Beekeepers
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Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development COVID-19 Letter to Beekeepers
Getting started with beekeeping
- Thinking about becoming a beekeeper?
- Starting and Keeping Bees in Michigan: Rules and Regulations
- List of Recommended Resources for Beekeepers
Beekeeping resources
- 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
- 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
- January 2020 - The Greatest Generation: Winter Bees
- February 2020 - Do my Honey Bees Need a Veterinarian?
- March 2020 - Dealing with Deadouts
- April 2020 - Don’t be Surprised by Swarms
- June 2020 - Drawn Comb is Gold
- July 2020 - Getting Good Help
- August 2020 - Help I need a Queen!
- September 2020 - Working with Queen Cells
- October 2020 - Biosecurity in the beeyard
- November 2020 - Don’t Panic, It’s Organic! Or is it?
- December 2020 - 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
Webinars and videos
- MSU Apiculture Extension webinars and videos
- Wild Spartans: All About Honey Bees with 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
MSU Apiculture social media
- Michigan State University Honey Bees Facebook Page
- Heroes to Hives Facebook Page
- Michigan Pollinator Initiative Facebook Page
- MSU Bee Blog
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.