Find a bee vet: Honey Bee Veterinary Consortium
Discover how bee-friendly your neighborhood is at beescape.org
Pollinator Friendly Garden Information
Some basic information on how to start a pollinator friendly garden, where they should be located, considerations for starting one: Creating Pollinator Gardens
Penn State's suggestion on a few plants that are helpful to attract and keep pollinators that are local to Pennsylvania:
https://extension.psu.edu/best-plants-for-pollinators
A list of different pollinator friendly plants for different areas of a pollinator friendly garden as well as a few tips for how to set up your garden to best help the native pollinators in Pennsylvania: Penn State -- Planting For Pollinators
Great local bee farmers:
Bedillian Honey Farm: https://www.bedillionhoneyfarm.com/
Red Diamond: Red Diamond Honey Bees
Other helpful websites, classes, and documents:
- Responsible antibiotic use in animals: avma.org/antimicrobials
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- Pennsylvania State University Honey Bee Information: www.beekeeping101.psu.edu
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- Pennsylvania State University Center for Pollinator Research: https://ento.psu.edu/research/centers/pollinators
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- Pennsylvania State University Entomology: www.ento.psu.edu/
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- Bee Informed Partnership: https://beeinformed.org/
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- Mid Atlantic Apiculture Research and Extension Consortium (MAAREC): https://agdev.anr.udel.edu/maarec/
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- National Honey Board (NHB): www.honey.com
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- American Beekeeping Federation (ABF): www.abfnet.org
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- University of Minnesota Bee Lab: www.beelab.umn.edu/ and www.extension.umn.edu/garden/honey-bees/
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- United States Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Research Service Home Page: http://www.ars.usda.gov/main/site_main.htm?modecode=20-22-05-00
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- Honey Bee Health Coalition www.honeybeehealthcoalition.org (good site and great mite info)
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- Project Apis m. www.projectapism.org
Links to Helpful Publications
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Check out Dr. Farone's new book "Honey Bee Vet" published by northern bee books www.northernbeebooks.co.uk, available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other booksellers.
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Bee Culture -- The Magazine of American Beekeeping: www.beeculture.com
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American Bee Journal - Beekeeping Magazine: www.americanbeejournal.com
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A Field Guide to Honey Bees and Their Maladies: To purchase a copy