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Beekeeping is concerned primarily with the domesticated honey bee, Apis mellifera. This category contains information on beekeeping techniques, pollination, and the husbandry of bees, associations, supplies, and research. Information on the biology of bees can be found in the Zoology and taxonomic categories.

Subcategories 4

Related categories 8

Sites 52

Africanized Bee spread map

Provides a map and information on the spread of these bees into the U.S.

Apiconsult

Assisting the development of beekeeping in Africa through sharing information appropriate to the area.

Apiculture and Beekeeping Archive

Articles from sci.agriculture.beekeeping newsgroup, logs from the listserv bee-l, FAQ files, and apicultural resources.

Austin Bee Helpers

A blog about Bee-centered care taking. An alternative to the pervasive honey-centered paradigm.

Bee Biodynamic

Encourages biodynamic agriculture which supports the life of bees, providing them with a safe and healthy environment.

Bee Informed Partnership

An extension project trying to decrease winter mortality of managed honey bee colonies.

The Bee Lab

University of Minnesota Extension site has manuals and guides, public and academic courses, and description of their research.

Bee Research Directorate

Dr. Nizar Haddad on beekeeping in Jordan - books, articles and films about beekeeping. English and Arabic.

Bee Thinking

Supplier of horizontal top bar and Warré hives. Also provides a directory of bee related resources.

Bee-info.com

Information about honeybees, their products, biology, diseases and provides guidance to new beekeepers.

Beehoo

World-wide beekeeping directory.

Beekeeping and Bee Breeding

Detailed information on history, equipment, breeding, available products, and books from a hobbyist.

Beekeeping Free Tips

A beekeeping blog on the basics of keeping bees for love and honey.

Beekeeping in Ukraine

Information about beekeeping in the country, and its cultural and economic importance. [Ukrainian, English, and Russian]

Beekeeping with a Top-Bar Hive

How to keep bees naturally with a top-bar hive - free plans, retail hives, books, DVDs and other resources. Sustainable beekeeping for the backyard beekeeper.

Bees-Online

Information resource about honey bees and their value to mankind, written to inspire and encourage people to keep bees themselves.

Beverly Bees

Organic beekeeping how-to's and instructional videos using langstroth and top bar hives. Raw honey, hive hosting, bee removal in Boston, MA.

BioBees

Beekeeping using top bar hives. Free detailed plans for building a top bar hive. Author of The Barefoot Beekeeper.

Biobees Limited

New Zealand’s largest producer of commercial bumblebee hives; providing natural and efficient pollination of NZ food crops.

Buzz About Bees

Describes the different types of bees, their nests, life cycles, causes of decline, honey, and how we can help them.

Danmarks Biavlerforening

The Danish Beekeepers' Association. Includes a diary recounting the activities of an efficient hive owner in Denmark.

Egyptian bees

Guide for beginners in beekeeping and raising bees. Contains articles about purchasing bees, beehives, and tools.

Enemies of Bees

Information on the most common bee diseases that occur in the United States with suggested treatments.

For the Love of Bees

Classes in natural top-bar beekeeping located in New Mexico. Instructor Les Crowder, author of the book, "Top-Bar Beekeeping."

Gold Star Honeybees

Supplier of retail top bar hives and hive kits. Several free "how-to" videos on beekeeping using top bar hives.

Hampton Roads Beekeepers

Top-bar beekeepers in Hampton Roads, Virginia. Monthly local meetings.

Help the honeybee

Site with practical advice on beekeeping and ways in which you can help save the honeybee

Hivetool.com

Guide to beginning beekeeping in Tennessee. Live webcams inside a bee hive.

Hog Bay Apiary

Ligurian bee sanctuary in South Australia. Includes information on the bees, beekeeping, and beekeepers of Kangaroo island.

HoneyBee Australis

Australian beekeeping information and supplies.

The Honeybee Conservancy

Non-profit that advocates for bees and their natural environment.

Honeybee Decline

Dutch website with scientific information on the causes and results of honeybee decline and pollinator loss, edited by Utrecht University.

HoneyLove

A nonprofit conservation organization with a mission to protect the honeybees and inspire and educate new urban beekeepers.

How to get rid of bees?

Information about bees in Los Angeles: Africanized honeybees and how to remove them.

John's Beekeeping Notebook

Bee hive observations, beekeeping history, rearing queens, beekeeping experiences in the Fiji Islands and the Ukraine.

Kalamazoo Bee Club

Beekeeping basics: historical background, equipment, defenses, colony development and honey harvesting.

Kiwimana's Beekeeping Blog

Organic Beekeepers from the hills of West Auckland in New Zealand.

Learning Beekeeping

Offers information for new beekeepers on how to make hives and keep bees. Includes videos, articles and a blog.

Mid-Atlantic Apiculture

Factsheets and videos on beginning beekeeping, honeybee biology, hive management, diseases and pests.

National Honey Board

Information for consumers, the food industry and the honey industry. Funds research projects and provides merchandising materials.

Natural Beekeeping

Beekeeping naturally, using herbs and oils.

Of Bees, Beekeepers and Food

Information about the importance of bees and pollination to our food supply, beekeeping, honey, and beeswax.

Pollination Beekeepers

Management information for both home and commercial fruit and vegetable pollination.

Pollination: The Forgotten Agricultural Input

Article by Dr. M. Sanford on the importance of honey bees to agriculture.

The Practical Beekeeper

Natural beekeeping without treatments for pests or diseases and only minimal interventions. By Michael Bush, author of the three volume book set: "The Practical Beekeeper."

Save Our Bees

Promotes the Health and Longevity of Honey Bees in Australia.

Slovenian Beekeeping

Organizations, on-line education project, research facilities. History of beekeeping and videos of bee behavior (Slovene + English).

Spikenard Farm

A honeybee sanctuary promoting sustainable and biodynamic beekeeping.

Tiwana Bee Farm

Beekeeping in India and the apiculture technology of the area. Punjab, India.

Top Bar Observation Hive

Building plans and photographs.

Vanishing Of The Bees

Educational video concerning the disappearance of honeybees.