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Our Favorite Links:

BEEKEEPING EQUIPMENT (& SOME BEES):

Brushy Mountain Bee Farm

Dadant and Sons

Heartland Honey & Beekeeping Supply - Spring Hill, KS

Kelley Beekeeping

Mann Lake LTD Beekeeping Supply

Nixa Hardware - Nixa, Missouri

Pigeon Mountain Trading

T H Rogers Lumber Co - Pittsburg, KS 620-231-0900

Tuckerbee Nucs -

   Tim 620-306-1522  or  Norbert 620-216-0202  or

    norbert@totelcsi.net

BEE & QUEEN SUPPLIERS (Closer to Home):

AP Beekeeping - Alexandra Pavlov

    Springfield, MO  1-417-861-6909

 

Deer Creek Honey Farm - Ron Smail

     2018 Spring Nucs@ $165.00

     Local Survivor Queens @ $30.00 (May-Sept)

     Call Ron @ 620-380-1452

     Email: deercreekhoney@gmail.com

 

Helm Family Farms - Maxwell Helm

     Seneca, MO  1-417-439-3709

 

K & B Honeybees (on FB) - Kevin Young 

     Cassville, MO - 1-417-846-6146

 

Joplin Area Beekeepers Association

     Call Alyse @ 1-417-825-7641

BOOKS ON BEEKEEPING

    For Book List Go to: Bee Info page on this website

STATE & NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

American Honey Producers Association

 

Arkansas Beekeepers Association

Kansas Honey Producers Assocation

Missouri State Beekeepers Association

 

Nebraska Beekeepers Association

Oklahoma State Beekeepers' Association

 

UNIVERSITY EDUCATION

 

Clemson University - South Carolina

 

Cornell University Hive and Honey Bee Library

 

Iowa State University of Science & Technology

 

Kansas State University

 

North Carolina State Apiculture Program

Penn State University Center for Pollinator Research

Texas A & M Apiculture Program

 

University of Florida Honey Bee Program

University of Georgia Honey Bee Program

University of Minnesota - Bee Lab

 

RELATED INTERESTING VIDEOS/ARTICLES

Bees and Butterflies in Purple Garden

Relaxing Moment with Yellow Flowers and Bees

Bees Pollinating Flowers (Curacao)

How Honey Is Made - simplified for kids - video

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BEEKEEPING INFORMATION & VIDEOS:

 

The Sustainable Apiary - Michael Palmer - video

    Published Dec 7 2013 57:19 min

 

The Importance of Getting Stung - Michael Palmer - video

    Published Oct 2013

 

Keeping Bees in the Frozen North America - video

    Published Jan 2 2014 1:00:39 min

 

Time Lapse of Bee Development - short video

file for clinic

 

Giant Honey Bees of Malaysia - Attenbourough - video

    4:49 min

 

Could A Mushroom Save the Honeybee - video

    5:37 min

University of Guelph (site for several good videos)

 

MAKING QUEENS & SWARMS & SPLITS

 

QUEEN REARING GENERATOR CALENDER -  via The Bee yard - (Add your start date first)

 

Queen Rearing in the Sustainable Apiary - Michael Palmer - video 

 

FatBeeMan  Part 1 - Queen Rearing - video  

 

Fat Beeman  Part 2 - Queen Rearing - video 

 

Catch A Hive Before It Swarms - Michael Palmer - video

 

Anatomy of a Swarm - Dr. Thomas Seeley -pdf

 

Splitting a Honeybee Hive - WakullaCED - video

 

Beekeeping - Making a Split - Part 1 - Randy Richards - video

 

Beekeeping - Making a Split - Part 2 - Randy Richards - video

 

Splitting Beehive in Springtime #1- NovaScotiaBeekeeper - video

 

Making More Bees Using the Rose Method - video

 

Taranov Swarm (Artificial Swarm Method) - video

 

 

INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT

 

Small Hive Beetle Management with James Ellis -  video

 

Bee Files - IPM Management - pdf

 

Integrated Pest Management - "IPM In Beekeeping" - Linda Russell - pdf

 

Sugar Roll for Varroa Mite Check - pdf

 

Varroa Mite Check Sugar/Alcohol Shake - video

University of Florida - Small Hive Beetle - video

 

University of Florida - Tracheal Mites - video

 

List of Diseases of Honey Bees - pdf

 

Proplis v Varroa Study - pdf 

 

  

BEEKEEPING INFORMATION

 

Comb Honey Production - Michael Palmer - video

 

Scientific Beekeeping (Comprehensive Beekeeping) - website

 

Micheal Bush - The Pratical Beekeeper

(Comprehensive Beekeeping) - website 

 

Bees and Beekeeping / Using the Rose Method #1 - video

 

Tallest Strongest Hives / Using the Rose Method #2 - video

 

Installing Packaged Bees - Linda Russell - pdf

 

Package Install - Long Lane Honey Bee Farms - Video

 

Package Install - Brushy Mountain - video

 

Honey Bee Anatomy 101 - Linda Russell - pdf

 

Bee Breeds Info - Linda Russell - pdf

 

Frame Arrangement Fall/Winter - Linda Russell - pdf

 

Seasonal To Do List - Linda Russell - pdf

 

Hive Inspection - Long Lane Honey Bee Farms - video

 

Hive Inspection - Micheal Palmer - video

 

Robber Bees - pdf 

 

 

EQUIPMENT & SET UP INFO

Lighting a Bee Smoker to Stay Lit  - video

 

Starting Your Smoker - video -  Dadant

 

Hive Parts & Equipment - pdf

 

Building a Hive Stand - Linda Russell - pdf

 

 

GARDENING FOR BEES

 

Garden Plantings for Bees - pdf

 

Bee-Friendlier - website 

 

Wildflower Plantings - Bee-Friendlier - website

 

WNC - Flowering Plant Chart - pdf

 

Polinator Resource - Xerces- Bee Friendier - website

 

South Central Plants - KS MO OK AR - Xerces - website

 

Pollen Source - Wikipedia - pdf 

 

Eversweet Apiaries - Spring Pollen Chart - pdf

 

Eversweet Apiaries - Summer Pollen Chart - pdf

 

Eversweet Apiaries - Fall/Winter Pollen Chart - pdf

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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