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This site is where I am cataloging the bits of wisdom garnered for keeping bees. This is targeted at the hobbyist beekeeper.

Activities
Calendar

Honey
Information

Absconding / Absconded Colony - see Swarms and Swarming
Achroia grisella - Lesser wax moth
Advice for Beginner Beekeepers (link to web page at Michael Bush's Bush Bees website)
Aethina tumida - Small hive beetle
American Foul Brood (AFB) - see Paenibacillus larvæ
Angry or Aggressive Colony
American Bee Journal Magazine (link to their site)
Apiary
- Location
- Registering Your Apiary
Acarapis woodi ? - parasite known as tracheal mites
Ascosphæra apis - fungus which causes Chalkbrood
Axioms

BeeCheck - a voluntary communication tool that enables beekeepers and pesticide applicators to work together (link to their site)
Bee Culture Magazine (link to their site)
Bee Escape Board
Bee-Keeper's Axioms
Beekeeping Operation Sizes
BeeMD (link to their site)
Best Management Practices for Hive Health - A Guide for Beekeepers from the Honey Bee Health Coalition
Boardman Entrance Feeders - see Feeders
Bottom Board
Brood Break
Brood Boxes

Calendar for the Management of Beekeeping
Capturing Swarms & Feral Hives
Chalkbrood - see Ascosphæra apis
Checkerboarding
Colony or Hive - What do we call it?
Combining colonies - see Merging Colonies
Contests & Honey

Diagnosis of Honey Bee Diseases - publication by the USDA's Bee Research Laboratory in Beltsville, MD
Diseases - see Honey Bee Parasites, Pests, Predators, and Diseases (link to Penn State’s Extension site)
Dysentery - see Vairimorpha

Electronic Record Keeping
Entrance Feeders - see Feeders
Entrance Reducer
Extracting Honey - see Honey Harvesting
European Foul Brood (EFB) - see Melissococcus plutonius

Feeders
Feral Colony - see Capturing Swarms & Feral Hives
FieldWatch - see also, BeeCheck
Foundation
Frame Feeders - see Feeders
Frames

Galleria mellonella - Greater wax moth
Genetic Stock
Glossary of Beekeeping Terms (link to web page at Michael Bush's Bush Bees website)

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H continued

Hive Equipment, continued
- Brood Boxes
- Comb - see Foundation & Comb
- Entrance Reducer
- Feeders
- Foundation & Comb
- Frames
- Hardware Cloth
- Hive Stands
- Honey Supers
- Inner Cover
- Langstroth Box Sizes
- Migratory Cover
- Painting Hive Boxes
- Queen Excluder
- Quilt Box
- Shim
- Slatted Rack
- Telescoping Cover
Hive Placement - see Apiary Location
Hive Stands
Hive-top Feeders - see Feeders
Hive Types
- Horizontal Hive
- Langstroth Hive
Hives and Summer - Keeping the colony cool in the heat of summer
Hives and Winter - Helping the colony survive winter
Honey Bee Health Coalition - varroa management tools (link to their site)
Honey Bee Subspecies
Honey Bee Suite (link to their site)
Honey
- Honey Harvesting
- Honey Labelling
Honey Bee Health Coalition (link to their site)
Honey Bee Parasites, Pests, Predators, and Diseases (link to Penn State’s Extension site)
Honey Supers
Hornets
- Northern giant hornet - see Vespa mandarinia
- Yellow-legged hornet - see Vespa velutina
- Other hornets - see Vespula

Imirie Shim - see Shim
Inner Cover
Inspecting Colonies
- see also, Electronic Record Keeping
Inspection and Action Record
Integrated Pest and Pollinator Management

Magazines
- American Bee Journal Magazine (link to their site)
- Bee Culture Magazine (link to their site)
Melissococcus plutonius - bacteria which causes European Foul Brood (EFB)
Mentoring
Merging Colonies
Migratory Cover

Nosema - see Vairimorpha

Paenibacillus larvæ - bacteria which causes American Foul Brood (AFB)
Painting Hive Boxes
Parasites - see Honey Bee Parasites, Pests, Predators, and Diseases (link to Penn State’s Extension site)
Pests - see Honey Bee Parasites, Pests, Predators, and Diseases (link to Penn State’s Extension site)
- Achroia grisella - Lesser wax moth
- Acute Bee Paralysis Virus (ABPV) (link to Wikipedia page)
- Aethina tumida - Small hive beetle
- Black Queen Cell Virus (BQCV) (link to Wikipedia page)
- Cloudy Wing Virus (link to Wikipedia page)
- Deformed Wing Virus (DWV) (link to Wikipedia page)
- Galleria mellonella - Greater wax moth

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P continued

Pests, continued
- Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus (IAPV) (link to Wikipedia page)
- Kashmir Bee Virus (KBV) (link to Wikipedia page)
- Paenibacillus larvæ - bacteria which causes American Foul Brood (AFB)
- Sacbrood Virus (SBV) (link to Wikipedia page)
- Slow Bee Paralysis Virus (SBPV) (link to Wikipedia page)
- Vairimorpha (previously known as Nosema)
  - Vairimorpha apis
  - Vairimorpha ceranæ
- Varroa destructor
- Vespa mandarinia - Northern giant hornet
- Vespa velutina - Yellow-legged hornet
- Vespula - Yellowjackets, hornets, etc.
Precision Beekeeping
Predators - see Honey Bee Parasites, Pests, Predators, and Diseases (link to Penn State’s Extension site)
Publications
- American Bee Journal Magazine (link to their site)
- Bee Culture Magazine (link to their site)

Queen
- Queen Marking Colors
- Replacing the Queen - Not complete yet
- Varroa Sensitive Queen - see Genetic Stock
Queen Excluder
Queen Rearing - Not complete yet
Quilt Box

Record Keeping - see Inspection and Action Record
Registering Your Bees

Shim
Shook Swarm - Not complete yet
Slatted Rack
Small Hive Beetle - see Aethina tumida
Splitting Colonies
Summer - see Hives and Summer
Swarms and Swarming - Not complete yet
- Capturing Feral Hives - see Swarm Capturing
- Swarm Capturing - Not complete yet
- Swarm Traps - Not complete yet

Vairimorpha
- Vairimorpha apis
- Vairimorpha ceranæ
Varroa destructor
Varroa Management Decision Tool - see Honey Bee Health Coalition
Varroa Population Model built by Randy Oliver (link to Randy's site)
Varroa Sensitive Hygiene - see Genetic Stock
Varroa Sensitive Queen - see Genetic Stock
Vespa mandarinia - Northern giant hornet
Vespa velutina - Yellow-legged hornet
Vespula - Yellowjackets, hornets, etc.

Wax moth
- Greater wax moth - see Galleria mellonella
- Lesser wax moth - see Achroia grisella
Weather
Winter - see Hives and Winter

Yellowjackets - see Vespula

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Disclaimer: eMail comments to me at BeekeepingBoK @ Gmail.com. The process of beekeeping can cause injury or be a health hazard unless proper precautions are taken, including the wearing of appropriate protective equipment.