RESOURCES

LOCAL CLUBS

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• Maryland State Beekeepers Association 

• Allegheny Mountain Beekeepers Assoc.

• Carroll County Beekeepers Association 

• Central Maryland Beekeepers Association 

• Chester County Beekeepers Association

• DC Beekeepers Alliance

• Frederick Backyard Beekeepers Association

• Frederick County Beekeepers Association 

• Greater Baltimore Beekeepers

• Howard County Beekeepers Association 

• Montgomery County Beekeepers Association 

• Pennsylvania Beekeepers Association 

• Susquehanna Beekeepers Association

OTHER MEMBERSHIPS TO CONSIDER

• American Honey Producers Association 

• American Beekeeping Federation 

• Eastern Apicultural Society 

• Future Harvest- A Chesapeake Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture

• Million Acre Challenge

• National Farmers Union

HANDY LINKS

• Varroa Management Tool decision guide - if you've got mites, refer to this to figure out your plan

• University of Maryland Bee Squad- bringing science to the bee yard

• Maryland Apiary Registration Form  -it is free, it is the law, and for your own good 

• Maryland Pollinator Protection 

• Drift Watch-  enables crop producers, beekeepers, and pesticide applicators to work together to protect specialty crops and apiaries through use of mapping programs.

• Resources for Beekeepers from the American Beekeeping Federation 

• The Honey Bee Suite - A place for bees, native, wild, and managed

• Queen rearing calendar app from The Beekeepers of the Susquehanna Valley

• Raising Queens: A How-To Guide to Sustainable Approaches to Queen Rearing from They Keep Bees

• Our Chesapeake watershed info from NASA 

PLANTING FOR BEES

 Refer to this section of our website: Plant these for the bees 

• Late season plants for bees: (PDF) 

• Bee lawns University of  Minnesota BeeLab  tool Kit PDF 

• Green Cover Seed

• Ernst Seed

• Maryland Department of Natural Resources Nursury - trees and shrubs

• Million Acre Challenge- helps Maryland farmers build soil health, increase farm profitability, and improve water quality – while making farms resilient and active in the face of climate change. Our farmer-focused collaborative uses soil health science, economics, education, and incentives to achieve our mission.

• North East Cover Crop Decision Tool helps decide which cover crops to plant for any season or purpose

• Doug Tallamy presents The Little Things That Run The World - How to create a pollinator backyard.

• Homegrown National Park Gardening for Life 

• Lawns to Legumes MN Board of Water and Soil 

• Xerces Society