Beekeeping Links

Organizations

North Carolina State Beekeepers Association
The Back Yard Beekeepers Association
Apiary Services – North Carolina Department of Agriculture
North Carolina Master Beekeeper Program
American Beekeeping Federation

About Beekeeping

The Importance of Honeybees by Charles Heatherly (excellent for outreach presentations)
Beekeeping Issues to Consider if you have Neighbors by John Ambrose
BEES (Beekeeper Education & Engagement System) On-line Courses from NC State University
Scientific Beekeeping
Master Beekeeping Program
Basic Fundamentals of Queen Rearing by Rick Coors

Honeybee Health

Honeybee Health Coalition
A Field Guide to Honeybees and their Maladies

Honey

Local Farmer’s Markets
Certified Honey Producer Program
National Honey Board
About Local Honey from the Outerbanks Beekeepers Guild

Gardening for Bees

Top 25 Native Plants for Pollinators by Debbie Roos
More Native Plant Resources from Debbie Roos
What’s Blooming (with pollen colors) from NCSBA
Bees and Honey: Creating Pollinator Gardens
Flowers for the Bees, Birds, and Butterflies

Publications & Books

Bee Culture – The Magazine of American Beekeeping
American Bee Journal
Wolfpack Waggle Newsletter
ABC and XYZ of Bee Culture, edited by Roger A. Morse
Beekeeping for Dummies, by Howland Blackiston
Beekeeping: A Practical Guide, by Dick Bonney
Beekeeping Principles, by Jim Tew
Bees, by Rudolf Steiner
First Lessons in Beekeeping, by C.P. Dadant
Hive Management, by Dick Bonney
Honey Bees and Beekeeping: a year in the life of an apiary, by Keith Delaplane
Honey Bee Biology and Beekeeping, by Dewey Caron
Natural Beekeeping: Organic Approaches to Modern Apiculture, by Ross Conrad and Gary Paul Nabhan
Queen Rearing and Bee Breeding, by Harry Laidlaw and Robert Page
The Beekeepers’ Handbook, Third Edition, by Alphonse Avitabile and Diana Sammataro
The Hive and the Honeybee, edited by Joe M. Graham
Toward Saving the Honeybee, by Gunther Hauk
Top Bar Hive Construction, by Daniel Garber
Top-Bar Beekeeping: Organic Practices for Honeybee Health, by Les Crowder and Heather Harrell

Vendors

NCDA Permitted Bee Sellers
ONLY buy bees (nucs, packages and queens) from those suppliers on the above list.

Local Suppliers & Bees
Bailey Bee Supply
Atlantic Gardening Company
Garden Supply Company
Buck Naked Farm

North Carolina Suppliers
Miller Beekeeping Supply

National Suppliers
Dadant & Sons
Rossman Apiaries
Long Lane Honey Bee Farms
SKS Bottle & Packaging
Mann Lake
Betterbee
Walter T. Kelly

Government & Research

NCSU Apiculture Program
North Carolina Honey Bee Research Consortium
APHIS
USDA Bee Research
BeeBase
Contact your State Representative

Apitherapy

American Apitherapy Society
Apitherapy.com Return to Natural Wisdom
Bee Venom Therapy
Fact or Fiction? by John Ambrose