HELPFUL LINKS ABOUT BEES, WASPS AND YELLOW JACKETS
National Honey Board – Information for consumers, media, or industry insiders on the beekeeping industry, as well as newsletters and even recipes
Beesource.com – excellent beekeeping forums on a variety of beekeeping topics
Bumblebee.org– North American Bumblebees
Florida-Agriculture.com – Florida has more recently been facing the challenge of Africanized bees. This video is a wonderful production posted by the Florida
Department of Agriculture.
Beard of Bees video
RESEARCH & INFORMATION
Congressional Research Service – “Recent Honeybee Colony Declines”
Mid-Atlantic Apiculture Research and Extension Consortium
Basic Beekeeping Guide
Project Apis M (an organization of beekeepers, almond growers, and other “friends of the industry,” dedicated to bee research) – http://www.projectapism.org/
University of California Riverside– Entomology- Bee Research
University of California Davis – Entomology – Bee Research Facility and Dr. Eric Mussen, Extension Apiculturist –
UC Berkeley Bee Friendly Gardens
Equipment & Supplies
Dadant & Sons – The premier source for beekeeping supplies
Also publisher of the American Bee Journal
Mann Lake Ltd
Olivarez Honey Bees, Inc – A good source of quality queens and package bees
Knorr Beeswax
BEEKEEPING ASSOCIATIONS & CLUBS
California State Beekeepers Association
Orange County Beekeepers Association