Sustainable Beekeeping
Sustainable Beekeeping
Beekeeping Naturally (Norman Weston)
normanweston.com/BEES/Norm Weston's website dedicated to natural, low-impact beekeeping using top bar hives.
Beekeeping: natural, simple and successful (PDF)
www.beethinking.com/documents/thur.pdfJohann Thür's essay on beekeeping naturally and simply.
Biodynamic Beekeeping (PDF)
www.britishbee.org.uk/files/Biodynamic_Beekeeping.pdfReview of 'The Nature of Bees and Biodynamic Beekeeping': A weekend with Michael Weiler.
Bush Farms
www.bushfarms.com/bees.htmMichael Bush's wonderfully informative bee site with a treasure of descriptions, plans, articles and other resources for those who are looking to keep bees naturally.
Demeter Standards for Beekeeping and Hive Products
demeter.net/standards/st_bees_e08.pdfStandards for beekeeping and hive products for the use of Demeter, Biodynamic and related trademarks.
Ecological Beekeeping
www.ecologicalbeekeeping.comThe keeping of honeybees under a system of harmonious relationship between the honeybee, beekeeper and the environment, by using beekeeping methodry that promotes the healthy development of the honeybee colony and its natural way of living together with t ...
Foundationless Hives at Bushfarms
www.bushfarms.com/beesfoundationless.htmMichael Bush of Bushfarms.com/bees explains the basics of foundationless beekeeping.
Hirschbach Apiary
hirschbachapiary.comTop Bar Beekeeping at Hirschbach Apiary: A biological approach to beekeeping using top bar beehives
Mellifera e.V. - Centre for Organic Beekeeping
www.mellifera.de/mellifera/mellifera.en.root/index.htmlMellifera e.V. is an independent non-profit-making association. Since 1985 we have been pioneering and developing sustainable ecological concepts for beekeeping. With research projects, seminars and publicity Mellifera e.V. is heading the discussion on be ...
Natural Beekeeping, Modern Approaches
www.beebehavior.com/natural_beekeeping.phpNatural beekeeping and organic honey production are closely related terms. However, the latter one is based on more restrictive criteria. You can be a natural beekeeper, but still not fulfill all of the requirements for organic honey production. On the ot ...
New Generation Beekeeping
www.newgenbees.co.uk
One man's attempt at sustainable beekeeping using Warré hives as well as the Nationals he was taught to use. No chemicals etc. been there done that years ago in intensive agriculture. Natural selection with a little bit of assistance from him. The hives ...
Partners for Sustainable Pollination
www.pfspbees.org/index.htmPursuing collaborative approaches between farmers, growers, beekeepers and scientists to develop ways to improve health of honey bees in pollination services and support native pollinators.
Scientific Beekeeping
www.scientificbeekeeping.comOn his site Randy Oliver hopes to provide the progressive beekeeper with readable summaries of current worldwide scientific research on various topics. He will also offer practical suggestions based upon his own experience (he runs a 500-colony migratory ...
Sustainable Beekeeping
www.selbstversorgerforum.de/bienen/sustainable_beekeeping.pd...One man's journey from traditional beekeeping with Langstroth hives and foundation to foundationless beekeeping using top bar and Warre hives. Wonderful pictures and commentary.
Sustainable Beekeeping with Warré Hives
www.mygarden.me.uk/ModifiedAbbeWarreHive.htmAbbé Émile Warré (?-1951) experimented with over 350 hives of various types over a period of 50 years. During that time he developed a bee-friendly fixed-comb hive designed for minimal intervention, easy harvesting and enlargement as well as for producing ...
The Need for Organic Beekeeping
www.beesfordevelopment.org/info/info/enviro/the-need-for-org...The strength of an agricultural ecosystem depends on the diversity of crop and field margins. For instance wild flowers have lots of functions in agroecology; not every function is well-known but it is verified that if wild flowers are eliminated by chemi ...
The Warré Hive
www.warrehives.co.ukWelcome to Warré hives - Homes for happy bees. Bees are under threat from diseases, pesticides and poor bee-keeping practices. They believe Warré hives is a sustainable and bee friendly way of keeping bees.