Links

Some Interesting Links for Beekeepers

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Link to:
Mat-Su Master Gardeners
www.matsumastergardeners.org

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Do you guys get BEE-Mail?

Go to honey.com and you can sign up for two free newsletters. One “The Honey
Feast” which e-mails you honey recipes every month or so. The other is “BEE-Mail”,
an e-mail from the National Honey Board . Great information in both.
from: Rick - Beekeeper in Sterling, Alaska

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You can download a PDF version of this 100+ page booklet:
"Beekeeping Basics"

from MAAREC

go to:
http://pubs.cas.psu.edu/FreePubs/pdfs/agrs93.pdf

http://maarec.cas.psu.edu/GenMgmt.html

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Bee-L
"Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology"

Bee-L is a moderated list for beekeepers

To join:
Join Bee-L

Bee-L FAQ

You will probably find people you recognize on this list, it is a popular place for
beekeepers!
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Some Educational Reading

The Beekeepers Handbook
3rd edition
by: Dana Sammataro
and Alphonse Avitabile

Guide to Bees and Honey
by: Ted Hooper

The Complete Guide to Beekeeping
by: Roger A Morse

The Prairie Beekeeping Manual
by: Dorothy Murrell
and Donald N. MacDonald

from: Ben - Beekeeper
in Palmer, Alaska
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A link to plans for building the items listed below:
www.beesource.com/plans/index.htm

10 Frame Langstroth Beehive
5 Frame Nuc Beehive
5 Frame Nuc Beehive - U.S.D.A.
Double Three Frame Brood Beehive - U.S.D.A.
10 Frame W.B.C. Hive
Dadant Type Frames
10 Frame Assembly Jig for Frames
3 Frame Observation Hive
4 Frame Honey Extractor
20 Frame Honey Extractor
Modified Pillow Block Bar For Maxant Chain Uncapper
Foundation Form Board
IPM/Screen Bottom Board
Pollen Traps - Trapping Pollen From Honey Bee Colonies
Double Screen Board
Solar Wax Melter
Removeable Swarm Catching Frames
Super Dumping Board - U.S.D.A.
Honeycomb Uncapping Tank - U.S.D.A.
Honey Heater
Miller Type Feeder
Slatted Bottom Rack
Bee Vac
Apidictor

Are you a beekeeper
that has read an
interesting beekeeping
book you would like
to recommend?

An interesting or
educational
beekeeping
website to look at?

A video or DVD?
Something to add to
our "Links" page?

please email:
webmaster@alaskabees
.com

Southcentral Alaska Beekeepers Association