Beekeeping Articles, Documents & Tools

Educational resources for beekeepers provided by club members and speakers. You may also want to check videos and beekeeping tools.

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• Beekeeping Tools

Educational Articles

• Beekeeping 101
• Beekeeping Calendar (USU Extension)
• Breeds and Varieties of the Western Honey Bee
• Recorded WBA Meetings

Hive Bodies and Components

• Build It Yourself Guides (Beesource)
• Top Bar Hive Plans (David Bench)

Laws, State and Regional

• Apiary Inspections & Beekeeping (UDAF)
• Inspection, Registration, State & Regional Laws

Pests

• Varroa destructor
  • Tools for Varroa Management (Honey Bee Health Coalition)
  • “Fighting Varroa” Series, Treatment Info (Scientific Beekeeping)
  • Sugar Roll Instructions (MSU)
  • Sugar Roll PDF Guide (UoM)
  • Alcohol Washer (Scientific Beekeeping)
  • Alcohol/Bug Wash and Sugar Roll Demo (Wasatch Beekeepers)
  • Extended Release Oxalic Acid Shop Towels (Scientific Beekeeping)
• Wax Moths
  • Wax Moth Biology and Treatment Methods (K. Davitt)
• Yellow Jackets
  • Controlling Yellow Jackets with Fipronil (K. Davitt)

Robbing

• Robber Screen
  • Robber Screen Guide (James Peirce)

Pollen

• North Bend Pollen & Nectar Chart (2017)
• List of Pollen Sources (Wikipedia)

Miscellaneous

• Cavendish Bananas and Benefit to Honey Bees (K. Davitt)

Beekeeping Tools

Inspections

• Hive Inspection Chart (2018) (Natalee Thompson)
• Detailed Hive Inspection Sheet (2019) (Natalee Thompson)

Varroa Management

• Mite Pop & Treatment Estimator
  – Randy Oliver (Scientific Beekeeping)

3D Printable Model

• Varroa Mite (designed by Ivan Pilet and edited by Tom Watson)

Recipes

• Fondant, pollen patties, grease patty, honey bee healthy (USU Extension)
• Honey bee healthy (Homer’s Honey)
• Fondant (Homer’s Honey)