Selected Resources
Apiary Registration & Washington State Apiary Laws
Washington State Dept of Agriculture
Washington State Beekeepers Beekeepers Association
https://wasba.org
Bee Informed Partnership, collaborative efforts from across the US focusing on healthier bees
https://beeinformed.org
Cooperative Extension Resources - Honey Bee Health
https://articles.extension.org/bee_health
Cornell University Mann Library
The Hive & the Honey Bee
FAO Honey bee diseases and pests: a practical guide (pdf download)
http://www.fao.org/3/a-a0849e.pdf
University of Montana
On-line Beekeeping Education
Oregon State University
Honey Bee Research & Extension
Project Apis m.
https://www.projectapism.org/about-project-apis-m.html
Tools for Varroa Management, Honey Bee Health Coalition
https://honeybeehealthcoalition.org/varroa/
USDA Economic Effects and Responses to Changes in Honey Bee Health
https://www.ers.usda.gov/webdocs/publications/88117/err-246.pdf?v=43186
USDA Pest Response Guidelines for Vespa mandarinia (Northern giant hornet)
(pdf download)
https://cms.agr.wa.gov/WSDAKentico/Documents/PP/PestProgram/Vespa_mandarinia_NPRG_10Feb2020-(002).pdf
USGS Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab (detailed photos of natives bees)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/usgsbiml
Washington State University Honey Bees + Pollinators Program
University of Guelph Honey Bee Research Center
(Canadian university’s YouTube channel of videos on honey bee management)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS), Varroa destructor feeds primarily on honey bee fat body tissue and not hemolymph (pdf download) by Ramsey, et. al., PNAS | January 29, 2019 (Ramsey Video)