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Detailed Links
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The Beekeepers' Library - a listing of many links on many topics, by Strathcona (Vancouver) Beekeepers
What it's like to be a beekeeper - by Byron Kerman, June 15, 2012
The Buzz on Beekeeping: A Guide to Bringing Up Bees in Your Own Backyard - by HomeAdvisor
2020 Beekeeping Guide - by Eversweet Apiaries
Beekeeping - What Are These??? - several beekeeping items discussed
Waggle Dancing Blog | BEe Healing Guild [general topics]
Bees, a honey of an idea - An incredible website, with a multitude of great content!
Honey Bee Complete Life Cycle - includes awesome mating video
Clubs & Associations - USA
American Beekeeping Federation (ABF)
Honeybee Swarm Removal - A National swarm (and established colony) removal directory!
Bees On The Net - Find a Beekeeper – Swarm Help - State-by-State listing for bee removals
Clubs & Associations - Florida: State
Florida State Beekeepers Association (FSBA)
Florida Beekeepers - Research Foundation (Beekeeper Directed Research Funding)
Florida BackYard Beekeepers Association - FBBA
UF IFAS Honey Bee Research and Extension Laboratory - Facebook Posts
UF IFAS Honey Bee Research and Extension Laboratory - Website BLOGS
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) - Bureau of Plant and Apiary Inspection
The Best of Florida
Bees On The Net - Florida Beekeepers which do removals
Clubs & Associations - Florida: County & Local
Florida Beekeeping Organizations - a list by
American Beekeeping Federation (AFB)
Tri-County Beekeepers Association - Okaloosa, ______, and _____ Counties (FL Panhandle area)
Brevard Backyard Beekeepers - Cocoa
Broward Beekeepers Association - Coconut Creek
The Urban Beekeepers - Fort Lauderdale
Martin County Beekeepers Association
Palm Beach County Beekeepers Association - West Palm Beach
Pinellas Beekeepers Association - Seminole
Treasure Coast Beekeepers Association - TCBA Website; St. Lucie, Martin and Indian River Counties.
Treasure Coast Beekeepers Association - TCBA FaceBook
Tupelo Beekeepers Club - Panama City / Bay County
Beekeepers Association of Southwest Florida - Fort Myers
Suncoast Beekeepers Association - Sarasota
Tropical Beekeepers Association - Miami
Beekeepers of Volusia County - Daytona area & surroundings
Clubs & Associations - Misc.
Coloss honey bee research association
The Beekeepers Annual - Comprehensive directory of beekeeping associations and organizations
Links to beekeeping associations, universities, and more - provided by the Heartland Apicultural Society (HAS)
Honey Bee Health Coalition
The Honeybee Conservancy - Saving the Bees through Outreach and EducationThe Honeybee Conservancy
List of Associations
- a HUGE list, by Virginia State Beekeepers Association (VSBA)
The Bee Girl Organization
Beesource - An online community for beekeepers and beekeeping
Mid-Atlantic Apiculture Research and Extension Consortium - MAAREC
International Bee Research Foundation - IBRA
Heartland Apicultural Society - Bowling Green, Kentucky
Waikato Domestic Beekeepers Association - New Zealand; very nice website!
Irish Beekeepers Association CLG
Clubs & Associations - by States
Alabama - Alabama Beekeepers Association
Alaska - Southcentral Alaska Beekeepers Association
Arizona - Beekeepers Association Central Arizona (Phoenix)
Arkansas - Arkansas Beekeepers Association
California - California State Beekeepers Association
Connecticut - Connecticut Beekeepers Association
Florida - Florida State Beekeepers Association (FSBA)
Georgia - Georgia Beekeepers Association
Hawaii - Hawaii Beekeepers Association
Idaho - Idaho Beekeeping Organizations
Illinois - Illinois State Beekeepers Association
Indiana - Beekeepers of Indiana
Kansas - Northeastern Kansas Beekeepers Association
Kentucky - Kentucky State Beekeepers Association
Louisiana - Louisiana Beekeepers Association
Maine - Maine State Beekeepers Association
Maryland - Washington County Beekeepers Association
Massachusetts - Middlesex County Beekeepers Association
Michigan - Michigan Beekeepers Association
Mississippi - Mississippi Beekeepers Association
Mississippi - Central Mississippi Beekeepers Association
Missouri - Missouri State Beekeepers Association
Nebraska - Nebraska Beekeepers Association
New Hampshire - New Hampshire Beekeepers Association
New Jersey - NW New Jersey Beekeepers Association
New Mexico - New Mexico Beekeepers Association
New York - New York City Beekeepers Association
New York - Empire State Honey Producers Association
Nevada - Northern Nevada Beekeepers Association
North Carolina - North Carolina State Beekeepers Association
North Carolina - Burke County Beekeepers
North Dakota - North Dakota Beekeepers Association
Ohio - Columbiana and Mahoning County Beekeepers Association
Ohio - Ohio State University Bee Lab
Oregon - Oregon State Beekeepers Association
Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania State Beekeepers Association
South Carolina - South Carolina Beekeepers Association
South Dakota - South Dakota Dept. of Agriculture; Apiary Program
Tennessee - Tennessee Beekeepers Association
Texas - Texas Beekeepers Association - and a
Mar/Apr 2014 Journal
Texas - Wise Texas Bee Club - Wise & Surrounding Counties
Texas - Brazoria County Beekeepers Association
Utah - Utah Beekeepers Association
Vermont - Vermont Beekeepers Association
Virginia - Virginia State Beekeepers Association (VSBA)
Washington - Washington State Beekeepers Association
West Virginia - West Virginia Beekeepers Association
Wisconsin - Wisconsin Honey Producers
Wyoming - Wyoming Beekeepers Association
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Native Bees
Field Guide to Native Bees - of North America
Honey Bees
Honey bee - Wikipedia (confirms Honey Bee is two words; Honeybee is incorrect)
Also confirmed by Caron & Connor on pg. 21 of their 2018 reprint edition (originally 1999) of Honey Bee Biology and Beekeeping
See details on my Terminology web page.
How honeybees get their jobs — explained - National Geographic
Native Beeology - Native North American Honey Bees?
Life Cycle of Honey Bees
Life Cycle of the Honey Bee - includes nice graphic timeline
Honey Bee Complete Life Cycle - includes awesome mating video
Watch The First 21 Days of a Bee’s Life in One Minute
The First 21 Days of a Bee’s Life - A TED Talk, by Anand Varma
Genetics of Honey Bees
This rare, mutant honeybee is both male and female - a gynandromorph with yellow, blind eyes!
..."male bees have no fathers or sons, but they do have grandfathers and grandsons."
Photos and Photography
Little Ladies of the Hive - awesome photos!
Waikato Domestic Beekeepers Association - very nice educational photos from Digital Museum of Natural History
Detailed Macrophotography of Insect Specimens: A Laboratory Setup
Anatomy
Do Bees Have Hair? - Is it hair? setae? fur? (hint: "hair" is strictly a mammalian trait!)
Honey Bee Anatomy - Honey Bees - The sweetest pollinators on Earth
The bees are amazing - awesome video animation by
Entomo Lab
A Closer Look: Tarsal Glands / Footprint Pheromone
Anatomy of a worker bee
Breeds of Honey Bees, Apis mellifera - there are about 29 breeds / subspecies!
African - Buckfast - Carniolan - Caucasian - Dark Bee - Iberian -
Italian (incl. Cordovan, Ligurian, 3-banded, Italian Alpine Bee, European Black Bee),
LUS - Midnite - Russian - Saskatraz - Starline - Yugo
Beekeeping/Honey Bee Races - Wikipedia; nice pro/con charts
Honeybee Breeds - a chart by Eversweet Apiaries
The Common Races of Honey Bees - by Perfect Bee
Races of Honey Bees in North America - by Bush Bees (Michael Bush); includes LUS, Midnite, Starline
Types of Honey Bees - by Doug the Bee Guy
Africanized honey bee - Wikipedia; a hybrid of Western by crossing East African with Italian & Iberian
Carniolan honey bee - Wikipedia; Apis mellifera carnica
East African lowland honey bee - Wikipedia; Apis mellifera scutellata
European Dark Bee (aka: Black Bee) - Wikipedia; Apis mellifera mellifera
Iberian honey bee - Wikipedia; Apis mellifera iberiensis
Italian honey bee - Wikipedia; Apis mellifera ligustica
Russian honey bee - Wikipedia; Apis mellifera that originate in the Primorsky Krai region of Russia
The Saskatraz Project - developed in Saskatchewan, Ontario, Canada
Western honey bee - Wikipedia; Apis mellifera
What is the difference between Italian and Carnolian honey bees?
- I have reformatted this article (for reading clarity) and added a cross-reference chart in:
pdf and MS Word/docx formats.
The Common Varieties of Honey Bees - Discusses Italians, Carniolans, and Saskatraz
Pol-line (or Pol-line Hygienic Italian) queens - Miller Compound HoneyBees and Agriculture
Pol-Line Queens
Identification
How to identify a honey bee using wing veins
World's largest bee spotted for the first time since 1981
ID Your Bees - images provided by Blythewood Bee Company
Importance of Honey Bees
The Plight of the Honeybee - A World Without Bees; by Bryan Walsh; Time Magazine, Aug. 19, 2013
DEMYSTIFIED: What Would Happen If All the Bees Died? - Encyclopaedia Britannica
Why bees are important
Why are bees important? - this video is about all bees (not just honey bees)
Honeybees and their importance in sustaining life on earth
Why Bees Are Important to Our Planet
5 Reasons Why Honey Bees Are So Important
10 Reasons Why Bees Are Important
Honey Bees: Heroes of Our Planet
To all the unsung heroes...Thank you! - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Intelligence
Spelling bees? No, but they can do arithmetic, say researchers
Bees can link symbols to numbers, study finds
Bees Recognize Human Faces - Science Magazine, Dec. 2, 2005
Bees - Buying and Installing (packages & nucs)
How To Install Package Bees in a Langstroth Hive
How To Install Package Bees in a Top Bar Hive
Kelley Beekeeping: How to install a 3 lb package of bees
How Do I Install Package Bees? - Dadant
How To Install Package Bees and Nucs
Nucleus (Nuc) vs. Package Bees ― What's Best For A Beginner?
Buying Honey Bees - pros & cons of acquiring packages, nucs, swarms, established hives
Bees - Killer / Africanized
Killer bees vs honey bees | Western Exterminator
Africanized Honey Bee - Florida Dept. of Agriculture & Consumer Services (FDACS)
Africanized honey bee - Wikipedia; a hybrid of Western by crossing East African with Italian & Iberian
Africanized Honey Bees - by UF IFAS Extension
What to do in a bee attack: 5 things you need to know
Bees - Drones
Lawrence Connor: Secrets of Drone Congregation Areas - YouTube
All About Drones by Kim Flottum - A lecture given by Kim Flottum at the 2017 National Honey Show
drones bees haploid cells - Google Search
9" Drone Frame Waxed - 10 pack
Drone Layer or Laying Worker?
The Vital Role the Drone Plays in the Beehive
Bye, boy bees!- Drone (male) bee getting kicked out of the hive.
Bees - Native Bees
Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab
How to mitigate the negative impacts of beekeeping
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Bees - Queens
Sounds - The queen bee is piping in the hive - Sunset Magazine
Queen Cells : Do They Mean Trouble? - Describes 3 types of queen cells, and what to do (if anything) about them.
Supersedure vs. Swarm: How to Identify Queen Cells - by Dadant & Sons
Identifying Queen Cells - distinguishing between supersedure and swarm cells
How to become an expert at finding your queen
Spotty brood ≠ failing queen
The publication referenced in the article linked immediately above:
Is the Brood Pattern within a Honey Bee Colony a Reliable Indicator of Queen Quality?
Pol-line (or Pol-line Hygienic Italian) queens - Miller Compound HoneyBees and Agriculture
Queens - Clipping (a wing)
Why clip the wings of your queen?
Monday morning myth: Clipped wings prevent swarming.
Queen clipping - Why?
Wing clipping of the queen bee - time to stop.
Effect of clipping Honey Bees' wings. - by I.W. Forster (1971)
Clipped and Marked? Part I. and
Clipped and Marked? Part 2
Queens - Marking (the thorax)
Queen Marking - The Apiarist
Queen Marking Colours
International Queen Bee Marking Colors
Queens - Buying (& VSH Queens) Also: see my FULL PAGE on "How to Buy a Queen"
What Are VSH (Varroa Sensitive Hygiene) Bees?
Varroa Sensitive Hygiene VSH; The natural way to control mites and brood diseases
Pol-line (or Pol-line Hygienic Italian) queens - VSH queens; Miller Compound HoneyBees and Agriculture
Queens - Rearing... See also:
Hopkins System and
Jenter System and
Nicot System and
OTS System
Honey Bee Queen Emerging from Queen Cell ((Caught on Camera))
Best Management Practices for Producing Honey Bee Queens in Florida - by FL Dept Agriculture; a Microsoft Word (.doc) download
How to setup Queen Bee Artificial Insemination Instrument - YouTube
Starting Insemination - YouTube
Checking Warnholz Mini Nuc's (Nucleus) - Queen Rearing Beekeeping Techniques - YouTube
5 Methods To Help You Raise Your Own Queens - PerfectBee
Small Scale Commercial Queen Rearing
Queens For Pennies - Randy Oliver
Piping Queen
Explaining A Queen Castle?
Queen Castles: What I use and How to Build
Beekeeping. Queen castle start up. June 1
and followup: Beekeeping. Queen castle update June 5. They have started building queen cells.
Emergency queen rearing in honeybee colonies with brood of known age. - Tofilski and Czekonska. 2004. Apidologie 35(2004):275–282.
How We Produce Queens - Bob Binnie at Blue Ridge Honey Company
If You Need Queens but Do Not Know How To Graft!
Queen Rearing - How to Rear Queen Bees - 10/10 method (10 over 10 method)10 ; cell starter & cell finisher
Making Queens The Easy Way! Beekeeping 2020 - Poor Man's Queens
Queens - Rearing - Hopkins System
The Hopkins Method of Queen Rearing - Michael Bush / Bush Bees
The Hopkins Method of Queen Rearing - Beesource
How to raise a queen bee by the Hopkins method
Very Simple Graft-free Queen Rearing Method
Queens - Rearing - Jenter System
Jenter Queen Rearing System - instructions, by Blue Sky Bee Supply
Queens - Rearing - Nicot System [pronounced: NEE-koh]
A Beginners Guide to the Nicot Method of Queen Rearing
How to Raise Queen Bees - the Nicot queen rearing system explained
The Cell Builder "Explained" - Richard Noel
The Cell Builder explained: Q and A - Richard Noel
Queens - Rearing - OTS System (OTS = On The Spot)
7 Key Principles for Successful OTS ("On The Spot") Queen Rearing and Colony Increase
"OTS" Beekeeping - On The Spot queen rearing - Facebook Group
Queens - Royal Jelly
Royal jelly isn't what makes a queen bee a queen bee.
What is royal jelly?
Royal Jelly - Wikipedia
How royal jelly helps honeybee larvae defy gravity and become queens
What it takes to make a queen bee
Queens - Re-Queening (including "Hot" Hives)
Re-queening a "Hot" Hive in 10 Steps - by Keeping Backyard Bees
Requeening Hot Bees - by Bush Farms / Michael Bush
Re-queening Hot Hives - excerpt from Aug. 1, 2017 American Bee Journal
Requeening a hive may not be the answer - by HoneyBeeSuite
Watch How Bees Accept And Reject Queens, Don't Miss This
Euthanizing of a dangerous hive.
Artificial Insemination ("AI")
Artificial insemination for queen bee turtorial
Queen Bee Artificial Insemination Instrument
Instrumental Insemination of HoneyBee Queens - Part 1 of 2
Instrumental Insemination of HoneyBee Queens - Part 2 of 2
How to setup Queen Bee Artificial Insemination Instrument
Honey Bee Insemination Service
Instrumental / Artificial Insemination Series, Episode 1 - Catching the Drones
Instrumental / Artificial Insemination Series, Episode 2 - Settling the Drones
Instrumental / Artificial Insemination Series, Episode 3 - Prepping the Equipment for Drone Harvest
Instrumental / Artificial Insemination Tip of the day! Queen Potty!
Artificial insemination of honeybees
Insemination process for queen bees
C1746 Instrumental Insemination of Queen Bees
Queen Bee Insemination
Instrumental Insemination of Honey Bee Queens - Susan Cobey
Artificial Insemination Used to Breed a Better Bee
Breeding Betta Bees
Artificial insemination of bees
Bees - workers (including laying workers)
Understanding / Fixing A Laying Worker Colony (Drone Layers)
Drone Layer or Laying Worker?
Beekeeping Laying Workers Part 1
Beekeeping Laying Worker Part 2
Buying bees - packages & nucs
Plastic packages - Spieth Road Stories - The Future Is Now | Bee Culture
Northern Raised Nucleus Colony Installation
How to Buy Honey Bees Successfully - by Carolina Honeybees
Stings
Epi Pens and Beekeeping, allergic reaction, bee sting, responsible Beekeeping
How To Handle Honey Bees Without Getting Stung
Amazing bee stinger IN ACTION! OUCH!!! Bee sting
What to Do After a Bee Sting
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Clothing
Girl Next Door Honey ‘SHE’S A KEEPER’ UNISEX TEE
Etsy
KingTee Store - awesome graphics on t-shirts and more
Best Beekeeping Suit, What to look for, 5 different reviews
AnimalLovePro - a variety: shoes, seat covers, dress, leggings, quilt
Beekeeper GLOVES REVIEW - Beekeeping 101 Bee equipment
Bees - LOTS of educational bee posters, and some clothing
Commercial Beekeeping
Beekeeping Insurance Services
What Commercial Beekeepers do to Keep Their Bee Hives Alive - Varroa mite check & "Mite-A-Thon"
Small Scale Commercial Queen Rearing
Computing
ApiManager - Apiary and Beehive Management for Beekeepers (an "app" for computers & cellphones)
Engineers brought together by Mars are now using technology to save Australia's bees from devastating varroa mites
Colony Size - counting number of bees
Langstroth "deep" frame: 80 x 40 cells = 3,200 cells/side; 25% more than the number of cells in a Langstroth "medium" frame
Langstroth "medium" frame: 80 x 32 cells = 2,560 cells/side; 80% of the number of cells in a Langstroth "deep" frame
To "count" bees/colony: estimate percentage cover of both active bees and brood (uncapped & capped) for each side of each frame.
Number of Adult Honey Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Occupying a Comb: A Standard for Estimating Colony Populations. - by Burgett & Burikam; a 210 KB pdf file
Estimating Honey Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Colony Strength by a Simple Method: Measuring Cluster Size. - by Nasr, et al; a 2 MB pdf file
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Education
UF IFAS Master Beekeeper Program
Why Bees Are Disappearing - a Ted Talk, by Marla Spivak, 2013
Ted Talks About Honey Bees - 7 TED Talks listed
www.eXtension.org
- beekeeping extension services
Popular Beekeeping Videos - Mahako Bees
BIGGEST mistakes AMERICAN beekeepers make!
Waikato Domestic Beekeepers Association - very nice educational photos from Digital Museum of Natural History
Stay at Home Beekeeping Series - Alabama Extension; weekly "Zoom" presentations.
Bees - LOTS of educational bee posters, and some clothing
Bee College
2018 Gainesville Florida Bee College - Schedules, ALL course materials, and MY personal notes from classes I attended
Beekeeping diary #5: University of Florida Bee College Tour - 2018 Gainesville, Florida
2018 UF/IFAS Caribbean Bee College Tickets, Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 6:00 PM | Eventbrite
2019 South Florida Bee College - March 8-9, 2019 in Davie, Florida; visit this site, then click: view details
2019 Gainesville Florida Bee College
- August 5-6 and/or 8-9, Gainesville, UF/IFAS Honey Bee Research & Extension Lab!
(UF/IFAS = University of Florida / Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences)
2020 Spring (March 6-7) Gainesville Florida Bee College
2020 VIRTUAL Bee College; Gainesville, Florida
References, Books, Old Books, Archived Books
Biodiversity Heritage Library - visit this site, then search for ________
Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Books, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine
References - Honey Bees - The sweetest pollinators on Earth
Beekeeping | Pollinator.org
Dadant System of Beekeeping - 1920. Dadant, Camille Pierre; 1st ed.; 115 pages
Magazines
Bee Culture - The Magazine of American Beekeeping
American Bee Journal - A publication about bees and beekeeping
American Bee Journal; 1866-1921, vols. 2-61 - Biodiversity Heritage Library
The American Beekeeper; Jan. 1898; vol. 8, No. 1 - Biodiversity Heritage Library
Bee World
- Available FREE to International Bee Research Foundation (IBRA) members
ABF Quarterly Magazine - Available ONLY to American Beekeeping Federation (ABF) members
Beekeepers Quarterly
The Beekeepers Annual - Comprehensive directory of beekeeping associations and organizations
The Bee Line - Bi-monthly newsletter of the Maine State Beekeepers Association (MSBA)
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Perfect Bee - online course videos
CLICK HERE for the list of videos for this course, and where to register for courses
Presentations
Selection Methods for Honey Bee Breeding - Washington State University Extension
Powerpoint Presentations – Ohio State Beekeepers Association
Beekeeping presentations by Michael Bush
General public presentation - Scientific Beekeeping - Randy Oliver
Giving a Great Bee Presentation | Berkshire Beekeeping
Introduction to beekeeping - online presentation
Queens For Pennies Powerpoint Presentation
- see also: Queens For Pennies online version.
Powerpoint Presentations | Bee Culture
Honeybee Presentation by Fred Dawson | Wilson County Beekeepers
Beekeeping - University of Delaware - will download a PowerPoint presentation
Free Varroa Resources & Bee Club Presentation
- and downloadable here - from Honey Bee Health Coalition
Single or Double Brood Box?
Why Managing Bee Hives as Single Brood Chambers Works - in southern Ontario, Canada. Do the math!, at 5:00+
An Efficient Single Brood Chamber Colony (June 26 Part 1)
Not as efficient (June 26 Part 2) Preparing for honey flow
Single Brood Chamber - Univ. of Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Single Hive Management Explained - Really means: single brood box (he has 1500 hives); Manitoba
Misc. Educational links:
Honey Bee Haven - pollinator resources; put your "bee haven" on the map!
10 tips for teaching kids about bees
Bee Magic Chronicles - Info for Beekeepers
Posters for Presentations - Girl Next Door Honey
Teaching Frames and
Inserts only - educational photos mounted in hive frames; by MannLake
Do You Want to Be a Beekeeper? with Michelle Carter - YouTube
Bush Bees, beekeeping terminology, glossary, dictionary
BUSH BEES - The Practical Beekeeper, Beekeeping Naturally, Bush Bees, by Michael Bush
Bee Books - Mother Earth News - How-To Books
Beekeeping - Hobby Farms
BeeKeeping Course Literature - USF Botanical Gardens
Brevard County Honey, Bee Removal and Education | A & D Hives, LLC
Girl Next Door Honey Beekeeping Classes
Beesource Beekeeping Forums
Cornwallhoney.co.uk - YouTube - YouTube
Adventures in Beekeeping / Mann Lake Blog
DC Honeybees
New Honeybee Lab in Florida Creating a Buzz - Growing Produce
BIP - Using beekeepers' real world experience to solve beekeepers' real world problems | Bee Informed Partnership
Beesource Beekeeping
Beekeeping - What Are These??? - YouTube
A comprehensive guide to yellow stripey things
Honey Bee Health Coalition
PerfectBee: To Your First Beehive and Beyond - PerfectBee
UFhoneybeelab - YouTube
University of Guelph - Home Page
How to read the frames | Beekeeping | Bees | Guide | Omlet US
Hive Assessments and Taking Notes | Bee Informed Partnership
BioQuip - Life Cycle Replicas
Cornwall Honey - Beepedia - Everything you want to know about bees and beekeeping
20 Amazing Honey Bee Facts!
Scientific Beekeeping - Randy Oliver
PerfectBee Academy Online Beekeeping Course - PerfectBee
ADW: Apis mellifera: INFORMATION
Beekeeping Like A Girl - A Natural Beekeeping Blog
Beekeeping Like A Girl - 10 MISTAKES NEW BEEKEEPERS MAKE
Brushy Mountain Bee Farm - BLOG
Brief History of Beekeeping – World Of Honeybees
Education - The Honeybee ConservancyThe Honeybee Conservancy
Bee lesson plans - The Honeybee ConservancyThe Honeybee Conservancy
The Bee Girl Organization
emmymade - YouTube
Bearding
Bearding Bees
Honey Bees Bearding Outside the Bee Hive! FAQ 33 Why do they do that? Bees Clustered.
Quick lesson on bearding bees
Honey Bees Bearding Outside Hives in high heat
The Waggle Dance of the Honeybee ...an awesome explanation and demonstration!
How Do Bees Make Honey? - also includes queen rearing, waggle dance, and more
Chemical Communication in the Honey Bee Society - Ch. 5, IN: Mucignat-Caretta C, ed. 2014. Neurobiology of Chemical Communication.
Content headers of chapter/section 5.1; however, much more
follows in subsequent sections of chapter 5!
5.1. PHEROMONES OF THE HONEY BEE COLONY
5.1.1. Queen Pheromones
5.1.1.1. Main Component of the Queen Signal: The Queen Mandibular Pheromone
5.1.1.2. Beyond the QMP: Other Queen Pheromones
5.1.2. Worker Pheromones
5.1.2.1. Regulation of Worker Reproduction: The Mandibular Gland Pheromones
5.1.2.2. Regulation of Worker Activity: Ethyl Oleate
5.1.2.3. Orientation and Recruitment: The Nasonov Gland Pheromones
5.1.2.4. Marking and Recruiting in Foraging Behavior: Tarsal Glands and Other Pheromones
5.1.2.5. Defensive Behavior: Alarm Pheromones
5.1.2.6. Nestmate Recognition: The Cuticular Hydrocarbons
5.1.3. Drone Pheromones
5.1.3.1. Drone Acceptance in the Colony
5.1.4. Brood Pheromones
5.1.4.1. Regulation of Brood Development and Care
5.1.4.2. Regulation of Worker Reproduction
5.1.4.3. Regulation of Worker Behavioral Development
5.1.5. Pheromone Complexity and Evolution of Sociality in Bees
Balling or Cuddle Death - the killing of a queen by lots of worker bees surrounding her, overheating and killing her.
This behaviour may also occur to kill predators in the hive, such as wasps.
Queen Bees Who Become Too Old or Diseased Are Suffocated by Workers in 'Cuddle Death'
Balling of Queens. A Behaviour of Honey Bees.
Honey bees balling Queen bee - video
Honey Bee Queen Getting Balled in My Bare Hand (workers trying to kill the queen) - video
Festooning
Honey Bees "festooning"
Washboarding
Honey Bees Washboarding Behavior / Bees On Face Of Hive
HONEY BEE Apis mellifera washboarding mystery solved? Dr. Tom Seeley is right.
Publication:
"Washboarding in Feral Honey Bees", Apis mellifera, Observations at Natural Hives."
- by J.F.Taulman, 2017. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science; 120(1-2):31-38. (referenced by the above video)
Washboard Behavior
Terminology / Vocabulary / Acronyms
see MY WEB PAGE of Terminology and Acronyms!
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Feeding
Honeybee Nutrition (Part 1) and
Honeybee Nutrition (Part 2) - Randy Oliver
Mountain Camp feeding - Honey Bee Suite
How to make a bucket feeder - by Carolina Honeybees
Ultimate In-Hive Feeder - Scottsville Supply Co.
Ultimate In-Hive Feeder - Betterbee
Ultimate External Feeder
A History of Feeders - compares feeders: open, entrance, frame, top, package, spray bottle, and solid food feeders.
Why OPEN Feeding vs Hive Top or In Hive Feeding!
HowTo: Build Boardman style entrance feeders
What kind of sugar should I feed my bees?
Feeding Bees - Frame Feeders - by Dan Wyns; 13 May 2020
Feeding Bees - Gravity Feeders - by Dan Wyns; 19 May 2020
Beekeeper Recipes and Guides - by Rolla Bee Club, Missouri
Feeding - Essential Oils
Essential Oils for Honeybees
Essential oils in beekeeping, What they do, How to use oils in Beehive
My Essential Oils Feed Mixture to fight Bacteria and Viruses vectored in by Varroa Mites!
Feeding - Plants / Flowers / Gardens
10 Things to Know About Planting for Honeybees
Plants for Bees! - by Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS)
Feeding - Probiotics
Probiotics And Colony Productivity - Randy Oliver
Feeding - Winter Feeding
Feeding Bees in the Winter | Dadant & Sons Learning Center
Winter feeding of honey bees - Honey Bee Suite
Why so many starving bees? - Honey Bee Suite
Amazon.com : Ceracell 2.5 Gallon Beehive Top Feeder 10 Frame : Garden & Outdoor
Ceracell 2.5-Gallon Top Feeder – Blythewood Bee Company
Feeders – Pierco
Honey
National Honey Show
The American Honey Producers Association - AHPA
FDACS 5K-4.027 Standard of Identity – Honey. - FDACS = Florida Dept. of Agriculture & Consumer Services
FDACS-P-01979 Honey Standards brochure - Florida
The Mystery and Myth of Organic Beekeeping. Part 1 of Three Parts.
- Part 1: by William Blomstedt; American Bee Journal, 152.10 (Oct 2012):957-960)
- The Mystery and Myth of Organic Beekeeping. - by William Blomstedt (Part 1, from WordPress)
- Part 2: American Bee Journal 152.11 (Nov. 2012):1065-1069.
- Part 3: American Bee Journal 152.12 (Dec 2012):1157-1160.
Mapping the Phenology of European Honey Bee Nectar Flows - by William Blomstedt
"True Source" honey certification
Hani Honey - Sales & Services, Treasure Coast of Florida
Girl Next Door Honey San Diego Beekeeping & Honey
McCoy's Sunny South Apiaries – #1 Premier Florida Honey Provider
76% of the honey sold in the US is fake! - MyBeeLine
Cowen Uncapper — Cowen Manufacturing Inc.
Top 10 Refractometers of 2018 - Best Reviews Guide
Bottling, Labeling, and Selling Honey in Florida - including Cottage Laws
Hale's Honey | Pure & Local Honey in Menifee County | Home
Ceracell Round Comb Honey Super Kit For 10-Frame Sized Hive - Ceracell
How to Harvest Honey! | Beekeeping with Maddie #12
Extracting and processing 140 gallons of honey.
Porter Bee Escape: Methods of Removing Honey | Bee Culture
How Do Bees Make Honey? - also includes queen rearing, waggle dance, and more
Different Types of Extractors - Educational blog by MannLake
Honey Traveler - Info about honey from around the world
My first year's honey harvest: 49 Pounds - from start to finish
How to Recognize And Test Pure Honey?
Where Does Honey Come From?
Honey Facts Worth Buzzing About
DIY Drill Powered Honey Spinner
How to recognize a nectar dearth
How to store your honey
Don't Split! Get a big honey crop with the Demaree method
Honey - Health Benefits
Cornwall Honey - Health and Beauty with Honey
SWEET BENEFITS - BeeMade Honey
Honey - Health Detriments
How to Kill with Honey - adverse effects of "Mad Honey"
Grayanotoxin Poisoning: ‘Mad Honey Disease’ and Beyond
- Note: grayanotoxins occur in plants like Oleander and Rhododendron
Mad Honey Intoxication: A Case Series of 21 Patients
These Common Foods Can Actually Kill You Gallery
- Raw honey can contain toxins, pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs), which can cause liver damage and may lead to cancer.
Pyrrolizidine alkaloids in honey and bee pollen
Pyrrolizidine alkaloid - Wikipedia
Honey - Types & Definitions:
Raw, Pure, Natural, Organic, filtered, strained, pasteurized, whipped, Kiawe ...what's the difference?
How are raw honey and regular honey different?
What is Pure Honey?
The Story of Hawaii’s Kiawe Honey
One Of The Rarest Honeys In The World Comes From This Hawaiian Island
How Whipped Honey is Made
Honeydew Honey - For a detailed definition and report, see: Borst, P. 2019. Honeydew Honey: Its Origin, History, and Use.
Am. Bee J. 159(11):1255-1259.
Honey Supers
Colony Management Summer 2019 - When to add supers (at 15:00+) at Dyce Lab for Honey Bee Studies
HoneyComb - Specialty & Synthetic
Ross Round Super Kit Assembly & Harvest - blueskybeesupply.com
Hogg Halfcomb Kit
Unique Process of Herman's Honeycomb - YouTube
Hogg Half Comb Honey Super Kit Instructional Video - YouTube
Hexacells - "a revolutionary new beekeeping comb"
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Laws - Florida
Beekeeper Compliance Agreement
2019 Florida Statutes Chapter 586: Honey Certification and Honey Bees - links to sections of FS Ch 586
2018 Florida Statutes Chapter 586: Honey Certification and Honey Bees - links to sections of FS Ch 586
2016 Florida Statutes Chapter 586: Honey Certification and Honeybees
"Legal Matters" - links to legal information, provided by the Beekeepers of Volusia County
What Florida's Honey Bee Law Means For You - Florida Statute Chapter 586 (interpretation & discussion)
2013 Florida Statutes Chapter 586: Honey Certification and Honey Bees - links to sections of FS Ch 586
and All of FS Ch 586 - for easy printing in its entirety
Florida Administrative Code (FAC): 5B-54
and May 2018 UF/IFAS summary
Keeping Bees in Florida
Florida Beekeeper Registrations and Certifications
Pests of honeybees and unwanted races of honeybees - Florida Administrative Rules
Application for Beekeeping Registration (in Florida)
Florida Apiary Inspection - Bureau of Plant and Apiary Inspection
Bottling, Labeling, and Selling Honey in Florida - including Cottage Laws
FDACS 5K-4.027 Standard of Identity – Honey. - FDACS = Florida Dept. of Agriculture & Consumer Services
FDACS-P-01979 Honey Standards brochure - Florida
Beekeeping Rules and Regulations - a compilation by Jaime Ellis
Organic Beekeeping
BeeVital
Bee Hive weight temperature humidity monitoring
How to Control Varroa Mites for a Healthy Beehive | Organic Gardening Blog
They Mystery and Myth of Organic Beekeeping. Part 1 of Three Parts. - by William Blomstedt (American Bee Journal, 2012:957-960)
Ultimate Chemical Free Varroa Mite and Small Hive Beetle Eliminator!!! - Heat Treatment
Mighty Mite Thermal Treatment Users a public FaceBook group
Ultimate Chemical Free Varroa Mite and Small Hive Beetle Eliminator!!! - Heat Treatment
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Pests & Colony Management
The Best Management Practice for Bee Health: A Guide for Beekeepers
- an 82-page pdf document by the Honey Bee Health Coalition
NY Bee Wellness - your source for maintaining healthy honey bee colonies
Ants
Ultimate ANT proof hive stand beekeeping - YouTube
Beetles - Small Hive Beetles (SHB)
Small Hive Beetle larvae-The hungry beast-Save the honey bees
The Small Hive Beetle: A Potential Pest in Honey Bee Colonies in Oregon - Awesome 3D rotatable graphics!
Handbook of Small Hive Beetle IPM - by Wm. Michael Hood (IPM = Integrated Pest Managament)
Spread of the Small Hive Beetle - by William Blomstedt (see also: July 2019 American Bee Journal, pp. 817-820)
The slippery life of the small hive beetle
Featured Creatures - Small Hive Beetle - UF/IFAS (nice photos!)
Handbook of Small Hive Beetle IPM - by Wm. Michael Hood
The Small Hive Beetle: A Potential Pest in Honey Bee Colonies in Oregon
Beetle Management
Managing Small Hive Beetles
Small Hive Beetle management options - NSW Department of Primary Industries, 2008
Small Hive Beetle Management in Mississippi
When and how to apply Heterorhabditis indica for small hive beetle control. - Nematode application to soil under hives
How to Get Rid of Small Hive Beetles for Good in 5 Fail-Proof Steps
PVC Portal Hive That Keeps Small Hive Beetles Out
CATCH THE BUZZ - New Cover Lets in Only Red Light, and Keeps Small Hive Beetles Out. | Bee Culture
Small Hive Beetle Prevention With Tubed Entrances
Beetle "Slime Out"
Hive Beetles Take Advantage Of Retired Beekeeper, How To Clean Up A Beetle Infested Hive
- worst Small Hive Beetle infestation seen by "628 Dirt Rooster"!
SLIMED 911 Small Hive Beetle Rescue
Bees Slimed by small hive beetles but saved
Small Hive Beetle slime out
Beetle Traps
Small Hive Beetle Barrier (custom bottom board; uses "NeverWet") - by Jeff Willard
Beetle Jail – Millerbees Mfg
Guardian Bee Hive Entrance - Red Light Demo - YouTube video
Guardian Bee Hive Entrance - FaceBook site and Facebook's Group:
Beekeeping Techniques
Guardian Bee Hive Entrance - website
Reusable Beetle Trap [RBT] | Blue Sky Bee Supply
beetle traps, beetle blasters, traps, trampas, escarabajos negros, SHM, small hive beetle
Amazon.com : Blythewood Bee Company Beetle Barn Hive Beetle Trap : Garden & Outdoor
Beetle Barn Hive Beetle Trap – Blythewood Bee Company
Beetle Barn- M90D - Rossman Apiaries
Beetle Buster Small Hive Beetle trap for beekeepers
Small Hive Beetle, Aethina tumida Murray (Insecta: Coleoptera: Nitidulidae)
Diatomaceous earth look at all the dead small hive beetles in my Apimaye hive
CD Beetle Traps - John Pluta
How to Get Rid of Small Hive Beetles for Good in 5 Fail-Proof Steps
Episode 3: Small Hive Beetle
Clark’s Beetle Blocker Shim
Ultimate Chemical Free Varroa Mite and Small Hive Beetle Eliminator!!! - Heat Treatment
How to save your honey bees from hive beetles - modified CD cases (like the "Beetle Barn") & "Beetle Blaster" traps
NEW Small Hive Beetle trap - cheap, reusable, BEE FRIENDLY - "DE Beetle Trap"; similar to "Beetle Barn"
No longer available(?)... possibly available at www.honeybee.com
External attractant trap for small hive beetle
The Original Freeman Beetle Trap - see also:
for sale, with pictures and
full screen video
Beetle Jail - Beetle traps, etc. for sale
Hive Beetles Take Advantage Of Retired Beekeeper, How To Clean Up A Beetle Infested Hive - Massive Hive Beetle infestation!.
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Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) and other repetitive or seasonal hive losses
- CCD, so named in 2006, was historically called: Disappearing Disease and Spring Dwindle Disease and Autumn Collapse
DEMYSTIFIED: What Would Happen If All the Bees Died? - Encyclopaedia Britannica
Colony Collapse Disorder by Dave Tarpy - YouTube
Why did my bees die video
Saving the bees: Honeybee populations on the rise after Colony Collapse Disorder
Honey Bee Colony Losses 2017-2018: Preliminary Results - also graphs annual losses back to 2006.
For beekeepers, the "New Normal" is unacceptable. - addresses the changing "acceptable" annual hive loss.
Why Are The Bees Dying?
Bee declines driven by combined stress from parasites, pesticides, and lack of flowers
Colony Collapse Disorder and the Ever-Evolving Plight of the Honeybee
Chalkbrood
Chalkbrood Disease - by BeeAware
Chalkbrood Disease - by Texas Apiary Inspection Service
Standard methods for fungal brood disease research - by A.B. Jensen, et al. 2013. J. Apic. Res. 52(1):
Foulbrood, American (AFB)
How to Diagnose American Foulbrood
AFB Diagnostic Test Kit - available from
Dadant and
Mann Lake and
Betterbee and others
How to use Vita Diagnostic Test Kit for American Foulbrood
Dogs Assist Beekeepers by Sniffing Out Foulbrood
New Antibiotic Approved for Treating Bacterial Honey Bee Disease - Tylosin Tartrate (aka Tylan soluble)
Method of Application of Tylosin, an Antibiotic for American Foulbrood Control, with Effects on Small Hive Beetle (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) Populations
Veterinarians' guide to honey bee antibiotics: Webinar
Honey Bee Diseases: American Foulbrood
Foulbrood, European (EFB)
EFB Diagnostic Test Kit - available from
Dadant and
Mann Lake and
Betterbee and others
Isle of Wight Disease (Acarine Disease)
The ‘Isle of Wight Disease’: The Origin and Significance of the Myth - 1945; Bee World 45(1):32-37. (abstract)
The ‘Isle of Wight Disease’: The Origin and Significance of the Myth - another abstract.
The Status of Isle of Wight Disease in Various Countries
“Isle of Wight” or Acariñe Disease: its Historical and Practical Aspects - by Brother Adam
Stonebrood
Standard methods for fungal brood disease research - by A.B. Jensen, et al. 2013. J. Apic. Res. 52(1):
Virus Testing Service
BVS, Inc.
Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus (IAPV)
Colony Collapse Disorder by Dave Tarpy - YouTube SEE 29:19
Nosema
Fighting Nosema In Your Hive - Hobby Farms
Episode 2: Nosema Disease - YouTube
Small Hive Beetle, Aethina tumida Murray (Insecta: Coleoptera: Nitidulidae)
How to Quantify Nosema Spores Infection Rate in a Honey Bee Colony
FatBeeMan - Nosema Treatment for Honey Bees
Nosema & Varroa Mites - Randy Oliver NY Bee Wellness
Pesticides
France Becomes The First Country To Ban All Five Pesticides Linked To Bee Deaths
Mosquito Control and Beekeepers
Pesticide Issues for the Backyard Beekeeper - National Pesticide Information Center (NPIC)
Tracheal Mites
Episode 1: Tracheal Mites - YouTube
Tropilaelaps Mites - Tropilaelaps mercedesae and Tropilaelaps clareae
Tropilaelaps the WORST mite of HONEY BEES.
Ecology, Life History, and Management of Tropilaelaps Mites
Varroa Mites - Varroa destructor - See sections, below, for Formic Acid and Oxalic Acid
IPM 7 The Arsenal: “Natural” Treatments – Part 1 - by Randy Oliver
IPM 7 The Arsenal: “Natural” Treatments – Part 2 - by Randy Oliver
Making a plan for the varroa mite - a comprehensive webinar by Michigan State Univ. Beekeeping; time 1:17:52
2019 North American Mite-A-Thon and
MiteCheck Survey and see this
informational pdf flier
What Commercial Beekeepers do to Keep Their Bee Hives Alive - Varroa mite check & "Mite-A-Thon"
Recent spread of Varroa destructor Virus-1, a honey bee pathogen, in the United States. - Ryabov, E.V., et al. 2017.
Honey Bee Health Coalition:
Tools For Varroa Management
- An awesome, 25-page pdf document
Varroa Management Decision Tool
- A "must read"
Varoa Sampling Methods
Varoa videos and presentation
Varroa Mite Treatments / Mann Lake Blog
Pro Vap 110 - Mite treatment for honey bees best tool ever made - $500
Episode 4: Varroa Mites - YouTube
Life cycle of varroa mites and their effect on honey bee colonies - NOD Apiary Products (NOD = Natures Own Design)
Cornwall Honey - Beepedia - Varroa mites and Beevital Hiveclean, a natural Varroa Treatment
Cornwall Honey - Beepedia - Managing the Varroa mite - Page 1
I Didn't Treat My Bees, I Didn't See Any Mites / Importance Of Varroa Mite Management - YouTube
How to Control Varroa Mites for a Healthy Beehive | Organic Gardening Blog
Category » Varroa IPM Strategies « @ Scientific Beekeeping - Randy Oliver
Quality Beekeeping Supplies - Varroa Mite
A new way of protecting bees against varroa mites | Bee Care
Varroa Gate - YouTube - A 53:29 presentation by Nikolaus Koeniger at the 2014 National Honey Show
Varroa Gate - A new solution for healthy honey bee hives
Varroa mites - by BeeAware
How to Check for Varroa Mites | Beekeeping Learning Center | Dadant & Sons 1863
Integrated Pest Management of Varroa in North America - American Bee Journal
Varroa Mite Controls - British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture
Varroa Mite Detection Methods - British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture
Mighty Mite Thermal Treatment Users a public FaceBook group
Keep Bees Alive - Michigan Pollinator Initiative
Monitoring mites with a sugar shake
How to do a Sugar Shake Mite Count
In Field vs Lab Alcohol Shake
Varroa destructor feeds primarily on honey bee fat body tissue and not hemolymph - A 2.7 MB document
Nosema & Varroa Mites - Randy Oliver NY Bee Wellness
My Essential Oils Feed Mixture to fight Bacteria and Viruses vectored in by Varroa Mites!
Lithium Chloride kills Varroa Mite? Apis mellifera - video by Humberto Boncristiani; and here's the referenced journal article!
Engineers brought together by Mars are now using technology to save Australia's bees from devastating varroa mites
TRAPPING COMB – alternative method for Varroa control in honey bee colonies
Varroa Mites - Formic Acid treatment (including MAQS)
Winter Bees & Formic Acid: Used right, a successful combination. | Bee Culture
Flow Hive - VARROA v. MAQS = RESULTS - Day 126 - Beginner Beekeeping - YouTube
MAQS Beehive Strips Application Video (Ireland, Malta, New Zealand and United Kingdom) - YouTube
Mite Away Quick Strips Application Video (Canadian) - NOD Apiary Products (NOD = Natures Own Design)
How to treat honey bees for Varroa Mites with Mite Away Quick Strips (MAQS) - Fall Line Ridge
Varroa Mites - Oxalic Acid treatment
Blue Ridge Bee Company - How Oxalic Acid Works
Oxalic Acid Vaporizer Kit
How to Apply Oxalic Acid Vaporizer on Apimaye Bee Hives - Apimaye Insulated Bee Hives
A late December oxalic acid dribble for varroa mite control
A Beekeepers Guide To Using Oxalic Acid
Wax Moths
Wax Moth Treatment to Help Your Bees Win the Battle
Search results for wax moths on the website: Backyard Beekeeping
How to treat wax moths in beehives - by Bee Keep Club
How to treat wax moths in beehives - by Carolina Honey Bees
Winter Loss
Honey Bee Colony Losses 2017-2018: Preliminary Results - posted by/on: BeeInformed.org
University of Maryland-led survey finds honeybee losses highest in 13 years this winter - published by Washington Post; June 20, 2019
Yellow Jackets
How To Quickly Trap 1,000 YellowJackets In Just Hours. Mousetrap Monday - YouTube
Bayer - Bee Care
Every Hive Counts – BroodMinder
UFhoneybeelab - YouTube
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Pollen
Top 8 Bee Pollen Benefits (No. 7 Is Remarkable)
Investigating bees via pollen analysis
Pollination
Why Bees and Pollination Are So Important
(thanks to Jenna for this link!)
Pollination and Protecting Pollinators - Washington State University Extension
Pollination, Plants and Insects - YouTube (milkweed)
List of crop plants pollinated by bees - Wikipedia
Beekeepers - Michigan Pollinator Initiative
Pollinator Stewardship Council
Creating Pollinator Gardens: Flower Fragrances to Attract Pollinators - this link submitted by Lauren, August 2022
Note: the page at the above link provides a multitude of links which support Pollinator Gardens!
Bees and Honey: Creating Pollinator Gardens -
 link submitted by Corrine, 1/31/2024!
Removal
A Affordable Bee Removal Service | No Kill Bee Removal | St. Lucie County, FL
The Bartlett Bee Whisperer - Photos
Why is it so hard to find a bee hive when you can see where the bees are entering? - Incredible number of bees & comb!
Don't Split! Get a big honey crop with the Demaree method
Splits - Walk-Away
A beginner's guide to walk-away splits
How to make a walkaway split
How We Do A Walk-Away Split! - Kaylee, at The Honeystead... and, the update:
Beehive Inspection- Walk Away Split Update!
Splits - Double-Screen Board
Making a Pre-Emptive Split Using a Double-Screen Board - BetterBee
Double screened dividing board, what it is, how it's used, how to build one - Jeff Horchoff
Splitting Using a Double Screen Board - Bob Binnie
Splits - Taranov
Taranov Split -- Watch Me Empty ALL of my Bees onto a Cloth -- Bee Vlog#6, 2018 - by emmymade
Details of the Taranov split
Supplies
Dadant - Quality Beekeeping Supplies
The Barefoot Beekeeper
Beginning Beekeeping Supplies - Beekeeping Supplies | dana bee farm
Mann Lake - Beekeeping Supplies & Protective Gear
Maxant Industries | Beekeeping Equipment & Supplies
Beez Needz - Beekeeping Products, Beekeeping Supplies, Honey Bee Supplies - Beez Needz
South Florida Bee Supplies - Bee Supplies
Glory Bee
Hive Butler
History
A Taste of Beekeeping History - by
John's Beekeeping Notebook
Famous Beekeepers -
from Ron Miksha's "Bad Beekeeping Blog"
History Of Beekeeping
History Of Beekeeping in the United States
The Global History of Beekeeping
1000 Bee Web Links - by Ron Miksha; scroll down / search to section: The Historical Bee
Conservation / Save The Bees!
Why Bees are Disappearing - a TED Talk, by Marla Spivak (15 min video)
Every city needs healthy honey bees - a TED Talk, by Noah Wilson-Rich
Want to change the world? Think like a bee. - a TED Talk, by Marianne Gee
A Plea For Bees - a TED Talk, by Dennis vanEnglesdorp
Every City Needs Healthy Honey Bees - a TED Talk, by Noah Wilson-Rich
How you can help save the bees, one hive at a time. - a TED Talk, by Noah Wilson-Rich
The Case of the Vanishing Honeybees - a TED Talk, by Emma Bryce
The Hidden Beauty of Pollination> - a TED Talk, by Louie Schwartzberg
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HIVE TYPES
Hive types are numerous (>40 listed), and are presented on a separate web page:
Click THIS LINK for Hive Types: Types of Beehives - Historical, Backyard, Commercial
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Sleeping
Photographer Reveals Photos Of Bees Sleeping In Flowers And It's The Cutest Thing You'll See
Swarms
The #1 Honey Bee Swarm Lure In America. - Swarm Commander
Swarm Control for Managed Beehives
The #1 Honey Bee Swarm Lure In America.
Honey Bees preparing to SWARM swarm interrupted, swarm cells, drones
Everything you need to know about catching honey bee swarms.
Colony Management Summer 2019 - swarm control (etc.) at Dyce Lab for Honey Bee Studies
Snelgrove Board - Also known as a double screen board, has several different uses but in swarm prevention works by having six separate notches that divide a colony into two, separated by a double screen. The brood, queen, and all queen cells are placed in the top, and the foragers continue to use the main entrance on the bottom. Over time, the foragers return to the colony that has no brood. The brood has no foragers, and swarming is abandoned. [see: Am. Bee J. 169(6):713]
Swarm Traps
How to build a Bait Hive / Swarm Trap and get Free Bees - YouTube
Swarm Trap Construction - YouTube
Swarm Trooper Swarm Trap – Blythewood Bee Company
Metal and Canvas Swarm Catcher, Miller Bee Supply
Economy Black Cloth Swarm Trap – Blythewood Bee Company
Layens Hives - for sale
Everything you need to know about catching honey bee swarms. - by Jason Bruns
Swarm Catcher - bag that attaches to a pole
How To Use Swarm Commander Premium Swarm Lure - by the creator of Swarm Commander!
Swarm Trapping #1 - What Bees Want, Trap Types - Pros & Cons
Removals & Swarm Captures
A Affordable Bee Removal Service | Fort Pierce, FL - website
A Affordable Bee Removal Service - Facebook
Alpine Farms Bee Removal | South Florida Bee Removal Services - Vero Beach to Fort Lauderdale
How to Remove Bees from a Wall
Use This One Strange Trick To Catch A Swarm This Season
Bee Vacuums (for bee removals)
The "Everything Bee Vac" - by All My Bees
Colorado Bee Vac - by Colorado Bee Rescue
The Super Bee Vac & Introductory Hive
Removals - "Trap Out" (vs a "Cut Out")
What is a Trap-Out?
How to Remove Bees Using Trap Out
Best way to do honey bee trap out on a "wall"
DIY Bee Vacuum, Bee Vac, Pest Control, Beekeeping, Swarm Catcher
No Kill Honey Bee Vacuum by B. B. Nelson Apiaries - a testimonial by the
628 Dirt Rooster
Bee vac explained then used on massive bee hive. - by Jeff Horchoff Bees ("Mr. Ed")
Wax, Candles, etc.
The Beauty of Beeswax - Carolina Honeybees
Rendering bees wax
Beeswax - by Larry Connor; American Bee Journal, Aug 1, 2015
How to Make Beeswax Candles - great details, at a commercial site
From Trash to Treasure: How to Render Beeswax
Cleaning Beeswax - from old brood comb
Rendering bees wax, capping wax vs comb wax, is there a difference? - by Mr. Ed
How to apply beeswax to plastic foundation - by Kamon Reynolds
Weather
How to help bees in hot weather
WebCams - Watch LIVE bees at and inside their hive!
Bees in a log in Buchloe, Germany; also see:
landing board of same hive
Hives and More
A curated collection of beehive cams - 8 cams listed; by Grove Greenman
George Washington University - the outside of many hives; can zoom, pan, focus etc. on specific hives
Inside a Top Bar Hive, 24/7 - courtesy of Bee Best Bee Removal (in La Mesa, California)
Hurricane Preparation
Apiary hurricane preparedness
15 Ways to Keep Bees Safe During a Hurricane
Protective Measures of Beehives During Hurricanes
Hurricane Prep for Beekeepers
How to Prepare Beehives for Hurricanes
A damage survey from Hurricane Harvey in Texas and Hurricane Irma in Florida was done in September 2017. - Bee Culture Magazine; Oct. 27, 2017
Misc.
Beesource Beekeeping Forums
The Adorable Custom of ‘Telling The Bees’
Build The Bee Lab
Flight of the Bumblebee
Top 7 Reasons for Cranky Bees Keeping Backyard Bees
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