The South Carolina Mid-State Beekeepers Association

Some online stores you may want to look at to order supplies.

• Johnson's Farm and Garden, Williston, SC www.johnsonsfarmandgarden.com/ www.johnsonsfarmandgarden.com/ With today's high price of gas, why drive to the next town when you can find what you need at Johnson's Farm and Garden in Williston, SC? We are your home town super store where value, service and convenience are yours with a smile. Brushy Mountain bee equipment and supplies. Williston, SC

• Dixie Bee Supply, Lancaster, SC shopdixiebee.com/ shopdixiebee.com/ Dixie Bee Supply & Country Store is South Carolina owned and operated. We are certified beekeepers and have own apiaries. We carry a full range of beekeeping supplies and offer all natural products such as; local honey, molasses, jellies, stone ground grits and salsa.

• Blythewood Bee Company, Blythewood, SC www.blythewoodbeecompany.com/product-category/beekeeping-equipment/ www.blythewoodbeecompany.com/product-category/beekeeping-equipment/ Storefront located in Blythewood, SC. Woodenware, frames, foundation, complete hives,

• Bee Well Honey Farm and Supplies, Pickens, SC beewellhoneyfarm.com/ beewellhoneyfarm.com/ Family owned and operated by Kerry and Donna Owen in the upstate of South Carolina. They are the producers for Bee Well Honey produced in the Southeast region of the United States. Bee Well Honey offers educational boot-camps for beginning and advanced beekeepers and sells beekeeping equipment and honeybees to beekeepers in Upstate South Carolina.

• Mann Lake ltd. www.mannlakeltd.com/ www.mannlakeltd.com/ Jack & Betty Thomas started Mann Lake in 1983 because they could not find the quality beekeeping supplies they needed for their own beekeeping hobby. They began selling supplies out of their garage on Mann Lake, but quickly found a lot of others who were under served as well. Realizing the need was bigger than their garage they moved the business from their home to the city of Hackensack, MN.

• Walter T. Kelly https://kelleybees.com/ https://kelleybees.com/ More than 60 years manufacturing beekeeping equipment. Here at Kelley Bees, we strive to meet all of your beekeeping supply needs.

• Dadant & Sons Incorporated www.dadant.com/ www.dadant.com/ A family owned business that has served the industry for over 148 years. In addition to our Beekeeping business, we have branched out to the religious and decorative candle industries.

• Brushy Mountain Bee Farm www.brushymountainbeefarm.com www.brushymountainbeefarm.com Brushy Mountain Bee Farm was established by Steve and Sandy Forrest and opened for business in 1977. It began as a part time business with the office and wood shop in the home of Steve and Sandy. In 1980 it grew into a full time business that spread into an old barn that was on the property and a small two-room house. A year later a 200 year old log cabin was moved from an adjacent property and attached to the two room house to form the retail and storage facility for the business. The first warehouse was built in 1983 for storage and shipping and the offices were moved into the log cabin. As the business grew more buildings were added and today it occupies over 30,000 square feet under roof with a wood shop, metal shop, sewing room, and warehouse space. Brushy Mountain continues to expand and provide products from coast to coast and beyond. Since 1998 we have had our catalog on-line and an e-commerce site for the convenience of our customers.

• Rossman Apiaries www.gabees.com/index.htm www.gabees.com/index.htm Since 1936 Bees have been a part of the Rossman family. Beekeeping Supplies For Commercial Beekeepers, Backyard Beekeepers, and Hobbyists. Rossman Apiaries, located in South Georgia and serving beekeepers since 1987, carries a wide range of supplies as well as the manufacturing of highly durable Cypress Woodenware Hives.

• Betterbee www.betterbee.com www.betterbee.com Serving the Beekeeping industry for more then 25 years. *We are Beekeepers serving Beekeepers*

• Pigeon Mountain Trading Company www.pigeonmountaintrading.com www.pigeonmountaintrading.com Pigeon Mountain Trading Company offers the highest quality bees, beekeeping equipment and supplies at affordable prices. We have everything you need to start a hive and carry it through to a productive season of harvesting, extracting, and processing your honey

• Miller Bee Supply https://millerbeesupply.com/?ccUser= https://millerbeesupply.com/?ccUser= Looking for beekeeping supplies? We offer the continental USA the best in quality beekeeping supplies for hobby or commercial beekeeping use. We are based in North Wilkesboro, NC, and proudly serve many clients in North Carolina, Virginia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, the South-East and each of the 50 states' beekeeping supplies. If you're into beekeeping or have a beekeeper in your family, we have what you need. From beginner supplies to hive kits, frames, and supers for the experienced professional, we are your beekeeping supply warehouse!

Local and SC resources for bees, queens, equipment, services.

• Gillaspy's Honey Bee Queens https://www.gillaspyshoneybees.com https://www.gillaspyshoneybees.com We're a family business that sells local bees, local honey and local pollen from hives located in Irmo and Lexington South Carolina. If you have any questions please use the contact form on this website or call (803) 216-5522.

• Bee Trail Farm https://www.facebook.com/BeeTrailFarm https://www.facebook.com/BeeTrailFarm Honey bee queens in season, honey, local beekeeping classes, more.

• Sassafras Bee and Honey Farm https://www.facebook.com/sassafrasbeefarm https://www.facebook.com/sassafrasbeefarm Honey, Five Frame Nucleus Hives in deep and medium configuration. Honey in season.

• Millstone Manor Apiaries https://www.facebook.com/millstonemanorapiaries https://www.facebook.com/millstonemanorapiaries Nucleus Hive Boxes and Nuc Hive woodenware, Jar totes, Lotions, Balms, more.

Links from around the world wide web.

• Bee Informed www.beeinformed.org www.beeinformed.org Using beekeepers' real world experience to solve beekeepers' real world problems.

• Bee CARE beecare.bayer.com beecare.bayer.com Honeybees and Beekeeping Bee CARE's primary mission is to share with others knowledge of the incredible honeybee and promote more interest in beekeeping. We provide information and support to both beekeepers and those curious to learn about honeybees, their amazing roles in nature, and how they impact the quality of our daily lives.

• Beesource Build-it-Yourself www.beesource.com/build-it-yourself www.beesource.com/build-it-yourself Plans & resources for do it yourself projects.

• The Buzz About Bees www.buzzaboutbees.net/ www.buzzaboutbees.net/ Bees Are Amazing! Did you know, there are about 25,000 types of bees in the world, with probably more species awaiting discovery? This site has been written to provide a great deal of information for adults and children alike, about all things ?bee?! Whether you are looking to...

• Eastern Apicultural Society www.easternapiculture.org www.easternapiculture.org EAS is an international non-profit educational organization founded in 1955 for the promotion of bee culture, education of beekeepers, and excellence in bee research. EAS is the largest non-commercial beekeeping organization in the United States.

• Map of the spread of Africanized honey bee by year www.ars.usda.gov/Research/docs.htm?docid=11059&page=6 www.ars.usda.gov/Research/docs.htm?docid=11059&;page=6

• Quizlet quizlet.com/subject/beekeeping quizlet.com/subject/beekeeping Matching formatted quizzes on various beekeeping topics. We can't vouch for accuracy, but you can still have fun.

• University of Georgia Honey Bee Program www.ent.uga.edu/bees/ www.ent.uga.edu/bees/ Honey bee research at the UGA emphasizes sustainable bee health management as well as more basic questions on bee pollination and foraging ecology. In all its initiatives, the UGA Honey Bee Program aims to develop research, teaching and extension initiatives that are locally responsive while globally relevant.

Associations in South Carolina

• SC State Beekeepers Association www.scstatebeekeepers.org www.scstatebeekeepers.org Our mission is to educate beekeepers in our state about all aspects of the honeybee and it's care. An estimated 2,000 beekeepers in the state manage about 25,000 honey bee colonies.

• Charleston Area Beekeepers charlestonbees.org/ charlestonbees.org/ Charleston Area Beekeepers Association (CABA) is comprised of members mainly from (but not limited to) the general Charleston, South Carolina area. Members are beekeepers, researchers, and those who enjoy beekeeping as a hobby or simply wish to promote bees and the beekeeping industry to benefit our local and global economy, educate our youth, and improve our overall health and wellness. We support the South Carolina Beekeepers Association (SCBA) which funds beekeeping research and hosts conferences to share information with the community.

• Wateree Beekeepers Association kcbeekeepers.webs.com/ kcbeekeepers.webs.com/ We are a very diverse group of individuals who share a common interest in beekeeping. We come from various backgrounds and different walks of life. While beekeeping is a hobby or sideline for most of us, beekeeping serves as the livelyhood for at least one of our members! Our occupations or "real jobs" are as varied as our backgrounds. We have members who are small business owners, farmers, plumbers, doctors, counselors and lots more. It is the amazing little insect commonly known as the honey bee that brings us all together!

• Spartanburg Beekeepers Association www.spartanburgbeekeepers.com www.spartanburgbeekeepers.com We are a group of local beekeepers who meet once a month to encourage: better methods among beekeepers of the county of Spartanburg; to promote cooperation; to reach a common understanding regarding our problems and their solutions; to foster a closer cooperation among members of the association; and to do such things as will tend to improve purposes exclusively for its members and the general public relating to honey bees and the beekeeping industry.

• Lancaster County Beekeepers Association lancastercountybeekeepers.com lancastercountybeekeepers.com The LCBA is dedicated to promoting best-practice beekeeping among it's members, to educate the greater community on the necessity and importance of honeybees to the environment, and to identifying and encouraging new beekeepers by offering classes, related materials, and hands-on assistance.

• Georgia Beekeepers Association www.gabeekeeping.com/ www.gabeekeeping.com/ The Georgia Beekeepers Association was started in 1920 to help support and promote the practice of beekeeping in the State of Georgia. Our goals include promoting the use of products of Georgia beekeepers, representing the beekeepers of Georgia in state and national legislative matters and to promote the common interests and welfare of Georgia beekeepers and the beekeeping industry.

• www.easternapiculture.org/links/beekeeping-organizations Do you want to find beekeeping organizations all over the country? This link will take you to them.

Scientific Research Papers, Studies & Articles found on the world wide web.

• USDA Honeybee Research www.ars.usda.gov/research/projects_programs.htm?modecode=53-42-03-00 www.ars.usda.gov/research/projects_programs.htm?modecode=53-42-03-00 ARS research is organized into National Programs. Within each National Program are research projects. Listed here are the National Programs and research projects currently conducted at this location.

• NASA Hive Scale Project www.hivetool.net www.hivetool.net Environmental research focusing on honey bee hives throughout the United States.

• Carl Hayden Bee Research Center www.ars.usda.gov/main/site_main.htm?modecode=53-42-03-00 www.ars.usda.gov/main/site_main.htm?modecode=53-42-03-00 Mission Objectives: 1) Improve bee nutrition for healthier colonies, especially those used for commercial pollination. 2) Develop novel control strategies for Varroa using essential oils, pheromones and nutrition. 3) Develop tools to better manage European Honey Bees in Africanized habitats. 4) Evaluate problems in the pollination of agricultural crops.

There is a great big world of e-books out there. These are just a few.

• At the Hive Entrance www.archive.org/details/AtTheHiveEntrance www.archive.org/details/AtTheHiveEntrance This is the definitive text for beekeepers to identify what is happening inside the honey bee hive by observing the activities outside of it. Any beekeeper that cares about his bees must have this book. It is hard to find and expensive to buy when you do. Now you can download it!

• The Hive & the Honeybee a Beekeeping Collection(online) bees.library.cornell.edu/b/bees/index.html bees.library.cornell.edu/b/bees/index.html The Everett F. Phillips' Beekeeping Collection at Cornell's Albert R. Mann Library is one of the largest and most complete apiculture libraries in the world.A new generation of apiculturalists is leading efforts to digitize major parts of that collection.

• Free e-Books by Project Gutenberg www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page Project Gutenberg offers over 38,000 free e-books: choose among books in kindle, or e-pub formats. Download them or read them online. No fee or registration is required.

• Open Library- subject beekeeping openlibrary.org/subjects/beekeeping openlibrary.org/subjects/beekeeping Download e-books about beekeeping

This is a small sample of the many beekeeping journals available.

• Bee Culture www.beeculture.com/ www.beeculture.com/ Because we are unable to add a pdf here, please go to our "Become a Member" page to download a discount coupon for a subscription to this magazine.

• American Bee Journal www.americanbeejournal.com www.americanbeejournal.com The American Bee Journal was established in 1861 by Samuel Wagner and has been published continuously since that time, except for a brief period during the Civil War. The Journal has the honor of being the oldest English language beekeeping publication in the world. Because we are unable to add a pdf here, please go to our "Become a Member" page to download a discount coupon for a subscription to this magazine.

• Bees for Development www.beesfordevelopment.org/ www.beesfordevelopment.org/ Beekeeping is an effective way for poor people to strengthen their livelihoods and fight poverty. Bees for Development provides information to assist them. We work at the heart of an international network of people and organizations involved with apiculture in developing countries.

• Extracting Honey from Top Bar Comb Using an Extractor youtu.be/J4lwVgHTja0 youtu.be/J4lwVgHTja0 Yes, it can be done. This video shows you how to extract honey from a top bar hive using a traditional honey extractor.

• Top Bar Comb Manipulation youtu.be/lCJ-G8qmdjI youtu.be/lCJ-G8qmdjI A lesson on manipulating Top Bar Hive Combs, how to open a TBH (top bar hive) and how to close one. This also shows you in detail the ways to handle a full top bar in order to not damage it. This video is for new or beginner TBH beekeepers.

MSBA cannot be held accountable for the information held in the following links.

• Honey Locator www.honeylocator.com www.honeylocator.com

• National Honey Board www.honey.com www.honey.com The National Honey Board is a federal research and promotion board under USDA oversight that conducts research, marketing and promotion programs to help maintain and expand markets for honey and honey products. The NHB is not a regulatory agency nor does it have powers of enforcement. The ten member board, appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, represents producers (beekeepers), packers, importers, and a marketing cooperative. As an organization responsible for the marketing and promotion of honey in the US, the National Honey Board strongly supports the efforts of our industry and U.S. regulatory agencies to address any situation that brings into question the quality, purity or image of honey as a wholesome part of the American diet.

Youtube and other video links.

• Protect the Bees PSA youtu.be/Qgv8bMrotX0 youtu.be/Qgv8bMrotX0 Provided by Clemson. Video with Dr. Hood

• The HIstory of Bee Smokers www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR3U523TLgI&feature=youtu.be www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR3U523TLgI&feature=youtu.be This is video shows the personal collection of bee smokers from Paul Jackson, Texas State Entomologist. It covers early smokers back to the 1800??¢??s; their history, and evolution to where we are today. Jackson also shares the twists & curves of ingenuity that beekeepers have used to improve the device. Also included, are some humorous personal stories along the way.

• http://wildwoodforesthoney.com/beehive_webcam.htm wildwoodforesthoney.com/beehive_webcam.htm wildwoodforesthoney.com/beehive_webcam.htm Real-time Streaming Image from the Bee Hive Webcam

• Bees in Art www.beesinart.com www.beesinart.com The world's first art gallery devoted to Bee Art. Honey bees, Bumble bees and other Hymenoptera depicted in art.