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Beeproof suits

Bee Proof Suits
Online retailer of beekeeper's clothing. Bee Proof Suits range includes full protective bee suits and separate jackets and trousers. All orders delivered free.


Inverness Beekeepers Association

The website for the Inverness Beekeepers' Association can be accessed from here.


Varroa mapping survey

Click on this link to reach the SBA varroa mapping survey page.


Varroa treatment calculator

Click on this link which will take you to the BeeBase website home page.  Click on "Bee Diseases" and then click on the "Varroa" picture and then click on "Varroa Calculator".  It seems fairly straightforward to use.


Bees for Development Information web page

We came across the following web page when searching for a recipe for pollen substitute; click on "Pollen" in the left hand menu. http://www.beesfordevelopment.org/information


Video of bee cleaning itself

Follow this link to the video.


International News & Views - courtesy of John Salt

Follow this link to access John Salt's web site.


FERA - BeeBase web site

Follow this link to access to BeeBase which is the National Bee Unit website.


Little Allotment Company

Follow this link to access the Little Allotment Company website which has a section on bees in its Livestock Section.


Stunning photos

Follow this link to see some stunning photos.


Crop Protection Association

The CPA have a useful website which is publicising a booklet "Bee Safe Bee Careful". It is primarily aimed at farmers and crop sprayers and can be accessed on-line by clicking on the cover of the booklet.


Pesticides poisoning our bees

 

A major report on the impact of Neo-nicotinoid pesticides on honeybees and other insects has been compiled by the conservation charities 'Buglife' and the Soil Association. The report brings together a huge range of independent research from all over Europe, you can download the report 'The Impact of neonicotinoid insecticides on bumblebees, Honey bees and other non-target invertebrates' from this link below:
http://www.buglife.org.uk/Resources/Buglife/Neonicotinoid%20insecticides%20report.pdf

A press report can be downloaded from the link below.

http://www.buglife.org.uk/News/Pesticides+Poisoning+Our+Bees.htm


Soil Association Briefing document on Colony Collapse Disorder

Click here to see the evidence that Neonicotinoids are implicated in Colony Collapse Disorder in honey bees, and should be banned in the UK


Thorne's Agent

Arthur Hill, Orrin Bridge, Muir of Ord 01997 433377
email address; fairfieldapiaries@gmail.com

To see the Thornes catalogue click here.


Bee Health Strategy

This link will take you to a page where you then click on "Open File in new window"
http://scotland.gov.uk/topics/agriculture/animal-welfare/policies/policyinfo/bees


defra publication "Managing varroa"

DEFRA have changed their pages on the web site and this link is no longer connecting. When I can locate the document I will alter the link.

This link will take you to the above publication; http://www.defra.gov.uk/hort/Bees/pdf/varroa.pdf

defra publication "The small hive beetle"

This link will take you to the above publication;
http://www.defra.gov.uk/hort/Bees/pdf/shb.pdf

defra publication "Tropilaelaps: parasitic mites of honey bees"

This link will take you to the above publication;
www.defra.gov.uk/hort/Bees/pdf/trop.pdf

defra publication "Foul brood disease of honey bees: recognition and control"

This link will take you to the above publication;
www.defra.gov.uk/hort/Bees/pdf/foulbrood.pdf


Honey recipe website

The following website is under development and is concentrating solely on honey recipes;
www.honeyrecipes.org.uk


Easter Ross Beekeepers' Association

www.rossbees.org.uk


British Beekeepers' Association BBKA

A very interesting site, especially the "Support Boards"
www.bbka.org.uk


BeeCraft Journal

Award winning beekeeping magazine www.bee-craft.com
Official newsletter of the BBKA
To subscribe to this journal visit www.bee-craft.com/shop
Click on "Journal Subscriptions"


Scottish Beekeepers' Association

www.scottishbeekeepers.org.uk


Beedata website

www.beedata.com

This website is made by beekeepers for beekeepers and has the latest University Bee Research and has a bi-monthly E-Research Newsletter that is State of the Art and free to subscribers that is compiled by a global 6 person beekeeping publishing team in the UK, Ireland, USA and New Zealand (two are professors). Beedata can supply any Apiarist's needs with a whole library of Books from Northern Bee Books.


 




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