Links – Mid-Columbia Beekeepers Association

Other helpful resources that we have found useful for our membership. Contact Us and submit additional links, if you find a site you wish to have added.

Bayer Bee Care Program

The Bayer Bee Care Program was established to find solutions to bee health challenges. The program brings Bayer’s extensive bee health experience and knowledge under one coordinated platform. Bayer has proudly dedicated 25 years to ensuring the protection of bees.

US Department of Agriculture Carl Hayden Bee Research Center

The mission of the Carl Hayden Bee Research Center (CHBRC) is to conduct research to optimize the health of honey bee colonies, through improved nutrition and control of Varroa mites in order to maximize production of honey bee pollinated crops.

National Honey Board

Honey is nature’s finest work. Discover honey recipes, where to buy honey, information about honeybees, and resources for honey professionals.

American Beekeeping Federation

For more than 75 years, the American Beekeeping Federation (ABF) has been working in the interest of all beekeepers, large and small, and those associated with the beekeeping industry to ensure the future of the honey bee. Today, there are many challenges facing the industry that are endangering the very existence of nature’s most valuable insect. From disease to shrinking habitat to detrimental legislation to new science that is modifying nectar sources in ways we have yet to fully understand, beekeepers rely on the ABF for the education they need to succeed in the business of keeping bees in today’s competitive world.

WSU Honey Bee Program

Information and research on Honey Bees. They also have information on submitting field samples for free analysis by their lab.

Washington State Department of Agriculture Apiary Program

Hive Registration Form, and links to other state laws and information.

Washington State Beekeeping Laws - Apiaries

RCW 15.60, includes but not limited to registration of hives, late fees, and advisory committee.

Washington State Beekeepers Association

The Washington State Beekeepers Association. We highly recommend maintaining your membership with both the state and local organizations. The Also maintain the Washington State Master Beekeepers Certification Program.

Honey Bee Health Coalition

Their mission is to collaboratively implement solutions that will help to achieve a healthy population of honey bees while also supporting healthy populations of native and managed pollinators in the context of productive agricultural systems and thriving ecosystems. They have free downloadable resources and guide for treating and keeping health bees.