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Apiculture Extension update from Michigan State University Extension - November 2022
Getting started with beekeeping
- Is Beekeeping Right for Me? free, online course
- Thinking about becoming a beekeeper?
- Getting started with beekeeping in Michigan
- Starting and Keeping Bees in Michigan: Rules and Regulations
- List of Recommended Resources for Beekeepers
Beekeeping resources
- Send MSU beekeeping questions through Ask Extension
- List of Recommended Resources for Beekeepers
- Michigan Beekeeping Rules and Regulations
- How to Help Your City Change Regulations about Bees
- Generally Accepted Agricultural and Management Practices (GAAMPs) for the Care of Farm Animals 2022
- Generally accepted agricultural and management practices for honey bees explanatory article
- Problem and Unwanted Bees
- What to do if you suspect your honey bee colonies were damaged by pesticides
- List of labs that will test honey for pesticides
- Changes in Bee Antibiotic Regulations
- Michigan Beekeepers Association
- Learn about and follow the Michigan Sentinel Apiary Project
- Northern Bee Network (local queens and nucs)
- Pollinator policy advocacy resources
- Varroa Related Resources
- Getting started with beekeeping
- Swarms and queens
- This is going to be the year - beekeepers year chart
- Feeding honey bees
- Help! My Colony has Ants!
- Diagnosing and treating American Foulbrood in honey bee Colonies
- Sustainable beekeeping using late season nucs
- Dr. Meghan Milbrath's American Bee Journal Beekeeping Basics Column
- The Greatest Generation: Winter Bees
- Do my Honey Bees Need a Veterinarian?
- Dealing with Deadouts
- Don’t be Surprised by Swarms
- Drawn Comb is Gold
- Getting Good Help
- Help I need a Queen!
- Working with Queen Cells
- Biosecurity in the beeyard
- Don’t Panic, It’s Organic! Or is it?
- Using Wax to Preserve Woodenware
- Special collection of scientific articles on honey bee research from the Journal of Insect Science
- The Micro Farm Program: A USDA crop insurance program that can benefit beekeepers
- Identifying and mitigating foulbrood in honey bee colonies and reducing the use of antibiotics information for beekeepers and veterinarians from the Honey Bee Health Coalition
- Needs assessment of Michigan small-scale beekeepers
Webinars and videos
- MSU Apiculture Extension webinars and videos
- Wild Spartans: All About Honey Bees with Ana Heck - 4-H Environmental & Outdoor Education
- Ag Around Michigan: Beekeeping with Ana Heck (4-H)
- Cabin Fever Conversations: Honey bees with Ana Heck
- What Spotted Lanternfly means for Beekeepers with Robyn Underwood
- Beekeeping Around the World: China with Dr. Zachary Huang
MSU Apiculture social media
Resources on dealing with farm stress
- Resources on managing farm stress from MSU Extension
- Farm State of Mind campaign to raise mental health awareness among the farming community
Resources for commercial beekeepers
- Commercial beekeeper monitoring program with the Bee Informed Partnership
- Financial and management guides from MSU Extension
- Business resources for beekeepers from Cornell University
- Examples of pollination contracts
Please submit beekeeping questions through the Ask Extension.