Pacific Northwest Beekeeping Associations

Washington State Beekeepers Association
Inland Empire Beekeeping Association
Mt. Baker Beekeepers Association
Northwest District Beekeepers Association
Pierce County Beekeepers Association
Puget Sound Beekeepers Association
Stanwood -Camano Beekeepers Association
Western Apicultural Society
Oregon State Beekeepers Association
Other State Beekeepers Association links - provided by The Oklahoma State Beekeepers Association

Journals & Publications
Bee Culture - formerly known as Gleanings in Bee Culture this is a publication of the A-I Root Company
American Bee Journal - published by Dadant & Sons
Hive and the Honeybee collection of scanned books posted online at Cornell.
National Sustainable Agriculture Information service - Beekeeping / Apiculture
Beekeeping & Development - a journal produced by Bees for Development which addresses beekeeping in developing countries
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Discussion Lists & Newsletters

Beemaster's International Beekeeping Forum - A very active forum great for beginning beekeepers as well as advanced beekeepers.
Yahoo group for the Westsound Bee Association - An easy way to communicate with other members of our assocation to get opinins, suggestions, and yes, actual help.
General Groups page at Yahoo - There are hundreds of yahoo groups specifically for beekeeping. Here is the main search page for yahoo groups.
Apis Newsletter - an excellent newsletter produced by Dr. Malcolm Sanford

Queen Breeders/Suppliers (and packages)

Stedman Bee Supply - 3763 NW Anderson Hill Rd Silverdale WA (360) 692-9453 Sells Honeybee Packages locally in the spring. (Silverdale, Washington)
Cedar Glenn Bees - Honeybee Packages and Queens. (Stanwood, Washington)
Glenn Apiaries - SMR, Minnesota Hygienic, Russian, Cordovan Italian, and Carniolan Queens. (California)
Strachan Apiaries - 2002 New World Carniolan, SMR, and Italian Queens (California)
Taber's Honeybee Genetics - Taber Hybrid Italian and Russian"Yugo" Carniolan Queens (California)
Hawaiian Queen Company - Italian queens bred in isolation. (Hawaii)
Kona Queen, Inc. - Italian and Carniolan Queens. (Hawaii)
B-Weaver Apiaries - All-American, BeeSmart, Buckfast, Russian Queens (Texas)
R-Weaver Apiaries - Buckfast and Weaver All-American Queens. (Texas)
Olympic Wilderness Apiary - "Our Queens are a hybrid cross of Russian/Wild Caucasian stock". (Port Angeles, WA)
The Beez Neez Apiary Supply - Italian and Russian Queens. (Snohomish, WA)
New World Carniolan breeders are produced by Sue Cobey (614) 292-7928
email: cobey.1@osu.edu
Heitkam's Honey Bees - (530) 865-9562 - Northern California - Minnesota Hygienic, Russian, and New World Carniolan, SMR - Packages and Queens
email: heitkamsbees@sisna.com (no link available)
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Beekeeping Supplies
Stedman Bee Supply - 3763 NW Anderson Hill Rd Silverdale WA (360) 692-9453 Complete Beekeeping Supply and Woodenware manufacturer. Is very supportive of our local bee association. (Silverdale, Washington)
Trees'n Bees Inc. (Auburn, WA)
BetterBee Inc., 8 Meader Rd., Greenwich, NY 12834, Info & Fax (518)692-9802, Orders toll-free 1-800-632-3397
Dadant & Sons (Illinois)
Mann Lake (Minnesota)
GloryBee (Oregon)
Brushy Mountain Bee Farm (North Carolina)
The Beez Neez Apiary Supply (Snohomish, WA)
Western Bee Supplies (Montana)
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Federations and Organizations

Apimondia - a world organization that promotes apicultural scientific, technical and economical development in all countries and the fraternal cooperation of beekeepers associations, scientists and of individual beekeepers all over the world.

National Honey Board - Through its dozen-member staff in Longmont, Colorado, the NHB conducts research, advertising and promotions to help maintain and expand domestic and foreign markets for honey.
American Beekeeping Federation - The ABF will act on behalf of the beekeeping industry on issues affecting the interests and the economic viability of the various sectors of the industry

Bee Research

Washington State University Apis Molecular Systematics Laboratory (WSU Bee Lab) (Pullman, WA)
University of Minnesota Bee Lab)
Carl Hayden Bee Research Center (Tucson, Arizona)
USDA Beltsville Bee Research Laboratory (Beltsville, Maryland)
Logan Bee Lab (Utah)
USDA Bee Breeding & Genetics Lab (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) - Research lab of Lilia Guzman (Russian bee project), John Harbo & Jeffrey Harris (SMR bee breeding)
University of Montana's "Bee Alert" with Dr. Jerry Bromenshenk
International Bee Research Association - IBRA aims to increase awareness of the vital role of bees in the environment and encourages the use of bees as wealth creators. (U.K.)
Rothenbuhler Honey Bee Laboratory Operated by Sue Cobey of Ohio State University

Apitherapy Links

The American Apitherapy Society - This is the site to start at for learning about apitherapy - The use of Honey bee products in health maintenance and medicinal purposes!.
Pat Wagner's site - Pat wrote the book "How Well are You Willing to Bee???". The book about using Bee Sting Therapy to Improve the quality of life for someone stricken with M.S. from the viewpoint of the M.S. patient.
Ferris Apiaries - Ships honeybees by mail for use in Apitherapy.
Health Point Products - Source for Acupuncture Charts to aid you in Bee Venom Therapy.

Other Relevant Links

Scientificbeekeeping.com - Randy Oliver's site has an amazing amount of current information on Varroa, Nosema, Bee Nutrition, and the almond pollination scene!.
EcologicalBeekeeping.com - Promotes benefits of more natural small cell size. Also has a very nice well organized list of web links.
Caspian Apiaries - Very interesting information benefits of stimulation with Caspian Solution
Dave Cushman website - Loads of Well Organized information Beekeeping and Bee Breeding Details
Back Yard Beekeepers Association - The Nation's Largest Club for Hobbyist Beekeepers
BeeHoo - a giant beekeeping directory
BeeSource - excellent information on all aspects of beekeeping with provocative essays from a "Point of View"
Index of World Beekeeping Links
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