Links

Where to Buy Live Bees, Queens, Beekeeping Equipment and Supplies:

• 1. Stiles Apiary <--- A+++ for honey and live bees *

  2. Landi Simone at Gooserock Farms <--- A+++ for honey (my personal favorite!) , bee products and live bees *

  3. Joe Lelinho at Hilltop Honey <--- A+++ for award winning honey and Educational Services *

  4. Betterbee <--- A+++ for honey, woodenware, tools and live bees (Excellent queens, shipping and service!) *

  5. Mann Lake <--- A+ for live bees *

  6. Dadant Bee Keeping Supplies <--- A+ for smokers.... May be very slow shipping *

  7. HiveAlive <--- A+ for bee supplemental syrup additives and winter patties *

  8. Frank the Beeman ---- Book: Bee People and the bugs they love This is a great book! A+ *

  9. Ferguson Apiaries <--- Source for Buckfast bees

  10. Natural Apiary (Protective gear) *

  11. The Hive Butler *

  12. Ceracell Beekeeping Supplies (Feeders, woodenware, frames tools)

  13. Crown Bees (Solitary Mason Bees) *

  14. Honey bee insemination services by Susan Cobey

  15. Groove Life custom "Bee" silicon wedding rings prevent ring evulsion *

  16. Revolutionary Hives....home of the 5 gallon pail feeding bee raft. *

  17. HiveGate hive entrance maze to protect the hive from yellow jackets *

  18. BeeSmart Ultimate Hive Equipment

  19. API-MO Queen cage system *

  20. Bader Farms (All natural honey) *

  21. Premier Plastic Foundation

  22. Apimaye USA Insulated hives had Premier Plastic Foundation Distributors

  23. Kutik's Everything Bees (Great Queens) *

  24. Lorobbees Battery Powered Oxalic Vaporizers

Links above followed by an "*" indicates a supplier I purchase from regularly.

Magazines:

1. American Bee Journal

2. Bee Culture

NJ Regulatory Info:

1. 1. The New Jersey Department of Agriculture's Division of Plant Industry

   2. Apiary Registration

   3. NJDEP Beekeeper Notification List of Pesticide use

   4. New Jersey Beekeeping Laws - NJ State Beekeepers Association Presentation (3-23-21)

   5. FDA Approved antibiotics for Bees

   6. Honey Bee Testing Form

   7. Bee Spill Incident Response Procedure

   8. EPA-registered Pesticide Products Approved for Use Against Varroa Mites in Bee Hives

   9. USDA NorthEast Bee Research Laboratory

   10. Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD) Explained

NJ Organizations:

• 1. The New Jersey Beekeepers Association (member)

  2. The Northeast Jersey Beekeepers Association (Primary member)

  3. The Northwest New Jersey Beekeepers Association (Secondary member)

  4. Essex County Beekeepers Society (Secondary member)

  5. Sussex County Beekeepers Association

  6. The Central Jersey Beekeepers Association

  7. Eastern Agricultural Society (member)

  8. National Wildlife Federation (Certify Your Habitat)

Knowledge based websites for beginner beekeepers:

• 1. The Practical Beekeeper

  2. HoneyBeeSuite <---------This is a great website!

  3. Bee Informed Partnership

  4. Free Living Bees

Documentaries:

• 1. Keep the Hives Alive (Full Documentary)

  2. Karl Kehrle, Benedictine monk and developer of the Buckfast bee

  3. The Monk and the Buckfast Honeybee Part 1-5

  4. The Monk and the Buckfast Honeybee Part 2-5

  5. The Monk and the Buckfast Honeybee Part 3-5

  6. The Monk and the Buckfast Honeybee Part 4-5

  7. The Monk and the Buckfast Honeybee Part 5-5

  8. Gemeinschaft der Europäischen Buckfastimker (German This organisation that maintains a pedigree for Buckfast bees)

  9. Buckfast Bees (Wiki)

  10. Buckfast Bees (video)

  11. Some cool honeybee documentaries

  12. On The Brink: The fight to save bees and our food supply