BEEKEEPING ORGANIZATIONS:

• Honey Bee Health Coalition
• ​Virginia State Beekeepers Association (VSBA)​​
  • ​​VSBA Master Beekeeper Program
• VDACS Beehive Distribution Program
• Virginia Beekeepers Facebook group
• ​Mid-Atlantic Apiculture Research and Extension Consortium
• USDA Bee Research Laboratory (Beltsville, MD)
• Virginia Cooperative Extension
• Bee Informed
• National Honey Board
• BeeCheck VA voluntary apiary registry & map
• Project Apis M (register colony losses)

BEGINNER BEEKEEPING RESOURCES:

• Beekeeping Basics - Penn State publication (PDF)
• Beekeeping 101 - Glory Bee article
• Beekeeping Basics - Mother Earth News article
• The Practical Beekeeper (Bush Farms)
• "How to start beekeeping" (video)​ ​
• The Complex Life of the Honey Bee (Purdue)

PEST MANAGEMENT INFO:

• Bee Parasite Reference Guide (PDF)
• HBHC Tools for Varroa Mite Management (PDF)
• HBHC Varroa Management Decision Tool
• Bee Health Community (extension.org)
• Methods to Control Varroa Mites - Penn State (PDF)
• Field Guide to Honey Bees and their Maladies (PDF)
• IPM Brochure with Treatment Chart (PDF)
• Varroa Mite Treatment Chart (Image)
• Capped Brood Monitoring (Auburn)
• Mite and Virus Management Plan (Cornell)
• Keep Bees Alive (Michigan Pollinator Initiative)
• DIY Small Hive Beetle vacuum (Video)

VA STATE INSPECTIONS, LAWS, POLICIES:

• Code of Virginia Beekeeping regulations (Title 3.2, Subtitle III, Chapter 44)
• Virginia best management practices for beekeeping (Administrative Code 2VAC5-319-30)​
• VA Apiary Inspection Map​ (PDF)​

OTHER HELPFUL LINKS:

• Sugar syrup calculator
• USA National Phenology Network (degree days)
• Queen rearing calendar tool
• Quiet Boxes (article)​​
• Best Practices for Urban Beekeepers (PDF)
• American Apitherapy Society
• Guide to Bee Keeping: Storing and selling honey
• Organic Gardening Resource Center
• ​Info about the making of the film "Tales from the Hive"
• Hive Autopsy Guide (PDF)

BEEKEEPING SUPPLIES:

• *Honey and the Hive - Local beekeeping supplies (Richmond/Goochland)
• Uptown Girls Honey (Dandelion Springs Apiary) - Local Dadant distributor (South Chesterfield)
• Scottsville Supply Co. (Scottsville, VA)
• Siller Pollinator Company (Charlottesville, VA)
• Dadant
• Mann Lake
• Better Bee
• Blue Sky Bee Supply
• Nucs, Packages, Queens - List of Central Virginia suppliers​

​*Owned/operated by ERBA member.  Equipment for sale before most club meetings.

LANGSTROTH HIVE ALTERNATIVES:

• ​Slovenian AŽ hives
• Layens Hives (Bearsville Bees - West Virginia)
• Horizontal Hives (free DIY plans)

OTHER SUPPLIES:

• Bee-safe hummingbird feeder

BEEKEEPING BOOKS & PUBLICATIONS:

• Honeybee Democracy by Thomas D. Seeley
• Beekeeping for Dummies by Howland Blackiston
• The Beekeeper's Handbook by Diana Sammataro & Alphonse Avitabile
• Bee Culture Magazine 
• Best nectar plants for honeybees (PDF)

POLLINATOR GARDENING PUBLICATIONS:

• Bringing Nature Home by Douglas W. Tallamy
• The Living Landscape by Rick Drake & Doug Tallamy
• Raising Butterflies in the Garden by Brenda Dziedzic
• Medicinal Herbs, A Beginner's Guide by Rosemary Gladstar
• Native Plants for Virginia's Capital Region (PDF)
• A Yard All A-Flutter (presentation by Barbara Hodges, Master Gardener)
• Nesting & Overwintering Habitat for Pollinators & Other Beneficial Insects (PDF)
• Companion Planting Guide (PDF)
• Virginia Native Plant Society - Pocahontas Chapter (Metro Richmond)

YOUTUBE CHANNELS / VIDEOS:​​

• 40 Acres and a Tool (Richmond-based)
• Sourwood Farm (Virginia-based)
• At Home Beekeeping Series (Alabama Extension)

SOME OF OUR FAVORITE RECIPES:

• Chewy Honey Oatmeal Cookies
• Honey Garlic Baked Cauliflower
• Honey & Peanut Butter Energy Bites
• Honey & Cinnamon Roll-Ups (PDF)

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