Beekeeping Resources

Organizations in the Industry

Our small Beekeeping Industry has many links and contacts for the 150,000 or so beekeepers that the National Honey Board, https://honey.com/ projects exist.

To follow is a list of those strong supporters of the industry.

The American Beekeeping Federation (ABF), https://www.abfnet.org/

Each State and Canadian Province has a Beekeepers Association, https://www.abfnet.org/page/states

And then within each State there are County and local regional Associations. As and example, https://www.abfnet.org/page/ohio?

Commercial Beekeepers i.e. those having thousands of colonies of honey bees as a business, American Honey Producers Association (AHPA), https://www.ahpanet.com/

The American Association of Professional Apiculturists (AAPA) are mostly University researchers. https://aapa.cyberbee.net/

Most States have some level of Apiary (Honey Bee) inspection for pest, parasites, and diseases. Apiary Inspectors of America (AIA), https://apiaryinspectors.org/

The USDA has Bee Research facilities. The below are the main ones.
Beltsville, Maryland: https://www.ars.usda.gov/northeast-area/beltsville-md-barc/beltsville-agricultural-researchcenter/bee-research-laboratory/
Baton Rouge, Louisiana: https://www.ars.usda.gov/southeast-area/baton-rouge-la/honeybeelab/
Tucson, Arizona: https://www.ars.usda.gov/pacific-west-area/tucson-az/carl-hayden-bee-research-center/
Logan, Utah: https://www.ars.usda.gov/pacific-west-area/logan-ut/

Some additional Industry supporters.
Project Apis m (mellifera): https://www.projectapism.org/
Honey Bee Health Coalition: https://honeybeehealthcoalition.org/
Eastern Apicultural Society: https://easternapiculture.org/
Heartland Apicultural Society: https://www.heartlandbees.org/
Western Apicultural Society: https://www.westernapiculturalsociety.org/