Favorite Links and Reads

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The Importance of Bees by Katie Kress - Have a read on the research that this Georgetown, Washington D.C. student has put together.

What some of our local Beekeepers are up to:

www.hivesforhumanity.com Hives for Humanity began with 1 hive on the Downtown East Side of Vancouver. Establishing apiaries in communities and through a mentorship program educates and supports these communities as they learn the art and practice of beekeeping....

www.melliferabees.com Distinctive, hand-crafted honey infusions of exceptional quality. Suffused with a rich bouquet of aromatic flavours, the honey’s unique character is produced from the wild wanderings of Mellifera’s bees and enhanced with a delicate blend of spices or fruit....

Other Beekeeping Sites:

www.bushfarms.com/bees.htm

www.kirkwebster.com

www.backyardbees.ca

www.blisshoneybees.org

www.resistantbees.com

Favorite Links and Reads:

Informational Websites:

British Columbia Agriculture and Land www.gov.bc.ca/al

Canadian Honey Council
www.honeycouncil.ca

British Columbia Honey Producers Association www.bcbeekeepers.com

British Columbia Bee Breeders
www.bcbeekeepers.com/bcbba/bcbba_index.php

Xerces Society
www.xerces.org

City of North Vancouver
Community Gardening

Magazines:
BeesCene - No website - BCHPA magazine
Bee Culture www.beeculture.com
American Bee Journal www.americanbeejournal.com

Books - Informational:
ABC and XYZ of Bee Culture - Amos Ives & Rob Ernest
Complete Idiots Guide to Beekeeping - Dean Stiglitz & Laurie Herboldsheimer
The Backyard Beekeeper - Kim Flottum
The Hive and the Honey Bee - Joe M. Graham
Honey Bee Biology and Beekeeping - D. M. Caron
Beekeeping for Dummies (a decent reference for basics) - Howland Blackiston

Books - Fiction:
The Secret Life of Bees - Sue Monk Kidd
A book of Bees - Sue Hubbell