National Organizations

• Eastern Apicultural Association
• American Bee Federation
• Heartland Apicultural Society

Regional Links

• Virginia State Beekeeping Association
• Regional Apiary Inspector- Beth McClelland  703-973-2783
• Study of the Plight of Virginia Beekeepers report
• Virginia Pollinator
• Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS)
• MAAREC – Mid-Atlantic Apiculture Research and Extension Consortium
• Bee Weight Data in Virginia  & Weighing Bee Hives
• Frank’s Cheap Fast Hive Scale
• Honeybeenet- NASA, Scale hives and other cool stuff
• Colony Monitoring and other really cool ideas
• Northern Virginia’s own Dr. Frank Linton Observation Hives Website
• Sam Droege of USGS  bee photos

Local Beekeeping Clubs

• Complete list and map of beekeeping clubs in Virginia:
• http://www.virginiabeekeepers.org/map/node
• Northern Virginia Beekeepers Association (NVBA)
• Loudoun Beekeepers (LBA)
• Beekeepers of Northern Shenandoah (BONS)
• Montgomery County Beekeepers Association (MSBA, Maryland)
• DC Beekeepers

Print Magazines

• American Bee Journal
• Bee Culture Magazine

Forums

• Beesource Forum
• Beekeeping Forum
• World Beekeeping

Research

• Bee Informed Partnership
• Beltsville Bee Research Laboratory

University Affiliated

• Cornell University Apicultural Extension Program – The Master Beekeeper Program
• University of Kentucky Department of Entomology
• Introduction to Beekeeping- Teachers Guide

Bee Photography

• Zach’s Bee Photos (Dr. Z. Huang)

Other Beekeeping Sites

• Educational Info and interesting things about many aspects of beekeeping
• Back Yard Beekeepers Association
• Backyard Beekeeping: Notes on Keeping Bees in Urban and Suburban Neighborhoods
• Beekeeping– resources, plans, ideas

Flow Hive

• Did you buy a flow hive?

FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS IN LOCAL AGRICULTURE and ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

Sweet Virginia Foundation.  A honey bee conservation and education organization based in Prince William County.

Smith Family Farm Smith Family farm is a 5th generation working farm, certified as a Virginia Quality-Assured Beef Producer, located near the Manassas National Battlefield.   Contact us at 5770 Artemus Road Gainesville, VA 20155, Phone: 571-220-0017, or on the web at:

Yankey Family Farm. A fresh market produce farm located in Prince William County, Virginia.   We grow a variety of produce which can be purchased in the summer at our Glenkirk Rd roadside stand or through our CSA subscription program.  We also operate a pick your own strawberry patch in the spring and a pick your own pumpkin patch in the fall.  In addition to the pumpkins we have other fun farmyard activities including a cow train and corn maze.  We are one of the few “pumpkin patches” in Northern Virginia where you can actually pick your pumpkin out of the field where it grew.

Piedmont Environmental Council (PEC)     See also their Go Native Go Local Guide

Prince William County Cooperative Extension Teaching Gardens The Teaching Garden is project of the Master Gardener volunteers.  It began as a garden in which to grow fresh produce for the Plant a Row for the Hungry project, and a place where the Master Gardeners could teach homeowners how to grow vegetables.  It now has beds to teach the public how to grow all kinds of different plants.  Master Gardeners are at the garden every Tuesday afternoon 1- 4 p.m. and on some weekends from March through September.  We also offer short classes each “First Saturday” every month during the growing season on turf, vegetables, ornamentals, pests and diseases. St. Benedict Monastery, 9535 Linton Hall Road, Bristow, VA. Contact us on the web at: http://www.pwcgov.org/default.aspx?topic=040083003310001191

Articles and Presentations

• Larry Conner’s Bee Culture Articles 2006- present
• Larry Conner’s American Bee Journal Articles 2007- present
• Understanding Bee Anatomy- Ian Stell