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Do You Have a Bee Swarm in Your Yard? Don't Spray It, Report It!

Do you have a honey bee swarm in your yard? The Iron County 4-H Beekeeping Club can help you and you can help the club.

Call the Iron County Extension Service at (435) 586-8132 or the club leader at (435) 590-7569 or go to Swarm Patrol and we will safely remove the swarm at no charge to you. The swarm will help one of the youth in the 4-H beekeeping club with his or her project.

We might also be able to remove an unwanted colony of honey bees that has become established in a hollow tree or in your home or other structure. If we need to open up your structure in any way, we'll need you to sign an agreement that clarifies the work we need to do. Since removal of honey bees from a structure often requires a lot of time and effort, there may be a charge for this service. Call us and we'll let you know how or if we can help. See this video for a short warning on simply spraying bees that are in your home or other building.

Many people mistake honey bees with other similar insects such as wasps, hornets, and yellow jackets. We can only help you with honey bees. If you aren't sure which insect you have check this image or this more detailed explanation. If you still don't know, call. We'll help you identify the insect and what to do about it.


General Beekeeping Links

1000 Web Links 10 Ways to Remove a Bee Singer
4-H and Bees  
AgNic Beekeeping Alaska Honeybee Home Page
American Bee Journal Anarchy Apiaries
A Personalized Resource Guide on Beekeeping Apiary Grants - USA
Apiary Map Apiculture in British Columbia
Apiculture Internet Archive Apiservices
Apis Information Resource Center Apis Newsletter
Apis-UK - The Electronic Beekeeper's Newsletter Associations
Back Yard Hive Bad Beekeeping Blog
Bad Beekeeping Web Links Barefoot Beekeeper
Barry Birkey's BeeSource Site Basic Beekeeping Blog
Bee Base Bee Biology Lab (Utah State University)
Bee Culture Blog Bee Culture Magazine
Bee Culture Magazine Archives Bee Drawings
Bee Forage Map Bee-Friendly Business
Beeho: World Beekeeping Directory Bee Informed
Beekeeper's Corner Beekeeping Books
Beekeeping Equipment Beekeeping in Older Times
Beekeeping Organizations Beekeeping Quotes
Beekeeping Skills on YouTube Beekeeping Through History
Beekeeping Tools Beekeeping Database Net Resources (BeeData)
Beekeeping History Beekeeping in New Zealand
Beekeeping in the Digital Age Beekeeping (Purdue University)
Beekeeping Terminology Beekeeping Terms
Bee Lab (Minnesota) Bee Lab (Weslaco)
Bee-L List Bee Lore
BeeMaster Forum Bee Natural Guy
Bee Pheromones Bee Research Center (Tucson)
Bee Research Laboratory (Beltsville) Bees & Beekeeping Sources of Information and Equipment
Bees Abroad UK Limited Bees for Sale
Bees in the Classroom Bees on the Net
BeeSource Bee Thinking
Bee Varieties Biology of the Colony
Brother Adam and the Honey Bee  
Buzz About Bees Caribbean Bee College
Carl Hayden Bee Research Center Catch the Buzz
Catch the Buzz Archives Center for Honeybee Research
City Bees Blog Clubs
Collections of Bee Literature Colony Collapse
Colony Strength Evaluation Online Class Cornell's Hive and the Honey Bee Library Collection
CyberBee Dave Cushman's Beekeeping and Bee Breeding
Diseases  
DMOZ: Beekeeping Draper BeeCam
Dyce Laboratory for Honey Bee Research eBooks on Beekeeping
Electric Heating of Honey Bee Hives Everett F. Phillips' Beekeeping Collection
Extractors Famous Beekeepers
Fat Bee Man  
Fat Bee, Skinny Bee Federal and State Bee Laws and Regulations
Flowering Plants Forage Species in the State of Utah
Friends of the Bees Fun Facts about Honey Bees, Hives and Honey
Gaia Bees Gleanings in Bee Culture Magazine
Global Beekeeping Calendar Glossary of Beekeeping
GoBeekeeping GoogleBee
Grants for Bee Keepers Grants for Beekeeping
Grants for Beginning Beekeepers Guide to Bees and Honey
Handbook for Natural Beekeepers Heated Hives over Winter
History of Beekeeping History of Beekeeping
History of Beekeeping in the United States Hives and Hive Construction Plans
HiveTool Hive Tracks
Hobbyist Beekeeping Adventures Hogan Bee Trap
Honey Bee Facts Honeybee News & Info
Honey Bee Suite Honeybee World
Honey Composition and Properties Honey-Producing Plants
How to Become A Beekeeper How to Start Beekeeping for Free
Hunt Lab's Bee Hive Hymenopterous Insect Stings
Indiana Beekeeping School International Bee Research Association
Introduction to Bee Biology Jim Tew's Comments and Web Files
John's Beekeeping Handbook Kirk Webster
Lab Comparison of Various Sugars as Maintenance Food for Caged Honey Bees Life of the Honeybee
Logan Utah Bee Lab  Master Beekeeper Programs 
Melitto Files   
Mid-Atlantic Apiculture Mid-Atlantic Apiculture: Beekeeping Information Index
Mid-Atlantic Apiculture Research and Extension Consortium Mid-Atlantic Beekeeping
Mites National Bee Keeping Training and Extension Manual
Natural Beekeeping Trust Nectar-Producing Plants
North Carolina State University Apiculture Program Northern States Queen Breeders' Assn
Out-of-Print Books on Beekeeping Package Bees for Sale
Papers by Larry Connor Peace Bee Farm Blog
Pests  
Podcasts Pollen Sources and Colors
Pollination Project Apis
Preparing for Winter  
Propolis  
Queens for Sale Queen Rearing
Queen Rearing by Michael Bush Queen Rearing Calendar
Quotes Real or Fake Honey? How to Tell the Difference
Reinheimer's Beekeeping Links Rocky Mountain Survivor Queen Bee Coop
Ron Miksha Beekeeping Homepage Rose Hive Method
Sample Pollination Agreement SaveTheHives
Scientific Beekeeping Small Scale Beekeeping (Peace Corps)
South Florida Bee College Spring Startup
Start Beekeeping Today Starting a Small Beekeeping Operation
State Apiarist Directory Suburban Beekeeper
Swarming Swarm Patrol
The Hive & The Honeybee Thermology of Wintering Honey Bee Colonies
Understanding Bee Anatomy  
University of Berkeley Urban Bee Garden University of Florida Bee College
University of North Carolina Beekeeping Unwanted Honey Bee Colonies
Urban Farm And Beehives Utah Area Honey
Utah Beekeeping and Honey Laws and Rules Utah Beekeeping Laws
Utah Beekeeping Laws Utah State University
Virtual Beekeeping Gallery Western Region Sustainable Agriculture Research Education Grants
White House Bee Hive Winterizing

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Master Beekeeper Programs


Hives and Beekeeping Equipment

Mann Lake's Beekeeping Equipment Checklist  
3 Bee Honey Alternative Hive Designs
Bee Commerce Beekeeping Supplies Bee Equipment Plans
Beehive Construction Beehive Construction
Bee Hive Construction Bee Hive Journal
Bee Hive Plans Bee Hive Plans
Bee Hive Types Beekeeping Books
BeeSpace BeeVac
Bee Vac Plans Beez Neez Apiary Supply
Betterbee Beekeeping Supplies Blue Sky Bee Supply
Brushy Mountain Beekeeping Supplies Build-It-Yourself Hive Plans
Candibox Bee Feeder System Capital Bee Supply
Carrier's Beekeeping Supplies  
CombCapper Comb Starter Strips
Dadant Beekeeping Supplies Deficiencies in Design of the Queen Excluder
DMOZ: Beekeeping Equipment Draper Super Bee Supply
Eco Bee Box Equipment Plans
Essential Equipment Evans Cedar Beehives (NJ)
Feeder Comparison Foundation Form Board
Foundation Mold (DIY) Frames and Foundation
Frame Wiring and Embedding GloryBee Beekeeping
GloryBee Beekeeping (Wholesale) Hansen Hives & Honey Company
History of Bee Hives History of Beekeeping Equipment
Hive Hand-Hold Jig Hive Hand-Hold Jig
Hive Hand-Hold Jig Honey Bee Habitat
How to Make Langstroth Bee Frames From Scratch How to Use a Radial Honey Extractor
Index of Hive Types Jones Bee Company, Salt Lake
Knight Beekeeping Equipment (Orem, Utah)  
Langstroth Deep Hive Body Langstroth Frames
Langstroth Frames (Simplified) Langstroth Hive Bottom Board
Langstroth Hive Dimensions Langstroth Hive Dimensions
Langstroth Hive Plans (BeeSource) Langstroth Screened Varroa Hive Bottom
Langstroth Screened Varroa Hive Bottom Langstroth Slatted Hive Bottom
Langstroth Slatted Hive Bottom Langstroth Inner Cover
Langstroth Telescoping Cover Lone Star Candle Supply
Long Lane Honey Bee Farms Los Angeles Honey Company
Making Wax Foundation Mann Lake Beekeeping Supplies
Maxant Honey Extractors Mediums Instead of Deeps
Mid-Atlantic Apiculture: Hive Equipment Objections To The Double Deep
Observation Bee Hives Observation Hive - 3-Frame Plan
Observation Hive - 8-Frame Plan Observation Hives
Ol' Buffalo Beekeeping Supply Store Pigeon Mountain Trading Bee Supplies
Plans for Beekeeping Equipment Queen Excluder Types
Queen Excluder Types and Use Queen Right Colonies
Reasons Why the Queen Excluder Limits Honey Production Rossman Apiaries (Georgia)
Ruhl Bee Supply Second Landing Board
Simpson's Bee Supply Skep Hives
Smoker Maintenance SOS Sport Solar Oven
Sources of Bee Supplies Storing Beekeeping Equipment
Swarm Frame Top Bar Hives
Ulster Observation Hive Walter T Kelley Bee Supplies
Western Bee Supplies ZipLock Baggie Feeder

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Top Bar Hives and Other Alternative Hives

Alternative Hive Designs (BeeSource) Bee Hive Types
Index of Hive Types  
3 Bee Honey Back Yard Hive
Barefoot Beekeeper Top Bar Hive Barry Birkey Top Bar Hive
BeeThinking Top Bar Hive BioBees
Bush Farms Top Bar Hive Cornwall Honey Top Bar Hive
David Heaf's Warré Beekeeping Index David Heaf Warré Hive Plans (Metric)
David Tromp Top Bar Hive David Tromp Top Bar Hive Construction
Dennis Murrell Top Bar Hive Dennis Murrell Top Bar Hive
Gold Star Top Bar Hive Honey Bee Habitat Top Bar Hive
How to Build a Top Bar Hive John's Top Bar Beekeeping
Kenyan Style Top Bar Hive Lance Waldner Top Bar Hive
Leonard Barton Top Bar Hive Long Lane Honey Top Bar Hive
Michael Bush Top Bar Hive Michael Bush Top Bar Hive
Michael Thomas Top Bar Hive Natural Bees
Oregon State Beekeepers Association Top Bar Hive Phil Chandler
Plans for Beekeeping Equipment Roger Delon Warré Hive
Sean's Top Bar Hive Texas Bee Guy Top Bar Hive
Thomas Hybrid Hive Top Bar Beehive
Top Bar Hive Beekeeping Top Bar Bees
Top Bar Hive Startup Guide Warré Beekeeping
Warré Hive Plans Warré Hives
Warré Methods Warré Store
Wasatch Warré Beekeeping Yahoo Warré Group

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Bee Packages and Queens for Sale

Bee Races (Bush Farms) Characteristics of Races of Honeybees
Comparison of Russian and Italian Honey Bees Honey Bee Races
Races of Honey Bees Races of Honey Bees in North America (Mann Lake)
Types of Honey Bees Types of Honey Bees
3 Bee Honey (Utah) ABeez Honey (Utah)
  B Weaver Apiaries (Texas)
Draper Bee Apiaries (Pennsylvania) Ferguson Apiaries (Ontario)
Glenn Apiaries Minnesota Hygienic Queens (California) Hansen Hives & Honey (Utah)
Harvest Lane Honey (Utah) Jester Bee Company (Arkansas)
Knight Family Honey (Utah) Koehnen & Sons (California)
Long Lane Honey Bee Farms (Illinois) Mountain Valley Bees (Alabama)
Nay Apiaries (Utah) Old Sol Apiaries (Oregon)
Olivarez Honey Bees (California, Hawaii) Red Rock Apiaries (Utah)
Rossman Apiaries (Georgia)  
R. Weaver Apiaries (Texas) Strachan Apiaries (California)
Taylor Honey Company (Utah) Walter T Kelly (Kentucky)
Wildflower Meadows (California) Wolf Creek Apiaries (Tennessee)
Wooten's Golden Queens (California) Zia Queen Bee Company (New Mexico)
Z's Bees (California) Other Vendors

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Beekeeping Skills

A Beekeeper's Year Administer an Epinephrine Shot
Advisory Leaflets, Training Manuals & Fact Sheets Anarchy Apiaries
Apiary and Hive Hygiene Assessing a Dead out Colony
Avoid These Pesticides Bee Deaths Explored
Bee-Friendly Zones Bee Health
Bee Hive Journal Beekeeper Education & Engagement System (BEES)
Beekeeper's Calendar Beekeeper's Year
Beekeeping 101 Beekeeping Basics
Beekeeping Books Beekeeping Fact Sheets from OSU
Beekeeping Glossary Beekeeping Skills on YouTube
Beekeeping Through the Seasons Beekeeping Tips & Tidbits
Bee Life Cycle Bee Medications
Bee Removal Methods Beeswax Rendering
Bee Works Boardman Feeder and Stimulative Feeding
Breeding and Genetics of Honey Bees Care and Installation of Package Bees
Considerations in Selecting Sugars for Feeding to Honey Bees Consider Beekeeping in Indiana
Cornell Univ Master Beekeeper Program Diet Effects on Honeybee Immunocompetence
Disease Recognition Do It Yourself Foundation Mold (Ceramic)
Do It Yourself Foundation Mold (Silicone) Do It Yourself Foundation Mold (Silicone)
Drone Brood Removal for the Management of Varroa Destructor Extracting Honey
Fallacies Feeding Bees
Feeding Bees Feeding Pollen and Substitutes
Flowering Plants Foundationless Beekeeping
Frame Wiring and Embedding  
Generally Accepted Agricultural Management Practices (Michigan) George Imirie's Pink Pages
Getting Started in Beekeeping Global Beekeeping Calendar
Glossary of Terms (Betterbee) Glossary of Terms (Bush Bee)
Guide to Beekeeping for Adults and Kids Handling and Examining a Colony of Bees
Healthy Bees Plan Hive Cleaning and Sterilization
Hive Inspection Protocol Honey Bee Deaths Explored
Honey Bee Nutrition and Supplemental Feeding Honey Bees and Beekeeping by Univ of Georgia
Honey Bee Life History Honey Bee Suite
Inspecting Your Colonies Installing Packaged Bees
Installing Packaged Bees Integrated Pest Management for Varroa Destructor
Lazy Beekeeping Learning Beekeeping
Life Cycle of the Honey Bee Life Cycle of the Varroa Mite
Linda's Bees Long Lane Honey Bee Farms Lessons
Managing Bees to Maximize Honey Production Map My Bees
Mel Disselkoen OTS Queen Rearing Milling Wax Foundation
Mud Songs: Beekeeping Above the 47th Parallel Natural Beekeeping Tips From Bush Farms
North Carolina State Apiculture Program Nucleus Hives (Nucs)
Ohio State University Bee Lab Webinars Package Installation Mistakes
Pesticides and Honey Bees Pink Pages
Pollination Podcasts
Powder Sugar Roll For Varroa Mites on Honey Bees Practical Beekeeper by Michael Bush
Preparing For Winter Preparing to Keep Bees
Protecting Pollinators While Using Pesticides Overwintering Of Honey Bee Colonies
Queen Cages Queen Catching and Marking
Queen Introductions Queen Marking Colors
Queen Math Queen Rearing (Bush Farms)
Queen Rearing Calendar Queen Rearing Calendar
Queen Rearing: How to Raise a Few Good Queens Queen Rearing (Jenter Cell-Plug Method)
Queen Rearing Time Table Raising Queen Cells Without Grafting - Cut Cell Method
Rendering Beeswax  
Sampling for Varroa Mite Sampling Methods for Varroa Mites
Scientific Beekeeping Seasonal Cycle of Activities in Honey Bee Colonies
Selecting Sugars for Feeding to Honey Bees Setting Up Your Apiary
Seven Types of Beekeeping Advice to Avoid Shaking for American Foulbrood
Showing Honey at Fairs Simple Queen Rearing
Stress and Honey Bees Supplemental Feeding of Honey Bee Colonies
Swarm Management Taking and Hiving a Swarm
Testing for Hygienic Behavior Utah Beekeeping and Honey Laws and Rules
West Mountain Apiary Why Rear Your Own Queens?
Winterizing Bees Winterizing Bees: A Checklist
Winterizing Your Top Bar Hive for the Colder Months YouTube
ZipLock Baggie Feeder  

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Free Beekeeping Videos on the Internet

70 Lessons on Beekeeping from Long Lane Honey Farm African Honey Bee: Public Enemy #1
  A Visit to a Honey Bee Field Research Facility
Bee biology Brushy Mountain Bee Video Library
Catching a Swarm Colony Collapse Disorder
Crush and Strain Honey Harvest European and American Foulbrood in Honey Bee Colonies: Part 1
European and American Foulbrood in Honey Bee Colonies: Part 2 Fat Bee Man
Feeder Types Brief history of the African Bee in America
Hive Hand-Hold Jig Hive Health Diagnostics
Hive Inspection with Ashley Mortensen at the UF Bee Biology Unit Honey Bees - Life Cycle
Honey Extraction Honey Extraction
How to Install A Package of Bees How to Install a Package of Bees
How to Use the Wax Tube Fastener Jim Tew's Web-Based Introductory Beekeeping Class
Life Cycle of the Honey Bee and Varroa Mite Life Cycle of Honey Bee and Varroa Mite
Life Cycle of the Honey Bee - Metamorphosis Looking for Honey Bee Queens
Making Chunk Honey Nosema Symptoms in Honey Bee Colonies
Northern VA Sustainable Bee Project Northwest New Jersey Beekeepers Assn Videos
Package Bees During Shipment Parasitic Mites and Honey Bees
Pesticides in and Around the Hive Ploughshare Beekeeping Courses
Preparing Honey and Wax for Competition Prince William Regional Beekeepers' Assn Videos
Silence of the Bees (Nova) Slow Motion Honey Bee
Small Hive Beetle Solar Wax Melter
  Stinging Characteristics of the African Honey Bee
Sustainable Beekeeping by Mike Palmer Top Bar Hive Inspection
Tracheal Mite Symptoms Trailer-Mounted Apiary
Trailer-Mounted Apiary Trailer-Mounted Apiary
Uncapping a Frame of Honey with Cold Capping Knife Uncapping a Frame of Honey with a Hot Capping Knife
Uncapping a Frame of Honey with an Uncapping Fork Varroa Mite History, Distribution, and Biology
Varroa Best Management Practices Wax Moth Damage
Where does Honey Come From? Why are Honey Bees Important?

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Bee Diseases, Pests, and Other Problems

Africanized Honey Bee Facts Africanized Honey Bees
Africanized Honey Bees Africanized Honey Bees Around Live Stock & Pets
Africanized Honey Bees - Children's Guide Africanized Honey Bees: FAQ's
Africanized Honey Bees: Prevention and Control Africanized Honey Bees: Some Questions and Answers
Assessing a Dead out Colony Basic Microscopy for Bee-Wellness Beekeepers
Bee Diseases Bee Disease Videos
Bee Wellness Workshops Diagnosis of Honey Bee Diseases
Diseases, Pests, and Parasites Diseases and Pests of Honey Bees
Diseases of the Honey Bee DMOZ: Beekeeping Pests and Diseases
Healthy Bee Guide Hive Cleaning and Sterilization
Honey Bee Die-Off Caused By Multiple Factors Honeybee Diseases and Pests
Honey Bee Diseases, Pests and Medications How to Minimize Pesticide Damage to Honey Bees
Keeping Healthy Bees Life Cycle of Honey Bee and Varroa Mite
Managing Varroa Mite Control in Honeybees With Essential Oils
Natural Suppression of Honey Bee Tracheal Mites Parasitic Mites of Honeybees
Parasitic Mites of Honey Bees Pests in the Hive
Phage Hunters Powdered Sugar Dusting in Bee Colonies as Varroa Control
Protecting Honey Bees From Chemical Pesticides Protecting Bees When Using Insecticides
Sampling Methods for Varroa Mites Stings
Sugar Dusting for Varroa Mite Control Sustainable Approach of Controlling Honey Bee Diseases and Varroa Mites
Swarming in Bees Swarm Prevention
Varroa Calculator  

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Beekeepers' Organizations

4-H Beekeeping Alberta Beekeepers
American Association of Professional Apiculturists American Beekeeping Federation
American Honey Producers' Association Apiary Inspectors of America
Apple Valley Utah Beekeepers Back Yard Beekeepers' Association (Connecticut)
Backward Beekeepers (Los Angeles) Bee Associations & Groups in US
Bee Improvement and Bee Breeders' Association Beekeepers of the Susquehanna Valley
British Beekeepers' Association California State Beekeepers' Association
Canadian Association of Professional Apiculturists Canadian Honey Council
Colorado Beekeepers' Association Delaware Beekeepers' Association
Eastern Apicultural Society Fingal North Dublin Beekeepers' Association
Florida State Beekeepers' Association Georgia Beekeepers' Association
Global Bee Breeders' Association Global Beekeeping Calendar
Hawai`i Beekeepers' Association Heartland Apicultural Society
Illawarra Beekeepers Association Indiana Beekeepers' Association
Indiana State Beekeepers' Association International Bee Research Association
Kentucky State Beekeepers' Association Manitoba Beekeepers Association
Maryland State Beekeepers' Association Mid-Atlantic Apiculture and Extension Consortium
Minnesota Hobby Beekeepers' Association National Honey Board
New Jersey Beekeepers' Association New Mexico Beekeepers' Association
North Carolina State Beekeepers' Association Northeastern Kansas Beekeepers' Association
Northwest District Beekeepers' Association Northwest New Jersey Beekeepers' Assn
Ohio State Beekeepers' Association Oregon Beekeepers' Association
Prince William Regional Beekeepers' Assn (Virginia) Queensland Beekeepers' Association
Russian Honeybee Breeders' Association Santa Clara Valley Beekeepers' Guild
Scottish Beekeeping Association Southcentral Alaska Beekeepers' Association
Southerns Beekeeping Association Tennessee Beekeepers' Association
Texas Beekeepers' Association Utah Beekeepers' Association
Utah County Beekeepers' Association Virginia State Beekeepers' Association
Wasatch Beekeepers' Association Weber Beekeepers' Association
Western Apicultural Society West Sound Beekeeping Association (Washington)

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e-Books and Out-of-Print and Public Domain Books

ABC and XYZ of Bee Culture by AI Root (1910) Advanced Beekeeping Manual 2 by Pam Gregory
American Honey Plants by Frank C Pellett (1920) Anatomy of the Honey Bee by RE Snodgrass (1910)
Basic Beekeeping Manual 1 by Pam Gregory Beehives and Bee Keepers' Appliances by Paul N Hasluck (1911)
Beekeeping Basics by MAAREC Beekeeping For All by Abbé Émile Warré (1948)
Beekeeping in California Beekeeping in Tennessee
Beekeeping in the United States (USDA Publication 335) Beekeeping: Natural, Simple and Successful by Johann Thür
Beginning Beekeeping for Kentuckians by Bessin & Townsend Dadant System of Beekeeping by CP Dadant (1920)
Fundamentals of California Beekeeping How to Build a Top Bar Hive by Phil Chandler
Langstroth on the Hive & Honey Bee by LL Langstroth (1919) Mysteries of Beekeeping by M. Quinby
Plants and Beekeeping by FN Howes (1945) Practical Queen Rearing by Frank C Pellett (1918)
Queen Rearing Simplified by Jay Smith (1923) Starting Right With Bees by AI Root (1922)
Sustainable and Bee-friendly Beekeeping by David Heaf Sustainable Beekeeping by Bernhard Heuvel
Wax Craft by TW Cowan (1908)  

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Marking a Queen Bee

International Queen Marking Color Code:
Color: For Year Ending In:
White (or gray) 1 or 6
Yellow 2 or 7
Red 3 or 8
Green 4 or 9
Blue 5 or 0

It is common practice to mark the queen with a small spot of paint on her back (thorax). A color code exists within the beekeeping industry to indicate the year the queen was introduced.

A paint pen, model car paint, or fingernail polish may be used to mark the queen. The identifying mark should be small, so that it does not cover any other part of the queen. A 1/16" stick, lightly dipped in paint, is a good applicator if you don't have a paint pen. Generally, queens are marked before being introduced. They can; however, be marked at any time. Paint should be given ample time to dry before the queen is released into the colony. In fact, queens may be purchased already marked by the queen producer.

Some beekeepers also identify queens by clipping the tip of the tip of one forewing. If queens are replaced every two years, the beekeeper clips the left wing(s) on queens introduced in odd years, and the right on queens introduced in even years. The clipping practice may also supplement the paint spot technique as a back-up should the queen lose her paint mark. If clipped correctly, the queen will not be able to fly. However, if clipped too closely, the queen may appear damaged and be superseded.

See also Queen Catching and Marking.

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Beekeeping Quotes

A brier rose whose buds yield fragrant harvest for the honey bee. — Letitia Landon

A swarm in May is worth a load of hay. A swarm in June is worth a silver spoon. But a swarm in July isn't worth a fly. — A proverbial beekeepers' saying, mid 17th century

Bees are not kept for their color, but for their productivity. — Brother Adam

Before explaining some other methods of artificial swarming, which I have employed to great advantage, I shall endeavor to impress upon the mind of the bee-keeper, the great importance of thoroughly understanding each season, the precise object at which he is aiming, before he enters on the work of increasing his colonies. — L.L. Langstroth

But the bee yard, when not the scene of herculean labors, as at harvest time, is largely a place of quiet where one feels not alone but rather an integral part of the scheme of things. Solitude is not really the word for it. Communion is. One is not separated from company but only from distraction. One's thoughts and feelings are not imposed from without but elicited from within, rising in absorption with the vast surrounding nature. — Richard Taylor (The Joys of Beekeeping)

Don't assume that all bees are as calm as yours. When going to work a strange hive, assume they'll be aggressive and dress and smoke accordingly. If they turn out to be calm, you can wear less the next time. If they're crazy, you won't get stung for no good reason. Like I did yesterday. — Steve

Each season adds new thoughts, new complications, new zest, new energies, new determinations, etc., till the one great whole gives an indescribable pleasure to beekeeping not found in any other pursuit. And this pleasure can be grasped only by the one who is not turned aside by trifles. Over the door of apiculture stands written in letters of fire, ‘lazy and shiftless persons need not apply. — Gilbert Doolittle

For the rest, whatever we have got has been by infinite labor, and search, and ranging through every corner of nature; the difference is that instead of dirt and poison, we have rather chosen to fill our hives with honey and wax, thus furnishing mankind with the two noblest of things, which are sweetness and light. — Jonathan Swift

Go to the bee, thou poet: consider her ways and be wise. — George Bernard Shaw

Go to the bee, and learn how diligent she is, and what noble work she produces; whose labor kings and private men use for their health. She is desired and honored by all, and, though weak in strength, yet since she values wisdom she prevails. — Bible (Septuagint), Proverbs 6:8

Hast thou found honey? Eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it. - Proverbs 15:16

How doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour, And gather honey all the day From every opening flower. — Isaac Watts

If a beekeeper tells you he knows what he's doing, be wary and keep a keen eye on this fellow, for he has already told one lie, and no doubt will tell you another. — Author Unknown

If a queen bee were crossed with a Friesian bull, would not the land flow with milk and honey? — Oliver St. John

If the [honey] bee disappeared off the surface of the globe, then man would only have four years left to live. — Falsely attributed to Albert Einstein

If the question in your mind starts "how do I make the bees..." then you are already thinking wrongly. If your question is "how can I help them with what they are trying to do..." you are on your way to becoming a beekeeper. — Michael Bush

If you're not part of the genetic solution to breeding mite-tolerant bees, then you're part of the problem. — Randy Oliver

If you want to gather honey, don't kick over the beehive. — Abraham Lincoln

If you want to gather honey, don't kick over the beehive. — Dale Carnegie

I have just been thinking, and I have come to a very important decision. These are the wrong sort of bees. — Winnie the Pooh.

I have established mystic contact with the spiritual core of apiculture and now, anything is possible. — Charles Martin Simon

I like pulling on a baggy bee suit, forgetting myself and getting as close to the bees' lives as they will let me, remembering in the process that there is more to life than the merely human. — Sue Hubbell

I think it safest to base our assumption, that bee culture, in some respects is a hazardous business, even amongst the most thorough and careful. — A.I. Root, 1882

It is well known that improper diet makes one susceptible to disease. Now is it not reasonable to believe that extensive feeding of sugar to bees makes them more susceptible to American Foul Brood and other bee disease? It is known that American Foul Brood is more prevalent in the north than in the south. Why? Is it not because more sugar is fed to bees in the north while here in the south the bees can gather nectar most of the year which makes feeding sugar syrup unnecessary? — Jay Smith (Better Queens)

It's not so much how busy you are, but why you are busy. The bee is praised. The mosquito is swatted. — Mary Flannery O'Connor

Like the honeybee, the sage should gather wisdom from many scriptures. — Bhagavad Gita

Listen to the bees, let them guide you. — Brother Adam

My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste. — Bible, Proverbs 24:13

One of the beekeeper's very first tasks must be the study of bee behaviour and the adaptation of himself if he wishes for success. — Brother Adam, Beekeeping at Buckfast Abbey

Our apiculture forefathers, those great men who defined the principles of modern beekeeping: Langstroth, Dadant, Root. Why were they so extravagantly successful? The answer is simple. Because they didn't know what they were doing. They made it up, as it were, as they went along. — Charles Martin Simon

Our time for study and preparation all along the line of bee work is during the winter months; and he who takes time by the forelock is the one the most likely to succeed. — Gilbert D oolittle

Our treasure lies in the beehive of our knowledge. We are perpetually on the way thither, being by nature winged insects and honey gatherers of the mind. — Friedrich Nietzsche

Shall I take brood from strong colonies to give to the weaklings? Not I. For the damage to the strong colonies will more than overbalance the benefit to the weaklings. — Dr. C.C. Miller (Fifty Years Among the Bees)

So work the honey bees -- creatures that by a rule in Nature, teach the art of order to a peopled kingdom. — Shakspeare

So work with the honey bee, creatures that by a rule of nature, teach the art of order to mankind. — William Shakespeare

The bee is more honored than any other creature; not because she labors, but because she labors for others. — St. John Chrisostym, 4th century

The best environment for the bees is not agricultural, I have them there for my benefit and deal the best I can with the side effects thereof. — A comment on Bee-L

The Creator intended the bee for the comfort of man, as truly as he did the horse or the cow. The honey bee was... created not merely with the ability to store up its delicious nectar for its own use, but with certain properties which fitted it to be domesticated, and to labor for man, and without which, he would no more have been able to subject it to his control, than to make a useful beast of burden of a lion or a tiger. — Rev. Lorenzo Lorraine Langstroth (1810 – 1895), apiarist, clergyman and teacher. The Hive and the Honeybee, 1852

The fruit of bees is desired by all, and is equally sweet to kings and beggars and it is not only pleasing but profitable and healthful; it sweetens their mouths, cures their wounds, and conveys remedies to inward ulcers. — Saint Ambrose

The habits of bees, their actions, lead many thinking people to the idea that there is a spark of God’s spirit in bees, the mind is given to them from heaven. — Virgil

The happiness of the bee and the dolphin is to exist. For man it is to know that and to wonder at it. — Jacques Yves Cousteau

The idea that bees ‘work for nothing and board themselves’ must be banished from our thoughts…. Successful bee-keeping means work, and lots of it, for a man with brains enough to know that he must leave no stone unturned that tends toward success. — Gilbert Doolittle

The keeping of bees is like the direction of sunbeams. — Henry David Thoreau

The more I studied beekeeping, the less I knew until finally I knew nothing. But even though I knew nothing, I still had plenty to unlearn. — Charles Martin Simon

The only consistent thing about bees is their inconsistency. — Dr. C.C. Miller

The only reason for being a bee that I know of is making honey. And the only reason for making honey is so I can eat it. — AA Milne in Winnie-the-Pooh

The pedigree of honey does not concern the bee; A clover, any time, to him is aristocracy. — Emily Dickinson

There are a few rules of thumb that are useful guides. One is that when you are confronted with some problem in the apiary and you do not know what to do, then do nothing. Matters are seldom made worse by doing nothing and are often made much worse by inept intervention. — Richard Taylor (How to Do It Book of Beekeeping)

There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance. — Henry David Thoreau

The secret of my health is applying honey inside and oil outside. — Democritus (contemporary of Hippocrates, who lived to the ripe age of 109)

Tiggers don't like honey. — AA Milne in Winnie-the-Pooh

To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee. One clover, and a bee, And revery. The revery alone will do, If bees are few. — Emily Dickinson

We lived for honey. We swallowed a spoonful in the morning to wake us up and one at night to put us to sleep. We took it with every meal to calm the mind, give us stamina, and prevent fatal disease. We swabbed ourselves in it to disinfect cuts or heal chapped lips. It went in our baths, our skin cream, our raspberry tea and biscuits. Nothing was safe from honey...honey was the ambrosia of the gods and the shampoo of the goddesses. ― Sue Monk Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees

We're all busy little bees, full of stings, making honey day and night, aren't we honey? — Bette Davis

When one stands before a hive of bees one should say quite solemnly to oneself: "By way of the bee-hive the whole Cosmos enters man and makes him strong and able. — Rudolph Steiner, Lecture 1 on Bees, 1923

When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees. — Joseph Joubert

When you hear buzz around the beehive, you know they're making honey in there. — Terrence Howard

Women make the best beekeepers cause they have a special ability built into them to love creatures that sting. — Sue Monk Kidd

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IronBee Nucs for Sale

Nucs (nucleus hives) are not the same as package bees. Nucs include bees, brood, honey, pollen, and frames. A nuc costs a bit more than a package, but you get a significant head start over buying bees alone.

Each of my IronBee nucs consists of 5 standard deep Langstroth frames:

  • Approximately two frames of capped and uncapped brood covered with an estimated 2 -3 pounds of adult bees,

  • Approximately two frames of honey and pollen, and

  • One empty frame (foundation or drawn comb)

Each nuc includes a young, mated IronBee queen. IronBee queens are open-mated and based primarily on Carniolan and Buckfast stock.

  • Since my queens are open-mated, I have no control over what type of drones mate with the queen. However, I make an effort to flood the mating area with my own drones.

  • I select for what I think really counts:

    • Hardiness in Utah's high desert climate,

    • Gentleness,

    • Resistance to disease, mites, and other pests,

    • Productivity,

    • Not pedigree or color.

My price for Spring 2023 is expected to be $180 plus a $15 deposit per nuc to be refunded when the empty nuc box is returned in good condition. Quantity will be limited. I offer a 50% discount per nuc for 4-H youth who are active in the Iron County 4-H Beekeeping Club (one discount per 4-H family).

My nucs will be delivered in 5-frame temporary nuc boxes. There will be no frame exchange. You may bring your own hive and transfer the bees to your own boxes and save yourself the deposit fee and the trip back to return the nuc boxes.

Nucs are for pick up in Cedar City, Utah or local delivery only. They will not be shipped directly to you.

Queen-rearing season here in the Rockies is much latter and shorter than in the South and at lower elevations. At 5800 feet in the Rockies, I don't have the guarantee of an early, warm Spring like the nuc, package, and queen sellers on the South and California. So, my nucs will most likely be ready for pick up in mid to late May. Conditions beyond my control such as wet or cold weather or nectar flow may affect delivery date. So, there is a chance I might not even have bees for sale!

So, the bottom line is that I can't guarantee that I'll have nucs for sale in the Spring. If you're willing to risk not having bees at all, contact me in March or April when I'll have a better idea whether I'll have some nucs.

There are some other good Utah vendors of bee packages, nucs, and queens listed at the Utah Beekeepers' Association website. If you want Utah-raised bees, you might try Rob Brinkerhoff in Kanab (435-644-8192), Casey Lofthouse in Hurricane (435-467-2787), or Mel Taylor in Santa Clara (435-673-5340 or 435-668-6492). Although they don't sell Utah-reared bees, IFA and CAL Ranch are also reported to be a good place to order, because they seem to be good bees and you pay a lot less for shipping than if you order directly from a distant vendor.

Suggestions for hiving your IronBee nuc:

  • Upon arriving home with your bees, place the nuc box in the exact spot and in the same orientation as you will put the hive. Remember that bees orient to the spot you place them so if the nuc is placed in one spot for a few hours and then moved to a hive location in a different spot, the bees will be homeless when they don't find the hive.

  • Remove the the entrance cover or plug.

  • Let the bees calm down for at least an hour or two while still in the nuc box.

  • Place the frames from the nuc box in the middle of your hive box. Fill the remaining space on either side with your frames.

  • Ideally, you have a warm, sunny day to transfer the frames and bees to your hive box. This way the field force will be out flying and there will be less congestion in the nuc box.

  • If the weather is cool (less than 50º F) or cloudy feed your bees to compensate for their not being able to get out to forage. I recommend a ratio of 1 cup of sugar to one cup of water until you are confident they are bringing in nectar.

  • Do not leave the bees in the nuc box for more than a few days or they will become too crowded and swarm.

  • Return the empty nuc box promptly for your $15 deposit refund.





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