With apologies to those who are nowhere near Washington DC, this post is meant to direct anyone who might have attended today's panel on Urban Beekeeping at the DC Green Festival to supporting materials here.Christy Hemenway of Gold Star Honeybees presented on this panel, too.
The Beekeeper's Handbook, Third Edition, Avitabile and Sammataro: Comprehensive, but could use an update.
The Beekeeper's Handbook, Third EditionThe Backyard Beekeeper - Revised and Updated: An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Keeping Bees in Your Yard and Garden, Kim Flottum: accessible, good pictures, you will need more information than this
First Lessons in Beekeeping, Delaplane: compact, accessible, useful, but you will need access to additional information.
- Presentation slides in PDF
- Bee forage plants in your garden
- Bee pollinated crops
- More on plants, native bees, honeybees: the Xerxes Society
- General calendar of beekeeping activities through the year
- Stinging insects: They are not all bees
Local beekeeping clubs/short course opportunities:
- Bowie-Upper Marlboro Beekeepers Association (PG County): www.bumbabees.com
- Montgomery County Beekeepers Association: www.montgomerycountybeekeepers.com
- Beekeepers Association of Northern Virginia: www.beekeepersnova.org
- DPR Beekeeping Program: email kelly.melsted@dc.gov
- DC Beekeepers Alliance (no course yet): www.dcbeekeepers.org
Recommended books -- there are others!
The Beekeeper's Handbook, Third Edition, Avitabile and Sammataro: Comprehensive, but could use an update.The Beekeeper's Handbook, Third EditionThe Backyard Beekeeper - Revised and Updated: An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Keeping Bees in Your Yard and Garden, Kim Flottum: accessible, good pictures, you will need more information than thisFirst Lessons in Beekeeping, Delaplane: compact, accessible, useful, but you will need access to additional information.
