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links are split into the following categories.
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Shopping |
Address |
Description |
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| Bee Equipped |
Brunswood Farm Brunswood Lane Bradley Ashbourne Derbyshire DE6 1PN 01335 370 567 http://www.beeequipped.co.uk/ |
General Beekeeping supplies | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bee Hive Supplies | Bee Hive Supplies, Moenek House, Drakewalls, Gunnislake, Cornwall, PL18 9EL http://www.beehivesupplies.co.uk/ |
Specialise in Polystyrene Hives plus General Beekeeping equipment. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bee Master |
http://www.bee-master.co.uk/ |
General Beekeeping supplies |
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| Bees Knees Hives |
Bees Knees Hives 280 Farnborough Road Farnborough Hampshire GU14 7NQ Tel: 07590028950 http://www.beeskneeshives.co.uk/index.php |
Hive maker. Specialise in wax impregnating timber of hive timbers and take requests for hives of a particular shape. |
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| Beechwood Bees |
Beechwood Bees 16 Beechwood Drive Norwich NR7 0LP Tel: 01603 300888 http://www.beechwoodbees.co.uk/ |
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| Betterbee |
http://www.betterbee.com/ |
General Beekeeping supplies | ||||||||||||||||||
| Brunel Microscopes Ltd |
Brunel Microscopes Ltd Unit 2 Vincients Road Bumpers Farm Industrial Estate Chippenham Wiltshire SN14 6NQ Tel: 01249 462655 http://www.brunelmicroscopes.co.uk/ |
Microscopes! |
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| Buzzy Bee Shop |
20 Rose Avenue, Horsforth Leeds LS18 4QE 07799 674762 http://www.buzzybeeshop.co.uk |
Specialise in Queen rearing kit. |
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| Cheshire Hives |
Cheshire Hives Customer Services 36 Canal Street Stockport SK1 3BZ 01616696241 http://www.cheshirehives.co.uk |
General Beekeeping supplies | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cheshire Honey |
738 Warrington Road Birchwood Warrington WA3 6AH 0845 6431043 http://www.cheshirehoney.co.uk |
General Beekeeping supplies | ||||||||||||||||||
| East Riding Honey & Beekeeping Supplies |
456 Hull Road Dunswell Hull HU6 0AS Tel: 01482 859324 http://www.eastridinghoney.co.uk/ |
Genereal Beekeeping
Supplies & Bees. Our local shop. Use it or lose it. |
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| Highland Bee Supplies |
Crask Tordarroch Farr Inverness IV2 6XF 01808 521311 http://www.highlandbeesupplies.com/ |
General Beekeeping supplies. Yes there in Scotland. This is the age of internet shopping. |
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| Maisemore Apiaries |
Old Road, Maisemore Gloucester GL2 8HT Tel: 01452 700289 http://www.bees-online.co.uk/ |
General Beekeeping supplies | ||||||||||||||||||
| Modern Beekeeping |
Modern Beekeeping Westacott Road Barnstaple EX32 8AW Tel: 0844 888 0573 http://www.modernbeekeeping.co.uk/ |
General Beekeeping supplies Specialise in polystyrene hives. |
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| Park Beekeeping Supplies |
Unit 17 Blackheath Business Estate 78b, Blackheath Hill London SE10 8BA Tel: 020 86949960 http://www.parkbeekeeping.com/ |
General Beekeeping supplies | ||||||||||||||||||
| Paynes Southdown Bee Farms
Ltd |
Paynes Bee Farm Ltd Bentley Cottage Wickham Hill Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9NP Tel: 01273 843388 http://www.paynesbeefarm.co.uk/store/ |
General Beekeeping supplies | ||||||||||||||||||
| Peak Hives |
http://www.peak-hives.co.uk/ |
Hive manufacturer |
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| Sherriff |
B.J. Sherriff Carclew Road Mylor Downs Falmouth Cornwall TR11 5UN http://www.bjsherriff.co.uk/ |
Accessories & Clothing |
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| Simon The Beekeeper |
63 Arnolds crescent Newbold Verdon Leicestershire United Kingdom LE9 9LW http://www.simonthebeekeeper.co.uk |
General Beekeeping supplies | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stamfordham Bees | Stamfordham Bees S M Jane Lewis HeughHouse Heugh Newcastle upon Tyne NE18 0NH Tel: 01661 886219 http://www.stamfordham.biz/ |
General Beekeeping supplies | ||||||||||||||||||
| Swienty |
Swienty A/S Hørtoftvej 16 DK-6400 Sønderborg Denmark Tel: 45 7448 6969 http://www.swienty.com/uk/home.asp |
General Beekeeping supplies | ||||||||||||||||||
| The Bee Shed |
The BEESHED c/o Greenbox Storage College Road Swanley Kent BR8 7LT http://shop.beeshed.co.uk |
General Beekeeping supplies | ||||||||||||||||||
| Thornes |
Several addresses &
agents
throughout UK Tel: 01673 858555 http://www.thorne.co.uk/ |
General Beekeeping supplies | ||||||||||||||||||
| Yorkshire Beehives |
http://yorkshirebeehives.co.uk |
Local manufacturer of Beehives. |
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Organisations |
Address |
Description |
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| Bees for Development |
http://www.beesfordevelopment.org/ | Supporting the
introduction of
& improving Beekeeping for economic development. |
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| Bees Abroad |
http://www.beesabroad.org.uk/ |
Ditto |
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| Bee Farmers' Association. |
http://www.beefarmers.co.uk/ |
Surprise!! It's the
Bee Farmers' Association |
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| BeeBase |
https://secure.fera.defra.gov.uk/beebase/ |
National Bee Unit, UK. Register, you have no reason not too. |
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| Beedata |
http://www.beedata.com/index.shtml |
UK Beekeeping information
internet database. |
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| BIBBA Bee Improvement & Bee Breeders' Ass. |
http://www.bibba.com/ |
The organisation
reintroducing and promoting the native UK Honey Bee. Apis
Mellifera Mellifera |
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| BBKA British BeeKeepers' Ass. |
http://www.britishbee.org.uk/ |
National Association for Britain. All Associations have some affiliation to the BBKA. |
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| FERA Food & Environment Research Agency |
http://www.fera.defra.gov.uk/ |
UK Food and Environment
Research and enforcement agency. |
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| FIBKA Federation of Irish Beekeepers' Ass's. |
http://www.irishbeekeeping.ie/ |
Easy to read, short and
helpful. |
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| IBRA International Bee Research Ass. |
http://www.ibra.org.uk/ |
Publishers of nearly
everything in Science we presently know about Honey Bees. If you want to keep at the sharp end of research this is the place. |
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| Rothamsted Research |
http://www.rothamsted.bbsrc.ac.uk/Research/Centres/home.php |
Primary agricultural
research centre in the UK |
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| The National Honey Show |
http://www.honeyshow.co.uk/ |
Go on! Have a guess? |
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| SBKA Scottish Beekeepers' Ass. |
http://www.scottishbeekeepers.org.uk/ |
A concise and informative
downloads page. See below. |
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| UBKA Ulster Beekeepers Ass. |
http://www.ubka.org/ |
Beekeeping in Northern
Ireland |
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| WBKA Welsh Beekeepers' Ass. |
http://www.wbka.com/ |
Beekeeping in Wales |
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| YBKA Yorkshire Beekeepers' Ass. |
http://www.yorkshirebeekeepers.org.uk/ |
Almost a national
association & it's the regional big wig. |
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| Books Note: Most equipment suppliers also sell books. |
Address |
Description |
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| Amazon |
www.amazon.co.uk/ |
General book retailer |
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| Bookkoob |
http://www.bookkoob.co.uk/ |
Book search |
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| C. Arden - Bookseller |
http://www.ardenbooks.co.uk/ |
Specialist collectable
Beekeeping books |
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| Honeyshop |
http://www.honeyshop.co.uk/bbno.html |
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| Northern Bee Books |
http://www.groovycart.co.uk/cart.php?c=533 |
If they haven't got it or
can't
get it you're probably stuffed or going to pay silly money. But
don't let that put you off. |
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| The Book Depository |
http://www.bookdepository.co.uk |
General book retailer. |
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Information |
Address |
Description |
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| Apis Newsletter |
http://apis.shorturl.com/ |
On line summary of the US
magazine 'Bee Culture'. |
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| Bee plants |
http://www.plantswithpurpose.co.uk/plantsforbeekeepers.htm |
Plants! |
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| BeeBase |
https://secure.fera.defra.gov.uk/beebase/index.cfm?pageid=167 |
Important, Essential &
Useful downloads |
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| Beecraft |
http://www.bee-craft.com/ |
The Beekeeping magazine
for the
UK |
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| Beehoo |
http://www.beehoo.com/ |
Claims to be the World's
Beekeeping directory |
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| Beekeeping, a history of innovation |
http://benefitsofhoneyblog.com/beekeeping-innovations/ |
Erm! A history of innovation in Beekeeping. |
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| Bumble Bees |
http://hercules.users.netlink.co.uk/Bee.html |
Take a wild guess? |
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| Bumble Bees |
http://www.bumblebee.org/index.html |
Just about all a layman needs to know about Bumbles |
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| Bumble Bee Conservation Trust |
http://www.bumblebeeconservation.org.uk/ |
The title says it all. |
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| Dave Cushman |
http://www.dave-cushman.net/bee/newhome.html |
Very comprehensive
technical
information site, not totally comp. |
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| Graham's Bee & Beekeeping FAQs | http://www.beeginners.info/ |
Title says it all. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Scientific Beekeeping |
http://www.scientificbeekeeping.com/ |
A short cut to the science
of some aspects of modern beekeeping. |
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| Scottish Beekeepers' Ass. Downloads page. |
SBKA downloads |
Very useful. |
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| Solitary Bees & Things |
http://www.insectpix.net/index.htm |
Solitary Bees |
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| SuperBee Links |
http://www.stratford-upon-avon.freeserve.co.uk/Links.htm |
Kicks the pants off this
links page. Over 500 Bee and Beekeeping related links. Enjoy! |
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| Virtual Beekeeping Gallery | http://www.beekeeping.com/_menus_us/index.htm?menu.htm&0 | General information in a variety of languages. | ||||||||||||||||||
Films & Media |
Address |
Description |
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| Honey Bee on the BBC |
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/European_honey_bee |
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| How to mark a Queen |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4Sb6J_uY3E&feature=related |
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| How to smoke Bees |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZUP6S7HMEw |
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| How to trickle Oxalic Acid |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CT4hbGhPJes&feature=related |
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| Virgin Queen piping |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_KihPy-s98 |
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| Honey Bee life cycle |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSk_ev1eZec |
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| Honey Bee dance |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7ijI-g4jHg&feature=related |
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Other |
Address |
Description |
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| Bees In Art |
http://beesinart.com/ |
A collection of artists'
perspectives & works on Bees & Beekeeping |
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| The Bee Photographer Eric Tourneret |
http://www.thehoneygatherers.com/html/ataglance_1.html |
Stunning photos of Bees & Beekeeping | ||||||||||||||||||
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