There are many interesting information resources on bees and beekeeping on the internet - and a selection of them is provided below.

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The list of links is divided into subjects for ease of use.

• Apitherapy
• Beekeeping Groups and Organizations
• Information Resources and Reference Sites
• Legal
• Miscellaneous
• Research Sites & Universities
• Wildlife

These links were last updated 6 August 2007

Apitherapy

• American Apitherapy Society
• Apitherapy.com (Romania). Background information about apitherapy.

Beekeeping Groups and Organizations

• Apiservices - Virtual Beekeeping Gallery
• American Beekeeping Federation (ABFNet)
• Bee Farmers' Association of the UK
• BIBBA - Bee Improvement and Bee Breeders' Association (UK)
• British Beekeepers' Association (UK)
• Federation of Irish Beekeepers' Associations
• International Union for the Study of Social Insects
• National Honey Board (USA)
• Ontario Beekeepers Association (Canada)
• Rivendale Apiculture (Western Cape, S. Africa).
• Scottish Beekeepers' Association (UK)

Information Resources and Reference Sites

• Apiconsult. The African Beekeeping Resource Centre (Kenya).
• AgNIC (Agriculture Network Information Center, USA) Bees and Polination
• Bee Culture magazine (USA). Includes free access to archived articles.
• BeeHoo.com. An internet beekeeping directory
• Beekeeper's Reference web site
• Coloss
• FERA - The Food and Environment Agency, U.K.
• Florida Entomologist online journal. Allows you to search for and retrieve the full text of articles on bees.
• Ingenta. Allows a free search of abstracts of more than 19 million articles.
• The Internet Apiculture and Beekeeping Archive
• The Honey Association (UK)
• The Pollination Homepage
• sci.agriculture.beekeeping The Usenet group that discusses bees and beekeeping.

Legal

• Alaskan Statutes. Title 3, Chapter 47. Alaskan laws related to bees and beekeeping equipment.
• Honey Research, Promotion, and Consumer Information (US Code,Title 7, Chapter 77)
• Honeybees (US Code, Title 7, Chapter 11). US Code related to honey bees.

Miscellaneous

• Top Bar Hive Beekeeping. An alternative to conventional beekeeping.
• bid4bees. An online auction site specialising in apicultural equipment.

Research Sites and Universities

• Bee Base Delivers bee health programmes on behalf of UK governments
• BeeScience Brasil (Brazil)
• Carl Hayden Bee Research Center (USA)
• Rothamsted Research (UK). Information on research projects, including bee foraging and bumblebees.
• Beekeeping and Apiculture (USA). Department of Entomology, University of Nebraska.
• USDA ARS Honey Bee Breeding, Genetics and Physiology Research Laboratory (USA). Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
• USDA Beltsville Bee Research Laboratory (USA)). Beltsville, Maryland.

Wildlife

• Wildlife Gardener. Create a haven for wildlife, including bees, in your garden.
• C J Wildlife.  Offering products to encourage birds and other wildlife to your garden