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Apiary

Mission

To protect honeybees in order to maintain viable honeybee populations for the purpose of pollination in Arkansas

Methods:

1) By equitably administering laws and regulations in order to minimize and slow the spread and negative effects of diseases, harmful pests and unwanted species.

2) By educating beekeepers in modern apicultural techniques and the citizens of Arkansas of the importance of honeybees.

(most of these documents are pdf files which require adobe acrobat reader.)

 

Contents: 

*    Apiary Laws and Regulations

      *   How Other Laws Affect Bees and Beekeepers

 *   Registration

      *  Process.            *   Forms.

 *  Inspections

 *  Section18

 *  Education

      *  Facts Sheets

      *  Africanized Honeybees

      *  General Stuff

                  *   General Pollination    *   Pollination by Crop     *   Getting Started

                  *   Beehives and Construction     *   Plans for Beekeeping Equipment

                  *   The Anatomy of a Bee           *   The Anatomy of a Hive        

       *   Diseases and Parasites

                  *  American Foulbrood               *  Chalk brood Diseases

                  *  Chart of Symptoms of Diseases and Parasites

                  *  Colony Collapse Disorder

                  *  European Foulbrood               *  Honeybee Tracheal Mite

                  *  Honeybee Parasitic Mite Syndrome 

                  *  Noseama Disease of the Honeybee

                  *  Sacbrood Disease of the Honeybee 

                  *  Small Hive Beetle,map2005     *  Small Hive Beetles

                  *  Varroa Destructor

        *   Pest Management

                  *  Chemical and Non-chemical Controls

                  *  Integrated Pest Management in Beekeeping

                  *  How to Avoid Small Hive Beetles

                   *  Recipes for Bees

        * Relative Toxicity of Pesticide (chart)

Beekeeping Classes

        Spring 2007

Newsletters

         *  Most Current Edition

         *  Recent Archives           

                                   *  2007 issues            2006 issues            2005 issues

                                        #1, #2,                  #1, #2, #3 #4            #1, #2, #3, #4

*   Hot Topics                

         *  African Honeybees

         *  Residues and Resistant Strains in Beekeeping

 *  Other Related Links

         *  A list of Beekeeping links

                  USDA Bee Laboratory Web Sites (under construction)

                        *  Honeybee Breeding & Genetics & Physiology Research Lab.  

                                Bee Biology & Systematics Laboratory.

                        *  Honeybee Breeding & Genetics & Physiology Research Lab.

                        *  Bee Research Lab. (Beltsville, MD.)

                        *  Bee Research Lab. (Weslaco,TX.)

                        *  Carl Hayden Bee Research Center.

                 *  Industry Organizations

                        *  Local and Regional Beekeeping Associations.

                        *  American Apitherapy Society.

                          *  American Beekeeping Federation.

                        *  American Honey Producers Association.    

                           *  Arkansas Beekeepers Association.

                        *  Eastern Apicultural Society of North America, Inc.

                        *  Heartland Apicultural Society.

                        *  National Honey Board.

                 *  Industry Publications

                        *  American Bee Journal.

                        *  Apidologie.

                        *  Bee Culture.

                       

 
 
 
 

 


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