Bee Anatomy

• Bee Health 

• Understanding Bee Anatomy, Ian Stell

Bee-Supportive Plants 

• Las Pilitas Native Plant Nursery

• Moosa Creek Native Plants

• Native West Nursery, formerly Recon (pesticide free native plants)

• And, ​please visit your local plant nursery.

Books: Biology and Behavior of the Honey Bee​

• Caron, D. and Connor, L. (2022). Honey Bee Biology and Beekeeping​

• Dadant & Sons, edit. (2015). The Hive and the Honey Bee. Dadant & Sons

• Root, A. and Root, E. (2015). The ABC and XYZ of Bee Culture. A.I. Root Company​

• Sammataro, D. & Avitabile, A. (2011). The Beekeeper's Handbook, 4th edition

• Seeley, T.D. (2010). Honeybee Democracy. Princeton University Press

• Seeley, T.D. (2019). The Lives of Bees. Princeton University Press

• Stell, I. (2012). Understanding Bee Anatomy

• Tautz, J. (2009). The Buzz about Bees. Springer Science

• Winston, M.L. (1991). The Biology of the Honey Bee. Harvard University Press

Books: Beekeeping 

• Blackiston, H. (2017). Beekeeping for Dummies, 4th edition 

• Bush, Michael. (2011). The Practical Beekeeper. Star Publishing Co. www.bushfarms.com/bees.htm 

• Crowder, L. and Harrell, H. (2012). Top Bar Beekeeping: Organic Practices for Honeybee Health. Rose, J. (2014). Beekeeping in Coastal California

• Delaplane, K. (2007), First Lessons in Beekeeping

• Heaf, D. (2010). The Bee-Friendly Beekeeper. Northern Bee Books

• Heaf, D. (2013). Natural Beekeeping with the Warre Hive. Northern Bee Books

• Heaf, D. (2021). Treatment-Free Beekeeping. Northern Bee Books 

• Kearney, H. (2019). QueenSpotting

• McFarland, Rob and Chelsea. (2015). Save the Bees With Natural Backyard Hives. Page Street Publishing https://honeylove.org

• Stiglitz, D. and Herboldsheimer, L. (2010). The Complete Idiot's Guide to Beekeeping, Penguin Books 

Classes (Local)

• Girl Next Door Honey 

• Sager family farm

• San Diego Beekeeping Society

Education 

• At home beekeeping series

• California Master's Beekeeping Program

• Honeybee Health Coalition

• Nieh Lab, Dr. James Nieh UCSD

• Project Apis m. (PAM)

• Pollinator Partnership

• Scientific Beekeeping
   

Education for Children

• ​Girl Next Door Honey

• Grade Cluster K-3 

• Sager Family Farm

Local Bee Supply Stores ​

•  City Farmers Nursery (local)

Online Stores/Beekeeping Equipment

• Mann Lake

• Dadant & Sons

• Pierco

Online Stores/Candle Making Supplies​

• Mann Lake

• Dadant & Sons

• Knorr Candles

History

•  John’s Beekeeping Notebook

Magazines 

• American Bee Journal

• Bee Culture

Podcasts & Blogs 

• Girl Next Door Honey - Beekeeping Like a Girl

• The Science of Bees - Honeybee Suite

• Thinking Bee Podcast

• Treatment Free Beekeeping Podcast

• Two Bees in a Podcast

Queens

• C F Koehnen & Sons, Inc., Glenn, CA ​

• Forest Bees, Fallbrook, CA

• Honeybee Genetics, Tauzer Apiaries, Woodland, CA

• Kona Queen Hawaii, Hawaii, HI

• Olivarez Honey Bees , Inc, Chico, CA 

Online Community

• San Diego Beekeeping Society, Facebook

• Treatment Free Beekeepers, Facebook

• Michael Bush: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7xgkeEDY3Q

• Les Crowder:  facebook.com/lescrowder-natural beekeeping official page

• David Heaf: http://warre.biobees.com/

• Tom Seeley:  https://www.youtube.com/watchv=T7CB8E7jKBc&t=2988s

• Dean Stiglitz and Laurie Herboldsheimer: https://beeuntoothers.com/about/golden-rule-honey/​

• Kirk Webster: https://kirkwebster.com/      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFD2jD0B67k

Varroa Mites

• Hesbach, W. (2016) Splits and Varroa​

• Honeybee Health Coalition

• Varroa Destructor