows you to track all of your hives. With detailed information such as location, hive count, breed information on your queens, you will be able to keep up to date records. BeeKeeper also allows you to keep track of and print reports on such things as supplementary feeding, treatments, testing, production and even the weather. We are currently developing a complimentary version of the program to go on a handheld computer. Please note that the version number for the program is now 2.1. We have recently done an upgrade on the program. We are currently writing a complimentary program that will work on handheld computers running the Palm operating system. This will give beekeepers a simple, portable way to input data into the program right from the bee yard.

Bidata Software

Hive management software written by Jorn Johanesson. Also download for pollen grain database.

Compu er Programs for Beekeepers

Written by a scientist who once owned over fifteen hundred hives of bees in Saskatchewan, Florida, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Ron now has a couple of hives in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, near his home in Calgary.

Honey Board database (.ZIP file)

Get the Honey Board database to work with on your own computer. Worthwhile information.

Ken Morris' Site

Australian site with beekeeping software demonstration

Phil Radford Computing

Windows 95/98/NT beekeeping software for beekeeping. Full working retail version of the software is downloadable, good for 50 logons, and convertible to unlimited use upon purchase by entry of PIN number.

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