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January 22, 2014

Beekeeping Links

Beekeeping Magazines:
World Beekeeping Websites:


  • Quebec Beekeeping Museum (Canada)
  • Summit Gardens Honey Farms Ltd. – Calgary, Alberta (Canada)



  • Yukon Beekeeping (Canada)
  • Chilean Beekeeping and the Laws of Nature (Chile)
  • Chilean Bee Web Site (Great Spot!) (Chile)
  • Mesa Apicola Nacional de Chile (Chile)
  • China Bee (China)
  • Cooperative Chinese Beekeeping great photo (China)



  • Croatian Beekeeping (Croatia)



  • Croatian Message Board for Beekeepers (Croatia)



  • Honey Spots of Central Istria (Croatia)



  • Honey Bee Institute (Czech Republic)



  • Estonian Beekeeping (Estonia)



  • South Pacific Beekeeping (Fiji)



  • Hunajayhtymä (Finland)



  • Pasi's Finland Beekeeping Site (Finland)



  • Apiservices and Apimondia Pages (France)



  • Page Apicole (France)



  • Bio-Honig: Wald und Wiesen Imkerei (Germany)



  • Honig Schmidt (Germany)



  • Institut für Bienenkunde aus Frankfurt (Germany)



  • A History of Greek Honey and Beekeeping (Greece)



  • Greek Beekeeping Center (Greece)



  • Greek Honeydew Production (Greece)



  • John Phillips - A Beekeeper in Greece (Greece)



  • Hungarian Beekeeping (Hungary)
  • Monks, Doctors and Little Old Ladies - Beekeepers of Hungary (Hungary)



  • Galtee Bee Breeders – The European Dark Bee (Ireland)



  • Irish Beekeeping Website(Ireland)



  • Apicoltura AAAB(Italy)



  • Apicoltura Tettamanti(Italy)



  • Apicultura On Line ( taly)



  • B-Brezzo Italian Honey Sales (Italy)



  • Sicily Beekeeping (Italy)



  • Hoshi Botany and Bee Lab, Tokai University (Japan)



  • Honeybee Science Research Center, Tamagawa University (Japan)



  • Bee Research Unit - Jordan (Jordan)



  • Land of Oil and Honey (Kuwait)



  • The Beekeeper Home Page in Lithuania (Lithuania)



  • The Giant Asian Honey Bee (Malaysia)



  • National Public Radio's Honey Hunters (Malaysia)



  • Impact of Africanized Bees in Sinaloa (Mexico)



  • Mayan Beekeeping Tradition from National Geographic (Mexico)



  • Research Report: Pollen Plants and Bees in the Yucatan (Mexico)



  • Smithsonian Tropical Research: Mayan Beekeeping (Mexico)



  • Moldovian Beekeeping (Moldova)



  • Beautiful Honey Pots (Netherlands)



  • The Hoogeveen Honey Pot Site (Netherlands)



  • Manuka Honey (New Zealand)



  • New Zealand Beekeeping (New Zealand)



  • Organic Beekeeping in (Nicaragua)



  • Peruvian Andes (Peru)



  • Beekeeping Congress (Philippines)



  • Apiservice's Philippines Beekeeping (Philippines)



  • Beekeeping in the Philippines (Philippines)



  • Philippine Beekeeping – Phil Bee Net (Philippines)



  • Pinoy Beekeepers Forum (Philippines)



  • Our Apiary - Our Life: Beekeepers' Co-op Portal (Poland)



  • Warsaw Agricultural University (Poland)



  • Bee Tools, in Russian (Russia)



  • Russian Web Site (Russia)



  • Alternative Technology (in Russian) (Russia)



  • Russian Language Beekeeping Site (Russia)



  • Lochluichart Beekeeping (Scotland)



  • Apimondia 2003 (Slovenia)



  • Beekeeping in Slovenia (Slovenia)



  • Royal Jelly Site from Slovenia (Slovenia)



  • Slovenian Beekeeping - "A Way of Life" (Slovenia)



  • Slovenian Apiary Tour (Slovenia)



  • Slovenia and Beekeeping (Slovenia)



  • Stane Plut’s Bronze Apimondia Site (Slovenia)



  • Rivendale Apiculture - at the Western Cape (South Africa)



  • Beekeepers of Sweden (Sweden)



  • Projekt NordBi (Sweden)



  • P. O.'s Swedish Beekeeping (Sweden)


  • zum Bienenvolk (Switzerland)


  • Schweizerischen Carnicaimker - Vereinigung (Switzerland)


  • Clove Honey Production on Pemba Island (Tanzania)


  • Cerana vs Mellifera (Thailand)


  • Beekeeping on the Tropical Island of Tobago (Tobago)


  • A Bee's Paradise (Uganda)


  • Beekeeping in the City of London (United Kingdom)


  • Alaska Beekeeping Images (USA)


  • Mid-Atlantic Apiculture (USA)


  • Midnite Bee Page, State of Maine (USA)


  • National Honey Board's Home Page (USA)


  • USA Beekeeping Industry Reports (USA)


  • USDA Stats Sheets on Honey Prices, Colony Count (USA)


  • Apiservice's In-depth Report on Vietnam (Vietnam)


  • Beekeeping in Vietnam's North Mountains (Vietnam)


  • Vietnam News Report on Honey Exports (Vietnam)


  • Vietnam Rafter Hives (Vietnam)


  • Beekeeping in Serbia (Yugoslavija)


  • Serbian Bee Site (Yugoslavija)
    Bees, Poverty and World Development:



  • Practical Answers to Poverty


  • Bees for Development


  • Bees Around the World;


    • Links to Entomology and Apiculture Research Sites:


  • Eastern Apicultural Society


  • Colorado State University


  • Iowa State Entomology


  • Logan Utah USDA Bee Lab


  • Mid-Atlantic Apiary Research Site


  • University of Montana Bee Alert



  • Penn State’s Mid-Atlantic Apiculture Beekeeping Site



  • Michigan State University - Department of Entomology


  • Nebraska's Bee Tidings Newsletter


  • Tucson Bee Research Lab


  • Varroa Mite Control using Natural Oils - U of West Virginia


    • Bee Museums:



  • Woorset Bee Museum


  • Musée de l'Abeille - Quebec, Canada


  • Musee des Arts et Traditions Apicoles - Château de la Causega, France
























  • Lebendigen Bienenmuseum Knüllwald - Germany
























  • Bienenkundemuseum - Münstertal, Germany
























  • The Living Bee - Germany
























  • (Pastida) Rhodes Beekeeping Museum - Greece
























  • Ancient Beekeeping Museum - Ignalina, Lithuania
























  • Norwegian Beekeepers’ Association Bee Museum – Billingstad, Norway
























  • Kralova Beekeeping Museum – Kralova pri Senci, Slovakia
























  • Virtual Tour of the Cebelarski muzej - Radovljica, Slovenia
























  • The Prokopovych Beekeeping Institute Museum - Kiev, Ukraine








    • Companies that Sell Bee Supplies:















  • Adelika Bee Equipment – in Romania
























  • Bee-Commerce
























  • BeeHaven ('Killer Bee' Protection)
























  • Bee-o-Sphere: A New Comb Honey System
























  • Bee Ventilator System















  • Beechwood Bees - UK

















  • Betterbee, Inc. Up-State New York


















  • Bindaree's in Canberra, Australia
































  • China: Orient Beekeeping Supplies
































  • Corn Syrup Information
































  • Country Hill Beekeeping Supplies, New Brunswick, Canada
































  • Cowen Manufacturing
































  • Dadant's Main Home Page
































  • Fraser Auction House: Western Canadian Beekeeping Auctions
































  • Glorybee Supplies
































  • Greece - Anel-Standard Beekeeping Supplies
































  • Handy-Man Handy Bar Tool
































  • Hoge Brush Company – Bee Brushes
































  • Honey Bee Hives For Sale - Listings of Equipment
































  • Maisemore Apiaries, UK
































  • Mann Lake Bee Supplies, Minnesota, USA
































  • MEDIVET – Medicines to control Nosema, AFB, and Mites!
































  • Miller Bee Supplies, North Carolina
































  • Mite Gone Formic Acid Dispensers
































  • New England Bee Supplies
































  • Northern Bee Books (UK)
































  • Plastools Honey Punch - used for uncapping w/o electricity
































  • On-Line Bee and Bee Supplies Sources
































  • Queen Bee Insemination Equipment
































  • Rauch Boy Bee Smokers - Germany
































  • Ross Round's Comb Honey Equipment
































  • Sherriff's Protective Beekeeping Clothing
































  • Swienty Bee Supplies - Denmark
































  • The Bee Space - Rauchboy Bee Smokers
































  • Thorne's Bee Equipment Home Page, U.K.
































  • Thorne's Beginner's Hive Kit
































  • Turkish Beekeeping Equipment
































  • Western Bee Supply, USA
































  • Exhibit of 1862
































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