• What is VSH
  
  
• Selection for VSH
  
  
• VSH Breeders Forum
  
  
• VSH in the News
  
  
• USDA Honey Bee Breeding Lab
  
  
• VSH versus Varroa
  
  
• VSH performance tests
  
  
• VSH in Wikipedia
  
  
• VSH Bibliography
  

Resources for Beekeepers and Bee Breeders

General beekeeping information

• Bee Health - Excellent site for the latest on CCD and best practices
  
  
• VSH Bee Breeders Forum - Helping breed mite resistant queens
  
  
• UC Davis - Bee Biology at the Harry Laidlaw Lab 
  
  
• The Bee Lab - University MN of headed by Dr. Marla Spivak
  
  
• Healthy Bees -new web course, learn the very best practices of beekeeping

• ScientificBeekeeping.com - Randy Oliver writes on sustainable apiculture

• Apis Information Resource Center

• Bees and Beekeeping - Ohio State University

• Beekeeping Home Page

• 4H Beekeeping
  
  
• Beekeeping Basics
  
  
• Wikibooks - Beekeeping
• Honeybee anatomy
  
  
• Bees without borders

  HoneyBeeNet - NASA

• Apiservices

• Electronic BeeSpace - University of Ilinois

• Bees for Development

• Apiconsult

• BeeSource.com

• BeeHoo

• Pollinator Partnership

• Who's who in apiculture - Bee Culture, A.I. Root

• Bee Behavior

• Beekeeping in the Middle East

• A Resource Guide to Flower Pollination

Bee Breeding

• USDA Bee Breeding Lab
• Breeding and Genetics of Honey Bees
• Queen Production, Breeding Programs and Producers by Dr. Malcolm Sanford
• Instrumental Insemination Equipment & Services

Bee Research

• Apidologie
• BeeSpace Concept Navigator- Powerful new tool to search scientific literature- PDF tutorial
• International Bee Research Assn.- UK
• Carl Hayden Bee Research Center- USDA
• Agricola - USDA
• USDA ARS Bee Bibliography
• Entrez PubMed - National Library of Medicine
• Bee Labs around the World

  Bee Supply Companies

  
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  Beekeeper Clubs

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Africanized Bees

• Africanized Honey Bee- Texas A&M University
• Beekeeping in Africa - excellent online book by Stephen O. Adjare
• Stingshield - up to date news stories and maps

Other types of bees

• Blue Orchard Bees (Osmia lignaria), 3B Sales and Service, P.O. Box 6054, North Logan, UT 84333 (435) 258-2008 email - 3bsales&service@pcu.net
• Mason Bees
• Alfalfa Leafcutter Bees
• Bumble Bees
  

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Bee Industry Resources

• Bee Supply Companies
• Government Agencies
• Industry Organizations
• Publications
• Package Bee Suppliers
• Pollination Brokers (for bee rentals)
• Beekeeping Equipment Broker

 

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Artificial (Instrumental) Insemination Equipment & Instruction

Instrumental Insemination Service - Susan Cobey offers classes in queen rearing, breeding, and instrumental insemination technique. She also offers a comprehensive line of insemination devices and equipment. An award winning Instrumental Insemination Training Video is also available. e-mail: honeybee@breeding.com

Short instructions to instrumental bee insemination - Dr. Peter Schley

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Government ResourcesUnited States

Honeybee Breeding & Genetics & Physiology Research Lab, 1157 Ben Hur Rd. Baton Rouge,LA 70820 . Ph.(504) 767-9280 Fax (504) 766-9212
Bee Biology & Systematics Laboratory. Utah State Univ., Logan, UT 84322-5310 Ph. (801)750-2520
Bee Research Laboratory, Rm. 209A, Bldg. 476, BARC-East, Beltsville, MD 20705 Ph.(301)504-8205 Fax (301)504-8736
Bee Research Laboratory, 2413 East Hwy. 83, Weslaco, TX 78596 (210) 969-4870
Carl Hayden Bee Research Center. 2000 E. Allen Rd, Tucson, AZ 85719 . Ph. (602)670-6709
Honey Market News. USDA-AMS, Fruit & Vegetable Div., 2015 So. 1st St., Rm. 4, Yakima, WA 98903 Ph. (509) 575-2494 Fax (509) 457-7132

Canada

Agriculture Canada. Research Branch, Agr.Canada, Box 29, Beaverlodge, Alta.,Canada T0H 0C0 Ph. (403) 354-2212

Biosystematics Research Centre. Rm. B149, K.W. Neatby Bldg., Ottawa, Ont. Canada K1A 0C6.

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Industry Organizations

American Apitherapy Society
American Beekeeping Federation
American Honey Producers Association
Eastern Apicultural Society of North America
Inc.Heartland Apicultural Society
National Honey Board
Sioux Honey Association

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Publications

American Bee Journal, published by Dadant &Sons Inc., Hamilton, IL 62341, Phone: (217) 847-3324 Fax (217) 847-3660 289-7668
Apidologie, International scientific journal
Bee Culture, published by A.I. Root Co., 623 W. Liberty St., Medina, OH 44256 ,Phone (800) 289-7668
Speedy Bee, P.O. Box 998, Jesup, GA 31598 , Phone (912) 427-4018 Fax (912) 427-8447

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Pollination Services

Pollination Brokers

Pollination directory

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Morris Weaver Enterprises e-mail: mweaver@txcyber.com

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