Fun Bee Web Links

G.E.A.R.S. (Global Entomology Agricultural Research Server)

http://gears.tucson.ars.ag.gov/ Presented by the USDA-ARS Carl Hayden Bee Research Center in Tucson, AZ. Winner of the Secretary of Agriculture's Award for Public Service, Point's Top 5% and many others, this is still the best place to net-surf for bee and pollination information on the web.

Bee Eye

http://cvs2.anu.edu.au/andy/beye/beyehome.html Welcome to the B-EYE pages! Have you ever wondered how other creatures see the world? Here you can find out. Well, at least you can find out how HONEY BEES see the world. Well, let's say you can find out what we THINK the world looks like to a bee. Well, not the WHOLE world, really, but a subset of the world, namely a number of greyscale pictures. But, still, I'm sure you will find it an interesting experience...

International Bee Research Association

http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/ibra.html http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/ibra/conserve.html An international organization based in England devoted to the conservation of honey bees and other non-Apis bees the world over. Visit their site to find out more about their activities and extensive publications. Read the conserve html document to learn about why native bees everywhere are threatened with extinction and why we should care about saving them.

50 Great Places to Bee on the Net!!

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Beekeeping/weblinks.htm What can we say other than here is a great listing of websites around the world devoted to bees, beekeeping and pollination.

The Africanized Honey Bees Home Page

http://128.194.30.1/agcom/news/hc/ahb/ahbhome.htm Fascinating and timely information on the biology of Africanized bees and safety tips around them presented by the Department of Agricultural Communications at the Texas A & M University.

Bee Alert!

http://www.umt.edu/biology/bees/default.htm Find out how honey bee colonies are being as biomonitors to detect environmental hazardhous substances including heavy metals, pesticides and radioactive isotopes. From the University of Montana.

Bumble Barf Honey

http://www.slimeworld.org/honey/beebarf.html Strange name but purveyor of fine organic honey.

Beekeeping Homepage

http://weber.u.washington.edu/~jlks/bee.html An online resource from educators at the University of Washington. Lots of resources for beekeepers and bee enthusiasts.

Project Bartleby

http://www.Columbia.edu/acis/bartleby/search.html This is primarily a searchable database for famous quotations. Visit the site and enter the search words "bee" and "honey" for some fascinating insights into how some of the greatest literary minds of the past and present have considered our buzzing friends.

BEE-L

http://www.internode.net/~allend/logs.html This page provides web access to copies of the archives of the bee discussion mailing list BEE-L@CNSIBM.ALBANY.EDU

Apis Newsletter

http://www.ifas.ufl.edu/~entweb/apis/apis.htm This newsletter chronicles fourteen years of change in the art and science of beekeeping.

The Pollination Scene

Home Page of Dave & Janice Green
http://users.aol.com/pollinator/polpage1.html An interesting new site for home gardeners. Tells you all about the pollination scene and the vitally important part that bees play as pollinators or our garden, crop and native plants. Log on and find out about their pollination tips for fruit and vegetable growers and hints for beekeepers establishing pollination contracts.

Mann Lake Ltd.

http://www.mannlakeltd.com/new.html A supplier of quality beekeeping suits, veils, hive bodies, frames, beeswax and other accessories for the hobbyist and commercial beekeeper or bee enthusiast.