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Info
Mid-Atlantic
Apiculture good info, some plans
UGA BeeKeeping
info page (DeLaPlane), fairly broad, including life cycle
Beginning
Beekeeping for Kentuckians - detailed comprehensive beginner info
Beesource.com with plans,
retrogressing info, et al; very good
The Beehive
with downloadable
beginner and bee lit e-books
Tob-Bar Hives ,
KTBH
and Small scale beekeeping
- lots of plans and instruction
TBH's also at John's
Notebook, Robert Talk
BeeTools basics
- beginner info from Luckiamute
Bee (with plans, bumbles,
and other info)
Dave
Cushman - beginning info/instruction, site ambitiously under construction,
incl detailed frame assembly instructions
Beemaster.com
- some beginner info, tai-chi beekeeping
George Imrie's
pink pages- writings/speeches of a master beekeeper, more articles here,
lots of info
Midnite Bee -
tips and articles from Imrie et al
Glenn Apiaries
good info on queen breeding and genetics
Apiservices some
articles, links, list info, and good reference, cf hive products chapters
Carl Hayden Bee Research Lab GEARS:
Beebook, WebBeePop, varroa-pop program, much more
Generally good pages
Al's Beekeeping Homepage
info, supplies, links
Beekeeper's Reference metasite
(good)
About.com
- variety of categorized topics and links
Allen Dick's Alberta
page, good links, info, links to discussion lists
P-O.'s Beekeeping Site
- very visual, lots of description
BeeData Beekeeping Database Net
Resource - trying to compile lots of links/info
U of Montana
technobees
Small farm resource
- beekeeping faqs
CABS - Austin Tx beekeeping
group, beginner info, etc
CyberBeeNet some info, lots
of links
New Zealand Beekeeping -
some info, lots of references and links
Mabesoone
Family Apiary - recipes, stuff for sale: videos, $260 software, etc
Pollinator.com pollination info
and good beekeeping links
page
Bees.net bee-friendly ISP $200/yr,
$40/2y domain name
Beekeeper's
home page a little info, some links, ok
Specific reference/topics
Honeybee Improvement
Program - eugenics in queen rearing
Mite control:
Magazines/Lists/Chats
Bee Culture
magazine archives
APIS issues/archives
Bee
Tidings - U of Nebraska quarterly newsletter, also recipes from state
fair
Apiculture
News - UC Davis newsletter
The
Basingstoke Beekeeper - largely quarterly newsletter
Bee-l.com news/discussion, links
to Apis-L, Bee-L et al; Searchable
Archive and logs here
Sci.Agriculture.Beekeeping
newsgroup, browsable
link, search
link
Alt.Hobbies.Beekeeping newsgroup
- less populated than Sci.Ag
Beekeeping forum
at GardenWeb
Rec.crafts.meadmaking newsgroup,
browsable
link
Beekeeping and Apiculture archive
- sci.agriculture.beekeeping and logs from Bee-L, et al
BeeData.com's
BBS
Honey Bee Growers Digest
mailing list
BeeGadgets
- new list
Irish beekeeping
- subscribe by sending mail here w/ blank subject/body;
archives
Clan Apis - comic
book
HiveChat
#hbachat
About.com
chat Tuesdays 9:30 and 21:30
At Kentbee.com
Yahoo chat
Organizations
Tn Beekeepers Association
Tn
Apiary Registration card
Nashville
Area Beekeepers Association
Backyard Beekeepers Association
(BYBA) with link to organization search
(from A.I.Root)
American Beekeeping Federation
Federation of Irish Beekeepers
Association (FIBKA)
Bee Improvement and Bee Breeders Association
(BIBBA)
International Bee Research
Association (IBRA)
British Beekeepers Association
(BBKA)
National Honey Board
Cooperative Extensions
Supplies:
List at
Beesource.com
Dadant and Son's
Mid-Continent Agrimarketing
has 1/8" hardware cloth
Swienty supplies
Bee Commerce.com bees (I),
supplies (ct)
Equinox
Bee Studio, LTD. - bees (q: nwc, I), supplies, plans (ny)
GloryBee Foods - supplies,
hive products and supplies
Mann Lake LTD. pretty
catalogue
S & F Honey Farm, INC.
- fairly basic though has skeps, no pics
Western Bee Supplies, INC.
supplies
Miller
Bee Supply bees (I-pickup), supplies (nc)
Brushy Mountain Bee Farm
supplies, bees (I) (nc, ga, al)
Draper's Super Bee
Apiaries supplies, bees (I, Cc, B(q), St, M), info on hive products
(ny)
Lagrant's supplies,
bees (ma)
B. Weaver Apiaries, INC.
bees (B, I+, H-!v) (tx)
R. WEAVER APIARIES, INC.
bees (I+, B), needs to tweak links (tx)
Glenn
Apiaries hygeinic and resistant bees (q: I-card,Cr, R; hyg) (ca)
The Beez Neez Apiary
Supply bees (I), supplies (incl soap & winemaking) (wa)
Long Creek Apiaries
bees (I) in eastern TN (email for prices)
Strachan Apiaries
bees (q: nwc, I) $12 (ca)
Rossman Apiaries bees (I),
cypress hives (ga)
Koehnen & Sons
bees (I, Cr-q), $8 (calif)
Allen's bee ranch
bees, calif
Recipes/other plans:
Beetools
plans-solar melter, observation hive
Foundation
mold preparation
Vortex
escape board - looks neat but don't know if I'd ever use it with TBH
Beeswax
petroleum jelly - used to keep hive parts from getting stuck with propolis
(in a couple years I'll try to devise a hand lotion based on wax, propolis,
and/or honey; if you know one, feel free to mail
me)
Honey pop: http://www.beesource.com/eob/hs.htm
; http://www.gsu.edu/~biojdsx/johnrecp.htm
Honey Christmas IceCream: http://www.apis.demon.co.uk/beekeeping/newsletters/December-97.html#Recipe
Honey soap: http://www.beekeeping.com/goodies/soap.htm,
general
soap instructions
Propolis
tincture (1:2 propolis/etoh ratio for non-sat)
Skin
cream from sci.agriculture.beekeeping
Search at Epicurious.com
- 443 results
Sue Bee and other
various food: http://www.gabeekeeping.com/recipes.htm
Dave's Mead
book
Mead Brewing Archive
The Mead Maker's
Page with good links, cf archive
, Mead Lovers Digest
Links
BeeHoo.com - metasite boasts 1000
links, good organization, might crash netscape
Beekeeper's Reference metasite
(good)
Beekeeper's
Home page long list
Beekeeping in New Zealand
best for its good links list
International Bee
Research Association big list with reference section
Iowa State
Beekeeping links
http://www.beekeeping.com/_menus_us/links.htm
http://www.beesource.com/links/index.htm
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Beekeeping/weblinks.htm
http://www.cybertours.com/~midnitebee/html/beelinks.html
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/APISERVICES/
Unvisited
: http://gears.tucson.ars.ag.gov/
very large observation hive: http://www.gandboss.demon.co.uk/BeeStuff/Bee
Photos/photo.htm
ICQ beekeeping: http://www.icqit.com/dirsearch.adp?query=beekeeping&CLIENT=icq2000a
For supplies for my TBH:
hardware cloth: http://www.mid-conagri.com/P5205.HTM
1/8": 30" x $3/foot