Beekeepers resources
Below is a list of helpful free guides for beekeepers. The list is not exclusive and you should always check http://www.nationalbeeunit.com/ for current official advice.
| Asian Hornet ID Sheet, Poster and Monitoring trap. NBU. |
| Bee Base – The National Bee Unit. Register your hives and apiaries here to have free inspections of your bees health as well as warnings of adverse conditions for our bees. |
| Bee develops from egg to adult – National Geographic |
| Common Pests and Diseases of the Adult Honey Bee. NBU. |
| Disease Recognition. NBU. |
| Feeding bees – water. NBU. Feeding bees – sugar. NBU. Feeding bees – pollen and substitutes. NBU. |
| Foulbrood Disease of Honey Bees. NBU |
| Handling and Examining a colony of bees. NBU. |
| Hive records. BBKA Hive record keeping sheet |
| Making increase. Simple Methods of Making Increase. Wally Shaw. |
| Spring checks. NBU. |
| Study notes for BBKA Assessments. From the Basic Assessment, through the Modules and Husbandry assessments, everything to help you study and prepare provided by The Mid Buckingshire Beekeepers Association. |
| Swarm control. An Apiary Guide to Swarm Control. Wally Shaw. Swarm control using the Demaree Method. [YouTube] North Herts BKA. Swarm Control using the Pagden Method. [YouTube] North Herts BKA. (they use two 14×12 hives in the example, but the principle is the same with other hives.) |
| Swarm collection. Collecting a swarm. BBKA leaflet. How to Collect a Swarm of Honey Bees. [YouTube] Stewart Spinks. Swarm Collecting. Dave Cushman’s website. Includes a section on hiving a swarm. |
| Varroa. Managing Varroa. NBU. |
Favourite YouTubers
| BeeCraft Magazine. You will even find a video here from our own Cris Coulson. |
| Michael Palmer. [Canada] |
| No Nonsense Beekeeping. Black Mountain Honey. Laurence Edwards. [North Wales] |
| Richard Noel. [Brittany] |
| The Norfolk Honey Company. Stewart Spinks. |
| Tom Seeley – Various hosts |
Great websites
| British Beekeepers Association. Register to access more materials. |
| Dave Cushman. A bit dated in layout, but still probably the most comprehensive in content anywhere. |
| Eva Crane Trust |
| NBU/Bee Base – resources |
| Welsh Beekeepers Association |