Fact Sheets:                                                         

Categories: Beginners | Management | Pollination | Diseases/Pests | General Info

Beginners:

• Information for Bee-Giners
• Handling Bees
• Keeping Bees in Populated Areas
• Ag Alternatives

Sources of Bees, Equipment and Information:

• Beekeeping Equipment & Supplies
• Queens and Packages
• Sources of Information
• Plans for Beekeeping Equipment: honey extractor, solar wax extractor, Langstroth hive, honey heater

Honey Bee Biology:

• Basic Bee Biology for Beekeepers

References:

• Beekeeping Basics
• Beekeeping in the United States - USDA - Agricultural handbook Number 335
• MAAREC Beekeeping Fact Sheets

Categories: Beginners | Management | Pollination | Diseases/Pests | General Info

Management Fact Sheets:

• Early Spring Management
• Fall Management
• Dividing Colonies
• Swarm Prevention and Control
• Transferring Bees
• Removing Bees
• Bait Hives
• Honey
• Beeswax

Categories: Beginners | Management | Pollination | Diseases/Pests | General Info

Diseases & Pests Fact Sheets:

• Chemicals and Drugs
• Tracheal Mites
• Pests of Honey Bees
• Stinging Insect Control
• Wax Moth
• Small Hive Beetle
• Varroa Mites
• Integrated Pest Management
• Diseases and Their Control
• Bears and Bees

Categories: Beginners | Management | Pollination | Diseases/Pests | General Info

Pollination Fact Sheets:

• Pollination
• Moving Bees
• Pollination Contracts
• Biology & Management of Osmia Cornifrons

Categories: Beginners | Management | Pollination | Diseases/Pests | General Info

General Information:

• Bees are Beneficial
• Africanized Honey Bees

Questions or comments concerning this website should be emailed to Roxie Smith at roxiesmith@psu.edu
Last modified March 12, 2008