Beekeeping Resources

Welcome to our beekeeper's resource page.  On our resource page we'll have a few sections that will provide educational topics of interest from around the news and on the Internet.

Beekeeping Education

There's much to learn about beekeeping and in this section we'll bring you a mixed group of educational resources.  Glossaries, descriptions of how to do things, and just about anything beekeeping.

Training Courses:

- New Jersey Beekeepers Association Education Page.  Visit this page for the latest offering of Short Courses and Seminars in the area.

- Beginners Beekeeping Course - This two and a half-day program is designed to provide the necessary information needed for new beekeepers to start and care for a honey bee colony. Read More >
- Advanced Beekeeping - Beyond the Basics - This two-day hands-on instructional program is designed as the next step for apiarists who have knowledge of the industry and have kept a colony for at least one (1) full year. Read More >

Beekeeping Guides

- Getting Started in Beekeeping - Check out our guide for how to get started as a beginning beekeeper.

Other Resources

- New Jersey Statue - Title 4 Agricultural and Domestic Animals - The statues that pertains to keeping bees in the state of New Jersey can be accessed at the New Jersey State Department of Agriculture website.
- New Jersey Beekeeper Registration Form - New Jersey Laws require that all Bee Yards in New Jersey where bees are overwintering be registered annually with the New Jersey Department of Agriculture. Read More >
- Apiary Inspection Program - This link will take you to the NJ Dept of Agriculture Bee Inspection Web Page.
- Honey Bee Foraging Regions - This link will take you to a NASA website that shows the honey bee forage regions for the US.  The map is clickable and you can see what month plants bloom in your region.
- Hive Inspection Form - Right click the link and choose save target to download a printable form for honey bee hive inspections.

Educational Multimedia (Audio Recordings (Podcasts), Videos, and Images

Click here to visit our multimedia pages. We have educational videos and audio recordings (Podcasts) on the topic of beekeeping.

Images

Don't forget to check out our Photo Gallery for slideshows of beekeeping events and other miscellaneous images.

Beekeeping News

Click here to visit our beekeeping News page. Here you'll find beekeeping related news stories and articles from local, national, and international sources around the web.

Beekeeping Newsletters

- APIS Newsletter - A summary and gleanings of the articles in Bee Culture Magazine.