Visit the honey bee forage map courtesy of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
See what forage is available in your area and bloom times!
Visit Backyard Beekeeping to learn how to make delicious fondant that your bees will eat.
I have made this. It was easy and my bees loved it!
Take a moment to marvel at these beautiful images via a publication of Colorado bees by Diane Wilson and Applewood Seed Company.
Visit your state's extension to find a plethora of resource material that is specific to your location!
Check out this publication from Colorado State University's Extension about attracting native pollinators.
Contact the Swarm Hotline!
Call: 1-844-SPY-BEES
(1-844-779-2337)
The Colorado Swarm Hotline can assist you in removing a honey bee swarm from your property safely!
Visit the Pollinator Partnership to access their informative Garden Cards.
Are you located in CO? Check out the garden card here or scroll down:
Pollinator Planting Card - by Region (Intermountain)
Not in Colorado? Visit their garden cards site to locate your specific area!
After working in the veterinary field for nearly 20 years, I'm striving to get more involved in the developing relationship between beekeepers & veterinarians.
AVMA's 56-page PDF can be found below! It gives you an overall grasp of Honey Bee biology, diseases, equipment used to keep/manage bees, sample submission and other health conditions of a colony!
To learn more, visit the American Veterinary Medical Association's website at: www.avma.org and type Honey Bee into the search bar.
View the US Drought Map courtesy of the National Drought Mitigation Center - University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Understanding current drought levels and how drought can affect your bees is another valuable tool you can add to your kit to help you take better care of your honey bees.
The Pollinator Partnership has provided these gorgeous garden cards to get us out and planting our native pollinator gardens! There are 11 cards that are specific to particular US regions and two new cards will be coming soon for California. Download Colorado's card today and start planting!
For all other regions, please visit: Garden Cards | Pollinator.org
Honey Bee Health Coalition just released their newest edition of Tools for Varroa Management.
This is the 8th edition with a 2022 release date.
Varroa is at the forefront of every beekeeper's mind when it comes to keeping healthy hives and we all have Honey Bee Health Coalition to thank for this masterpiece material!
Visit: https://www.pollinator.org/guides
The website above prompts you to enter your zip code to download your specific Ecoregion map!
What a fantastic resource!
Thank you Pollinator Partnership!
I'm so proud to have been chosen as the feature story and pictured on the front cover of the NAVTA journal for May/June 2022!
NAVTA is the National Association of Veterinary Technicians in America.
My article can be found on page 8 of the journal!
Reference this incredible resource any time of the year to determine what the best management practices are for optimizing and maintaining the health of your hive!
The University of Colorado Boulder has an exceptional resource that is 71 pages of bumble bee info!
Identifying the different types of species in your home garden is so fulfilling! This helps us appreciate this unique pollinator in a whole new way. Enjoy!
The connection between veterinarians and beekeepers is very important to me! After working in the veterinary field for nearly 20 years, I'm striving to get more involved in the developing relationship between beekeepers & veterinarians. Sharing this resource is one step closer to educating others!
Read this fantastic PDF to get an overall grasp of Honey Bee biology, diseases, equipment used to keep/manage bees, sample submission and other health conditions of a colony!
To learn more, visit the American Veterinary Medical Association's website at: www.avma.org and type Honey Bee into the search bar.