Societies

• British Beekeeping Association: The BBKA represents all the English member associations.
• Welsh Beekeepers Association: The WBKA is the national support organisation for beekeepers in Wales.
• Gloucestershire Beekeepers Association: The GBKA represents the seven branches of Gloucestershire.
• Bee Improvement and Bee Breeders Association: BIBBA promotes the native or near-native honeybees of Britain and Ireland.

Government

• National Bee Unit: The part of the Animal and Plant Health Agency which supports commercial and amateur beekeepers.
• FERA Science: Provides support and advice on agro-chemicals, veterinary medicines, nutrition, and disease.
• BeeConnected: Aims to keep beekeepers notified when a neighbouring farmer is applying insecticides to their crops

Training and Examinations

• BBKA Exams: The BBKA provides practical and theory assessments from Basic to Master Beekeeper.
• Mid-Bucks Study Notes: Useful revision aids for the BBKA Module exams.
• National Diploma in Beekeeping: The NDB provides short courses as well as the advanced NDB exam.
• Mid Bucks Beekeeper Module Study Notes: A set of study notes to support revision for the BBKA modules

General Beekeeping Information

• Dave Cushman: A huge resource that is considered by many to be the world’s most comprehensive and authoritative beekeeping website.
• Pollen Gallery: A lovely gallery of photographs of pollen with useful identification information from Northumbrian Bees.

Discussion Groups

• Beekeeping Forum: An active discussion forum.
• British and Irish Beekeepers Group: Facebook group for beekeepers (registration required).

Research

• Scientific Beekeeping: An excellent site run by Randy Oliver presenting his research on bees and beekeeping.
• Laboratory of Apiculture & Social Insects: LASI (part of the University of Sussex) studies the honey bee and other social insects addressing both applied and basic questions.
• COLOSS: An international, non-profit association focused on improving the well-being of bees at a global level.
• International Bee Research Association: IBRA promotes the value of bees by providing information on bee science and beekeeping word-wide.
• Apimondia: Many of the papers presented at their bi-annual conferences are available.

Videos

• Frame Assembly: A step by step demonstration of frame making by Jim Vivian-Gfiffiths.
• Tom Seeley: Various talks by one of the world’s leading experts on bees and their behaviour
• Skep Heathland Beekeeping: A fascinating film following a German skep beekeeper in 1978.

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