Honey Bee Keepsake Jar by Ball
Feeding Honeybees in Colorado
Colorado Native Pollinating Insects Health Study
The American Bee Journal
Randy’s Varroa Model
Installing Packages – The Easy Way!
Pollination Station: A Native New Mexican beekeeper builds bee homes in Costilla County
CSU – Cottage Food Act packaging your honey etc..
Broodminder – tech for your hive
a-guide-to-beekeeping-from-flowers-to-harvesting
American Honey Producers Association
FREE HANDBOOK – Colorado State University – Integrated Hive management for Colorado Beekeepers.
FREE HANDBOOK – Colorado State University – A Beginner’s Field Guide to Identifying Bees
Colorado State University – Native Bee Watch Community Science Program
Beecheck – Fieldwatch – Driftwatch
Flower Fragrances that attract bees
how to build backyard butterfly garden
Bees and Honey: Creating Pollinator Gardens
Honey Bees and Beekeeping – University of George Extension
Honey Bees in and Around Buildings
Feeding Honeybees
Beekeeper Insurance
American Beekeeping Federation
American Beekeeping Federation Quarterly Magazine
American Beekeeping Federation Monthly Newsletter
Project Apis M
Megabee – Bee Nutrition
Western Apiculture Society
Canadian Association of Professional Apiarists
National Honey Report
Pollinators and Plant Select® with Sonya Anderson
Honey Bees and Beekeeping: A Year in the Life of an Apiary
USDA Report on Honey Bee Health, published May 2013
USDA Bee Lab
USDA Bee Lab – Carl Hayden Research – Tucson AZ
USDA Bee Lab Breeding Research
Bee Informed Partnership
Article – Different kinds of bees
2012 Varroa destructor: research avenues towards sustainable control
Journal of Apicultural Research 51(1): 125-132 (2012) © IBRA 2012
DOI 10.3896/IBRA.1.51.1.15
2012 A national survey of managed honey bee 2010-11 winter colony losses in the USA: results from the Bee Inform Partnership:
Journal of Apicultural Research 51(1): 115-124 (2012) © IBRA 2012
DOI 10.3896/IBRA.1.51.1.14
Scientific Beekeeping – Randy Oliver
Field Watch – Drift Watch
2012 Performance of Kerkof Behive
2011 Colorado Farm to Market – Honey
High Country News article [3-7-05] – Bees don’t grow on trees
Honey Lodge – South Dakota
Colorado State Apiculturist
The Colorado State Bee Inspection program was discontinued in 1986, however, beekeepers here may contact the current Colorado Director of Plant Industry at the Colorado Department of Agriculture who oversees bee inspections coming into and through Colorado and has general information regarding bee issues in the State.
Contact info:
Mitchell Yergert, Director, Division of Plant Industry
Colorado Department of Agriculture
305 Interlocken Parkway, Broomfield, CO 80021
Phone: (303) 869-9052
Email: Mitchell.yergert@state.co.us
CDA Pesticide Application Management
John Scott is the Chief Program Manager for pesticide applications and regulation in Colorado. He works in close cooperation with Mitch Yergert (above) and is a beekeeper himself. John was also instrumental in establishing the Pollinator Work Group for Colorado as well as implementing FieldWatch for Colorado. John is keenly aware of honey bee – pesticide issues and is always open to dealing with any concerns or problems that beekeepers may have in this regard.
Contact info:
John Scott, Chief, Pesticides Program Manager
Colorado Department of Agriculture
305 Interlocken Parkway, Broomfield, CO 80021
Phone: (303) 869-9056
Email: johnw.scott@state.co.us
Colorado State University Extension Specialist – Pesticide Safety Education
Thia Walker is the educational representative in Colorado who studies, researches and disseminates information relating to pesticide use and regulations in Colorado. She works in close cooperation with CSU personnel in Biology, Entomology, Toxicology and Field Sciences. She additionally works closely with the Colorado Department of Agriculture, the EPA, USDA and local Colorado municipalities pertaining to pesticide safety issues. She is the general editor for the Integrated Hive Management guide and is keenly aware of beekeeping – pesticide impact issues. Thia is responsible for Pesticide Safety Education, Pesticide Applicator Certification Courses and EPA-certified training for Worker Protection Standards.
Contact info:
Thia Walker, Extension Specialist – Pesticide Safety Education
Colorado State University
1177 Campus Delivery
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1177
Phone: (970) 491-6027
Email: thia.walker@colostate.edu
From the Honey Bee Health Coalition
HBHC Varroa videos:
Varroa mite PSA
Video 1 – IPM
Video 2 3 – Sampling methods
Video 4 – Essential oils
Video 5 – Using Apivar
Video 6 – Using Apistan or Checkmite+
Video 7 – Formic acid
Video 8 – Using HopGuard
Video 9 – Using Oxalic Acid
Video 10 – Using sanitation, screen bottoms
Video 11 – Using drone brood removal
Video 12 – Using requeening
o Tools for Varroa Management
o Quick Guide to Reporting A Bee Kill
o Beekeeper Guide
o Grower Guide
o Bee Healthy Roadmap