General
2023 Honey Bee Pests and Diseases
2022 Honey Bee Pests and Diseases
2021 Honey Bee Pests and Diseases
2020 Purchasing Honey Bees or Equipment in Alberta
2017 Alberta Provincial Apiculturist Annual Report
—Dr. Medhat Nasr, Alberta Provincial Apiculturist
The Provincial Apiculturist Report is very informative and states an Average Winter Mortality of 28.8% for last winter (2016-2017). Comments about the winter mortality are provided in Section C of the report. It also provides statistics about the beekeeping industry in Alberta and bee pests and disease inspections.
2017 Provincial Apiculturist Annual Report December (PDF, 276KB)
Bad Beekeeping Blog – Ron Miksha
University of Guelph Honey Bee Research Center (HBRC)
The Honey Bee Research Centre (HBRC) under the direction of Dr Ernesto Guzman along with Apiary Manager Paul Kelly, work together to offer honey bee education to a wide variety of students from both the University of Guelph and enthusiastic beekeepers. The HBRC has an extensive library of videos from getting started, to pest management, splitting hives, queen rearing and beyond.
BEE-L is for open, informed discussion about both wild and domestic bees and beekeeping by scientists and laymen. The server maintains a searchable archive of discussions on a wide variety of fact and opinion in archives going back into the 1990s. Anyone is welcome to read or join.
The Strathcona Beekeeper’s Library has resources for basic, advanced and natural beekeeping.
Bee-Ginning
A YEAR of Beekeeping Under the Arch
—Bill Turner, January 2011
Understanding honeybees
—An Introduction
Basic Beekeeping
—Penn State
Beekeeping for Beginners
—Alberta Agriculture
What you should know about bees
—North Carolina Outline checklist
Bee Disease & Treatment
Bee Health App for Smart Phones
Available from Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, this app is intended to help you with on-the-spot pest and disease diagnosis and treatment options. It’s free and available for Android and iPhone.
Please go to the Apple App Store or Google Play store and search for bee health app. It is already there and can be down loaded.
Notices: Small Hive Beetle
Quarantine Area In The Peace River Region Established For Small Hive Beetle Found In Honey Bee Colonies (PDF 110KB)
Update of the Small Hive Beetle (SHB) Quarantine in Peace River Region, and Bee Health Evolving Issues (PDF 189KB)
Other references
Chart of Possible Varroa Treatments
Management of Honey Bee Diseases and Parasites in 2010
—Pernal, Ibrahim & Melathopoulos: AAFC Beaverlodge Research Farm
Nosema Disease-Diagnosis and Control
—Canadian Association of Professional Apiculturists
Nosema Points
—(author unknown)
A Review of Treatment Options for Control of Varroa Mite in New Zealand
—Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, New Zealand
Formic Acid Fumigator
—University of Florida
Feeding Bees
Fat Bees Skinny Bees
—Australian Government
How to Make your Own Fondant From Scratch
Honey Information
Maximizing Honey Production spring management
—Wenning – Heart of Illinois Beekeepers’ Association
World’s Sweetest Honey
This is a recording of Ron Miksha’s presentation at the January Banquet and Honey Competition.
Falling Honey Prices
A Study Of The Causes Of Falling Honey Prices In The International Market
—Prof. Norberto L. García
Over-Wintering
Honey Bee Wintering Losses in Canada (2017)
—Canadian Association of Professional Apiculturists
Bill’s Points on Wintered Hive Behavior
—Bill Turner
Biology and Management of Colonies in winter
—CAPA, Beaverlodge, AB
Honey Bees and Winterkill – Medhat
—Dr Medhat Nasr, Alberta Agriculture
Overwintering Russian honeybees
—Villa, Rinderer & Bigalk
The Thermology of Wintering Honey Bee Colonies
—C. Owens
Queens & Nucs
Better Queens by Jay Smith
—Jay Smith
Care and The Installation of Package Bees
Cloake Board Method of Queen Rearing and Banking Sue Cobey
—Sue Cobey
Comparison of Russian-Italian Queens
Foolproof queen intro from George Imirie’s Pink Pages
—George Imiries’ Pink Pages
Introducing Mailed Queens by Bill Turner
—Bill Turner
Package Bee Techniques article in Beekeeping News
—Beekeeping News
Web Links
Bill’s Bee Library, A List of Informative & Useful Links
Pest Management
Anti-Varroa Screened bottom Board … in the Province of Quebec
—Chapleau, Jean Pierre: 2002/2003
Chemical-free Beekeeping: Controlling Varroa by Disrupting the Brood Cycle
—Sylvia Feldman, Published June 2011
Tips for Beginners
http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$Department/deptdocs.nsf/all/agdex3946
https://agdev.anr.udel.edu/maarec/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Info_for_Bee-ginners_PM1.pdf
https://agdev.anr.udel.edu/maarec/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Tips-Handle_Bees-PM1.pdf
https://agdev.anr.udel.edu/maarec/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Keep_Bees_in_Pop_Area_pm.pdf
https://agdev.anr.udel.edu/maarec/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Moving_Bees.pdf
Spring Management
https://agdev.anr.udel.edu/maarec/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/EARLY_SP.PDF
https://agdev.anr.udel.edu/maarec/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/DIVIDING.PDF
https://agdev.anr.udel.edu/maarec/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Swarm_Prev_Control_PM.pdf
Fall and Winter Management
https://agdev.anr.udel.edu/maarec/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/FALL_MGM.PDF
http://capabees.org/content/uploads/2013/02/winteringpdf.pdf
http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/deptdocs.nsf/all/agdex11780
Products of the Hive
https://agdev.anr.udel.edu/maarec/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Beeswax.pdf
https://agdev.anr.udel.edu/maarec/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/HONEY.PDF