August 20, 2007
| Bee links on the Internet | ||||
BeeHoo the
World's Bee Keeping Directory Federation of Irish Beekeeping Associations - essential source of information. Beekeeping Database Net Resources International Bee Research Association National Bee Unit Overview Honeybees and queen rearing BIBBA UK Discover the Bumble Bee Apiculture and Social Insect laboratory Honey Association - honey recipes, honey health and beauty tips, Honey Week Honey.com - The Honey Expert Found a swarm of honey bees? Bees for Beginners National Honey Show Online Sourcebook for Beekeeping - forum, plans of hives, newsletter, points of view. Beekeeping and Bee Breeding - David Cushman's pages - dedicated to the study of bees and the education of both beekeepers and the general public. Bee Culture - The Magazine of American Beekeeping. edis - lots of great Fact Sheets on beekeeping by Malcolm T. Sanford, professor, Department of Entomology and Nematology, Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville FL 32611 The Internet Apiculture and Beekeeping Archive - Here you will find the articles from the Usenet newsgroup sci.agriculture.beekeeping, the logs from the listserv bee-l, FAQ files, and pointers to other beekeeping and apicultural resources, on and off the Internet. Somerset Bee Keepers excellent overview of the beekeeping year. Nice bee poems - courtesy of Albert Cannon and Bees of the World. Zach's Bee Photos - wonderful photography of bee morphology. An amazing collection of bee links - if you cannot find bee information here!! North Bucks Beekeepers Association - lots of information. Kent Beekeepers of England - again a good source of information - look at the FAQ's. Graham's Bee and Beekeeping FAQ's Page - good information for beginners. What's Buzzing with Africinized Honey Bees? - interesting article about a problem facing Bee Keepers in the USA - could it happen here? Beesource Forums - Bulletin Board - for all those awkward questions! Want to know the role of the bee inspector - listen again to the BBC Radio 4's program on this topic. |
||||
This
is a collection of links which hopefully will help in the identification
of bumble bees in the UK - a complicated topic!
http://www.brisc.org.uk/bbident.php http://www.nhm.ac.uk/entomology/bombus/bumblebeeid.html http://parish-wildlife.org.uk/Projects/Bugs/BumbleBees/introduction.htm http://www.spacefornature.co.uk/default.asp?gallery=galleries/animals/insects/bumblebees http://www.bumblebee.org/ - the Bumblebee pages - a lot of information. Solitary Bees and Things - all about solitary bees and how to attract them to your garden. Guide to Bee-Friendly Gardens - Urban Bee Gardens - Information presented in this website was developed through the bee lab of Dr. Gordon Frankie of the University of California - Berkeley and Davis. It will be updated yearly. Excellent. Wildbienen:
Leitseite zu Solitärbienen & Hummeln - a comprehensive
site about wild bees, both bumble and solitary - good identification
of solitary bees. |
||||
| "Why
has not man a microscopic eye? For this plain reason: man is not a fly." Alexander Pope, 1688-1744. |
||||
