Resources

        Here are some resources you may find interesting and informative.  They have been accumulated over time and are listed in no particular order.

• Honey Bee Plants in Califorina

  • Project Apis m. (PAm) was established by beekeepers and orchardists in December, 2006, as a 'New Vision' to fund honey bee research on managed colonies. The organization's goal is to fund and direct research to improve the health and vitality of honey bee colonies while improving crop production. Emphasis is placed on research studies that have realistic and practical usefulness for beekeeping businesses.

• The Everett F. Phillips' Beekeeping Collection at Cornell's Albert R. Mann Library

• Project Gutenberg

• California Bee Breeders Association, Inc.

• The Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at the University of California, Davis

• The Western Apicultural Society (Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of California)

• California Food and Agricultural Code (Division 13, below, relates to beekeeping)

  DIVISION 13.  BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION

   CHAPTER 1.  BEES

    Article 1.  General Provisions ............................... 29000-29013

    Article 2.  Apiary Board ..................................... 29020-29028

    Article 3.  Apiary Assessments ............................. 29030.5-29032

    Article 4.  Registration and Identification of Apiaries ...... 29040-29056

    Article 5.  Intrastate Movement .............................. 29070-29074

    Article 6.  Notification Regions ............................. 29080-29082

    Article 7.  Use of Pesticides ................................ 29100-29103

    Article 8.  Quarantine ....................................... 29110-29114

    Article 9.  Importation ...................................... 29120-29128

    Article 10.  Exportation ..................................... 29140-29145

    Article 11.  Wax Salvage ..................................... 29150-29157

    Article 12.  Sanitation ...................................... 29170-29181

    Article 13.  Colony Strength ................................. 29190-29195

    Article 14.  Apiary Inspection ............................... 29200-29213

    Article 15.  Enforcement and Penalties ....................... 29300-29311

    Article 16.  Africanized Honey Bees .......................... 29320-29321

   CHAPTER 2.  HONEY

    Article 1.  Definitions ...................................... 29401-29421

    Article 2.  General Provisions ............................... 29441-29451

    Article 3.  Exemptions ....................................... 29471-29474

    Article 4.  Standard Honey Containers ........................ 29501-29504

    Article 5.  California Color Standards ............................  29531

    Article 6.  Emergency Standards, Containers, Color

                Classifications, and Markings .................... 29551-29561

    Article 7.  Comb Honey ....................................... 29581-29587

    Article 8.  Extracted Honey .................................. 29611-29620

    Article 9.  Labeling of Honey as to Origin and Flavor ........ 29641-29644

    Article 10.  Violations ...................................... 29671-29677

    Article 11.  Criminal Punishment and Procedure ............... 29701-29703

    Article 12.  Public Nuisances ................................ 29731-29735

   CHAPTER 3.  SEEDLESS MANDARIN AND HONEYBEE COEXISTENCE WORKING

               GROUP ACT ......................................... 29810-29812