Resources

Interesting facts and information

• Swarm control
• How bees communicate
• For kids: facts, games, recipes, and more
• Beeswax info
• Alternative hive designs
• Top-bar hive beekeeping
• Orchard mason bees

Handy forms and online tools

• Online beekeeping notebook
• Hive inspection sheet

Do it yourself

• Plans
• Ziploc feeder

Bees, equipment, and other resources

• The Bees Neez
• Dadant
• Brushy Mountain
• US suppliers of queens and packaged bees
• Jordan Schwarz’s list of commercial beekeeping sites

Beekeeping groups

• Whidbey Island Beekeepers Association
• Puget Sound Beekeepers Association
• West Sound Beekeepers Association
• Washington State Beekeepers Association
• Regional groups in the US
• International groups

Magazines

• American Bee Journal
• BeeCulture: the Magazine of American Beekeeping

The science of beekeeping

• Scientific Beekeeping
• Mid-Atlantic Apiculture
• National Agricultural Pest Information System (NAPIS)
• UC Davis Apiculture News

Forums

• Puget Sound Beekeepers Association Forum
• International Beekeeping Forums

Recipes

• Chef Isaac Frerich’s recipes from Sweet as can Bee Honey Farm
• Honey soda

Beekeeping laws

• Beekeeping laws of Washington State