Africanised Honey Bees (Florida, USA)
http://hammock.ifas.ufl.edu/txt/fairs/mg/11816.html
Tom Sandford provides a question and answer article to provide
factual information.
Africanised Honey Bees (Texas, USA)
http://128.194.30.1/agcom/news/hc/ahb/ahbhome.htm
Find out the real story of the introduction and spread up through
South America to the US.
Africanised Honeybee Education Project (USA)
http://ag.arizona.edu/AES/mac/ahb/ahbhome.html
A useful and educational site with projects related to bees and
beekeeping for children (and adults!).
Bug Walks
http://sdcc12.ucsd.edu/~wa12/bugs2.95.html
Short overview of Africanised honeybees (mostly information drawn
from Dr Mark Winston's book).
Apitherapy
American Apitherapy Society
http://www.beesting.com/#AAS
The use of bee stings and venom in various forms of therapy.
Conrad Berube Pages
http://pinc.com/~bwarner/resume.htm
Includes copies of various published articles.
Sar Shalom Apiaries
http://www.why.net/users/Bkeeper1
A new site with special interest in substances produced by honeybees
that are beneficial to humans, through consumption.
Spectrum Medical Arts
http://www1.shore.net/~spectrum/apitherapy.html
Information about using bee venom in a therapeutic manner.
Wolf Home Page
http://www.az.com/~jwolf
Pages with a particular emphasis on apitherapy.
Commercial Sites
AI Root Company
http://www.airoot.com/bee.htm
Bee Culture magazine, including some of the most recent articles.
Bee Barf
http://www.slimeworld.org/honey/beebarf.html
Yes, what can I say? Go see for yourself.
Bee Healthy (NY, USA)
http://members.gnn.com/BeeHealthy/beehive.htm
Jean-Francois Lariviere's company, featuring products from the hive.
Beehive Botanicals
http://www.productzoo.com/beehive/
Honey, pollen, royal jelly and propolis products for sale.
Beeworks
http://www.muskoka.net/~beeworks
Ventilated hives, T-Mite resistant queens.North American agents for
E.H.Thorne UK.
Coffee Gourmet
http://www.townlink.com/coffeegourmet/cghoney.htm
Sales location for New Zealand's Airborne Honey in the US.
Golden Pride
http://www.goldenpride.com/gp.htm
Links to pollen, propolis and royal jelly information and purchase.
Hawaiian Honey Bees
http://www.alohamall.com/hamakua/honey.htm
Honey from Hawaii for sale.
Honey Bee Tree
http://www.lanmax.com/bee/
Honey from upstate New York for sale.
Honey Hive (Taupo, NZ)
http://www.gisnz.com/tpohonhi.html
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.
Howard Honey Farm
http://www.smart.net/~metric/honey/
Maryland honey for sale.
Jan's Sweetness and Light
http://users.aol.com/SweetnessL/sweetlit.htm
Varietal honeys and gift sets.
Mann Lake Ltd (Minnesota, USA)
http://www.mannlakeltd.com/
Equipment and beeswax supplier.
Munzer Apiaries
http://www.net-advantage.com/munzer/
Long Island honey and some beekeeping supplies for sale.
Palais D'Amour
http://www.wwcoinc.com/palais/news.html
Honey from US midwest for sale.
Peace Corps materials
http://www.peacecorps.gov/www/otaps/ICE5.HTML
A variety of materials for sale and download.
PJ Apiaries
http://members.aol.com/mrpatr/pjsa.htm
Hobbyists from New Jersey with links to Scouting movement.
Pollen Man
http://members.aol.com/pollenman1/index.htm
Propolis, pollen, royal jelly for sale.
Sherry Honey Farms
http://www.bright.net/~honeybee/
Ohio beekeepers and honey sales
Smokey Mountain Bee Company
http://www.usit.net/smokeybs/index.html
Includes queens and packages for sale, along with other beekeeping
information.
Sue Bee Honey
http://www.suebee.com/
A comprehensive and highly professional site that is well worth a
visit. You can even send a honey related postcard to another email user!
Thomas Equipment
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/APISERVICES/thoma_us.htm
French equipment manufacturer
Thorne Beekeeping Supplies (UK)
http://www.thorne.co.uk
Home of one of the UK's primary equipment suppliers. Good information
about what is needed to start out in beekeeping.
Touchstone - Burt's Bees, Inc.
http://monsterbit.com/touch/burts1.html
Lotions and creams made with beeswax from Maine (USA).
World's Finest
http://www.worldsfinest.com/
Columbian propolis emulsions in honey for sale.
Legal
Alaskan Statutes, Title 3, Chapter 47
http://www.touchngo.com/lglcntr/akstats/Statutes/Title03/Chapter47.htm
Alaskan laws related to bees and beekeeping equipment.
Honey Research, Promotion, and Consumer Information (US Code, Title
7, Chapter 77)
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/7/ch77.html
US Code related to research, promotion and consumer information
Honeybees (US Code, Title 7, Chapter 11)
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/7/ch11.html
US Code related to honeybees
North Vancouver bylaw
http://www.district.north-van.bc.ca/admin/bylaws/6474.htm
Bylaw for the keeping of bees in built up area
Ordinances related to beekeeping
http://www.sannet.gov/city-council/council-activities/municipal-zoning-code/040/040/040/
A variety of ordinances about beekeeping from San Diego.
Specific Locations
Agriculture in Alberta
http://www.agric.gov.ab.ca/agdex/000/0002500h.html
Overview of beekeeping in Alberta province of Canada.
Bee Page on MBS
http://www.pix.za/mbs/body/beepage.htm
Bee page from Zaire. Includes list of links to other sites.
Beekeeping in Rubber Plantations
http://www.metla.fi/conf/iufro95abs/d5pap144.htm
Use of Apis dorsata bee in India.
Canadian beekeeping
http://www.agr.ca/cb/facts/fao7e.html
All about Canada's honey industry...
Canadian Honey Crop
http://aceis.agr.ca/misb/hort/honey.html
1995 honey crop information for Canada.
Egyptian Beekeeping
http://www.arab.net/eqypt/culture/et_beekeeping.html
History and practice of Egyptian beekeeping.
Irish Beekeeping on the Web
http://www.infochase.com/sci/beekeeping/index.html
Beekeeping in Ireland
Malasian beekeeping story
http://gears.tucson.ars.ag.gov/gears/nx/malaysia/malaysia.html
The Tualang Tree, the Giant Asian Honey Bees and the Hindu Myth of
the Princess, Hitam Manis-- Dark Sweetness...
Slovakian Beekeeping
http://afnet.uniag.sk/~chlebo/beekeep.html
Pages about Slovakian beekeeping
Miscellaneous
B-Eye
http://cvs.anu.edu.au/andy/beye/beyehome.html
See the world the way a bee does.
Beekeeping Web Page
http://cs-ftp.bu.edu/faculty/snyder/cs101/bobsample.html
A page used as an example in an HTML writing course!
Candles You Can Burn
http://homepage.interaccess.com./~bmolo/
Making a variety of candles from beeswax.
Distance Education Course
http://www.cde.sfu.ca/courses/BISC004.html
Simon Fraser University offers a distance education course in bee
biology.
Honey Pots
http://www.box.nl/~kvry/engels1.htm
Collection of honey pots.
Opportunity Network
http://www.oppnet.com/ern/bee.html
Bee video for sale.
Truckin' Folks
http://www.roadking.com/Archive/TF10-24.html
Story about hauling hives with big trucks!
Videos for sale
http://www.uoguelph.ca/istudy/bee.htm
Beekeeping videos from the University of Guelph.
Year in the Life of an Apiary
http://www.gactr.uga.edu/VideoCatalog/bees.html
Video and book package from University of Georgia.
Organisations
Apimondia
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/APISERVICES/apim_us.htm
World organisation that has Congress at various locations.
Bee and Surrounding Friends Association
http://www.eureka.it/~4a/english.htm
Italian site offering assistance to promote better understanding of
bees and beekeeping topics.
Bee Maid Honey
http://www.beemaid.com/
With links to Alberta Honey Producers, BeeMaid Honey, Manitoba Honey
Producers and Western Wax Works
Beekeeping Calendar (UK)
http://www.millhouse.co.uk/national
Updated regularly, these pages inform you of all of the various honey
shows and other happenings in the UK.
British Isles Bee Breeders Association
http://www.millhouse.co.uk/bibba
One of the main British beekeeping associations.
International Bee Research Association
http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/ibra/index.html
The IBRA is a real 'clearing house' for information about beekeeping.
They have one of the most extensive beekeeping libraries in the world.
Maryland (USA) Beekeepers Page
http://iaa.umd.edu/mdbee/mdbee.html
Still under construction. Mostly links to other sites.
Midnite Bee
http://www.winterharbor.com/midnitebee/
A very attractive site with excellent graphics. Includes newsletter
and speaker's reports from recent local meetings.
Ontario Beekeepers Association
http://www.tdg.ca/ontag/bee
Mission statement, details of officers and membership.
Oxfordshire Bee Keepers Association
http://www.tdale.demon.co.uk/BeeKeeping.htm
English based bee association
Surrey Bee Keepers Association
http://www.guildford.ac.uk/beehive/
Pages maintained by an English beekeeping association
Surrey Beekeepers Association
http://www.guildford.ac.uk/beehive/
Includes diary, news and beekeeping tips.
University of Nebraska Extension
http://ianrwww.unl.edu/ianr/entomol/beekpg/beekpg.htm
Worcester County Bee Association
http://www.nesc.org/~juggler/beekeepers.html
Includes back issues of the Association's newspaper.
Personal Pages
Allen Dick's Home Page (Canada)
http://www.internode.net:80/~allend
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
http://gauss.maths.abdn.ac.uk/~mel/bees.html
English hobbyist with good picture of his four hives (including WBC
style).
Barry's Bee Page (Illinois, USA)
http://www.birkey.com/BLB/index.html
Includes plans for bee hives and equipment.
Beekeeping at Hazlegrove
http://www.kingsjnr.demon.co.uk/hobbies/bee.html
A few photos and description of hobby beekeeping in England affected
by varroa mites.
Chris-o-rama Bee Page
http://www.mv.com/ipusers/zippy/bee.html
One hobbyist's experience over the first few seasons with a movie and
some nice photos.
Coyle's bee page
http://www.hookup.net/%7Ekcoyle/TextBeekeeping.html
Hobbyist beekeepers with seven hives.
Dave Green's Pollination Pages (USA)
http://users.aol.com/pollinator/polpage1.html
Dave Green is a serious pollination beekeeper. These pages contain a
wealth of practical information for grower and beekeeper alike.
Kangaroo Island Beekeeping (Australia)
http://www.eastend.com.au/~goble/KiBees/
Isolated since the late 1800's, a sanctuary for bee breeding off the
coast of Australia.
Norwegian beekeeping
http://www.ifi.unit.no/~janne/beekeep.htm
Page of general bee information (related pages in Norwegian).
P-O Gustafsson's Pages (Sweden)
http://www.kuai.se/~beeman/
Excellent pages from a practical beekeeper. Neat photos of a
beekeeper at work!
Rick's Beekeeping Home Page
http://www.avana.net/pages/personal/digital/
Page from a keen beekeeper including links to mead making resources.
Reference Sites
APIS Newsletter (Florida, USA)
http://www.ifas.ufl.edu/~mts/apishtm/apis.htm
Tom Sandford'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
http://www-afpmb.acq.osd.mil/pubs/tims/tim34.htm
Excellent resource material on bees, stings and Africanised
honeybees.
BEE-L subscriptions
http://www.cuug.ab.ca:8001/~dicka/bee-l.html
Subscription for for the BEE-L (unmoderated) mailing list
Bee-Plus Newsletter (Michigan, USA)
http://www.ent.msu.edu/dept/bplus/
Roger Hoopingarner's newsletter (back issues also available).
Beekeeping FAQ
ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/beekeeping-faq
Answers to all those basic questions about beekeeping!
Beekeeping Tips
http://www.msstate.edu/Entomology/Beekeeping/Contents2.html
Mississippi State University's tips for beekeepers.
Beekeeping WWW Home Page (University of Washington)
http://weber.u.washington.edu/~jlks/bee.html
Includes links to many other sites.
Bees and Beekeeping Gopher (Ohio State University)
gopher://sun1.oardc.ohio-state.edu:70/11/bioag/bee-info
Gopher menu about bees and beekeeping
Bugwatch
http://bugwatch.com/pages/bees.htm
Good education information about bees as insects.
Compuserve beekeeper's home pages
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Beekeeping/
Some excellent graphics, including a Java applet of the bee dance
FAO food database
http://apps.fao.org/lim500/Agri_dbpl
Can report on honey from specific countries. Useful resource.
FTP from Sunsite
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/academic/agriculture/sustainable_agriculture/beekeeping/
A variety of pictures and text for anonymous FTP.
Honeybee biology
http://koning.ecsu.ctstateu.edu/Plants_Human/bees/bees.html
Quite detailled information on bee biology with good line
illustrations.
List of Resources
http://www.ent.iastate.edu/List/Beekeeping.html
Entomology Index of Internet Resources: Beekeeping.
Minnesota Apiary Section
http://www.mda.state.mn.us/docs/AGRON/PP/apiary.htm
Includes information on detecting varroa mites and information about
chalkbrood.
National Honey Board Database
http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/academic/agriculture/entomology/beekeeping/National_Honey_Board/honref.txt
Largish (200k) database of information about honey use.
Nebraska beekeeping
http://ianrwww.unl.edu/ianr/pubs/extnpubs/insects/g1104.htm
How to' guide to start beekeeping in Nebraska, including excellent
bibliographical and other sources of information.
sci.agriculture.beekeeping
news:sci.agriculture.beekeeping
The Usenet group that discusses bees and beekeeping.
Small Farm Resource
http://www.halcyon.com/kenworth/sfr/bees.htm
Practical information about beekeeping
Research Sites
Apiary Inspectors of America
http://www.mda.state.mn.us/docs/AIA/AIA.HTM
With contacts in each of the states for inspectors and regulatory
personnel.
Beekeeping Notes
http://ipm_www.ncsu.edu/insect_notes/Beekeeping/bee_contents.html
North Carolina State University sites, with pollination, plantings
for bees and mite information.
Devon Apicultural Research Group
http://members.tripod.com/~DARGUK/home.htm
Lists current projects of this English research group.
GEARS - Global Entomology Agriculture Research Server (Arizona, USA)
http://198.22.133.109/
The USDA Carl Hayden Bee Research Center in Tucson pages include
Africanised bee information, pollination, research, and educational materials.
Honey Research Unit
http://quasar.sci.waikato.ac.nz/Subjects/Biology/Honey/honey_page.html
University of Waikato (NZ) research unit specialising in honey
related research.
Honeybee Science Research Center
http://www.tamagawa.ac.jp/SISETU/GAKUJUTU/honeybee.html
Japanese research laboratory
Kohala Net beekeeping
http://www.kohala.net/bees/
Excellent graphics of healthy bees and larvae and a wide variety of
pests and diseases.
University of Montana (Montana, USA)
http://www.umt.edu/biology/bees
The use of bees as environmental indicators.
USDA ARS Honey Bee Breeding, Genetics, and Physiology Research Unit
http://nola.srrc.usda.gov/baton/hbb.html
USDA Baton Rouge Lab has mission statement, email contacts for
personnel.
USDA Bee Research Lab (Texas, USA)
http://rsru2.tamu.edu/hbru/hbru.htm
This USDA lab has been at the forefront of Africanised honeybee and
mite research.
USDA Beltsville Bee Research Laboratory
http://sun.ars-grin.gov/ars/Beltsville/barc/psi/brl/brl-page.html
Maryland (USA) based lab, information on personnel and projects
underway.
Varroa control research (West Virginia, USA)
http://www.wvu.edu/~agexten/varroa.htm
Preliminary esults of research using essential oils for varroa mite
control.
Beekeeping Software
AAPA Bees and Beekeeping Database
http://gnv.ifas.ufl.edu/~ent1/software/det_bees.htm
American Association of Professional Apiculturalists database with
text and photos (not for download, but for purchase).
Animated cursor scheme
http://www.islandnet.com/~wwseb/cursors.htm
Designed for Windows 95
Bee Aware
http://server.age.psu.edu/esdg/BeeAware.html
Software to assist in diagnosis and treatment of bee diseases and
pests.
Honey Board database (.ZIP file)
http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/academic/agriculture/entomology/beekeeping/National_Honey_Board/ honref.zip
Get the Honey Board database to work with on your own computer.
Worthwhile information.
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