Handy Links
WESTERN PA BEEKEEPING CLUBS
We at Beaver Valley Area Beekeepers Association promote education and collegiality in beekeeping. We encourage you to join more than one group because the opportunities in each group are amazing. We are fortunate in Southwestern Pennsylvania to have clubs with dues that are reasonable – anywhere from $3 to $10 a year. Even if you are not going to actively keep bees, supporting the local groups, enables them to offer educational programs and information to not only instruct about bees but ways to help native bees grow and survive.
BURGH BEES burghbees@gmail.com
Pittsburgh
CENTRAL WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA BEEKEEPING ASSOCIATION Leicherfarms@zoominternet.net
Lawrence, Butler, Mercer
COUNTRY BARN FARM BEEKEEPING CLUB joe@countrybarnfarm.com
Glenshaw
WESTMORELAND COUNTY ASSOCIATION BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION
*********************************
PENNSYLVANIA BEEKEEPING GROUPS AND ASSOCIATIONS
Pennsylvania State Beekeepers Association www.pastatebeekeepers.org
Mid-Atlantic Apiculture Research & Extension Consortium http://maarec.psu.edu
Basic Beekeeping Blog spot http://basicbeekeeping.blogspot.com/
Long Lane Honey Bee Farms http://www.honeybeesonline.com/studiobeelive.html
Bee Source beekeeping forum http://www.beesource.com/forums/
Brushy Mountain Video Library http://www.brushymountainbeefarm.com/resources/videos.asp
Bush Farms-The Practical Beekeeper http://www.bushfarms.com/bees.htm
Chester County Beekeepers Association http://www.chescobees.org/
2 C’s and a Bee http://www.ccbee.org/
Montgomery County Beekeeper’s Assn. http://montcobee1.farming.officelive.com/default.aspx
The Beekeepers of the Susquehanna Valley http://www.thebeeyard.org/
York County Beekeepers’ Association http://www.ycbk.org/
Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences Extension Service http://extension.psu.edu/
Philadelphia Beekeepers http://www.phillybeekeepers.org/
Eastern Apicultural Society http://www.easternapiculture.org/
PA Department of Agriculture Registration Form for Honeybee Hives
http://www.pastatebeekeepers.org/forms/Apiary%20Registration%20Form%20200
*********************************
Research and Links
Mid- Atlantic Apiculture Research & Extension Consortium:
Center for Pollinator Research:
Eastern Apiculture Society:
University of Minnesota:
The Ohio State University Bee Lab:
American Beekeeping Federation:
Pollinator Plants
Cooking With Honey
National Honey Board:
Western PA Beekeeping Seminar Guest Speaker Links
Dr. James Tew
Dr. Larry Connor
Jennifer Berry
Mel Disselkoen
PSBA Bee Friendly City Initiative
The PA State Beekeeping Association has a new initiative – the Pennsylvania Bee Friendly City project. This initiative will recognize municipalities in the commonwealth that are using best practices that encourage beekeeping as well as a hospitable habitat for bees in the community. The committee is currently developing materials to PR this initiative.
Applications will be evaluated based upon the following criteria: legislation, education, pest management, pollinator friendly green space, and community support.
Please go to the PSBA site for more information:
*********************************
Installing Bee Packages
How to Prepare Your Honey For Judging
Feeding Fondant: Winter Beekeeping
Winter Fondant Feeding – Beekeeping 101 Video
Mite Count: Alcohol Mite Wash
Mite Count: Powdered Sugar Shake
Oxalic Acid Mixing chart: Randy Oliver
http:scientificbeekeeping.com/oxalic-acid-powerpoint-presentation/ (slide 17)
Chris, one of our fellow Honey Bee enthusiasts, sent in a link that gives a lot of good information on the different types of Bees, Wasps and Hornets. Thanks Chris – Great link. This will prove helpful to a lot of folks who are trying to determine what types of insects they are seeing around their yard.
https://www.alansfactoryoutlet.com/bees-hornets-and-wasps-of-the-world
