Following is an ever-growing list of our favorite links. There's something for everyone, whether you're a beekeeper, grower, local food junkie, gardener or simply interested in the world of honey bees. Each link should open a new window.

We're also building a reading list for anyone who shares an interest in gardening, low-impact living and, of course, beekeeping.

Beesource: Discussion forums, DIY equipment plans, industry news and more.

Oregon State Beekeepers Association: Discussion forums, Oregon chapter information, Northwest-specific news.

Beemaster: Another popular international beekeeper's forum.

A Timeline Of Beekeeping Milestones: From The Daily Green. a look at some of the big moments in the history of American bees and beekeeping.

Snow Peak Apiaries: Located in Lebanon, Oregon, Franz Yordy and his crew produce outstanding custom woodenware for beekeepers in the Northwest and beyond.

Ruhl Bee Supply: The Portland, Oregon metropolitan area's bee supply store.

Glory Bee Foods: Located in Eugene, Glory Bee is the Northwest's premier honey packer, providing bulk honey from Oregon's best beekeepers. Glory Bee Foods also sells beekeeping supplies.

Beekeeping in Bolivia: Corvallis-born Bonnie Cox is working with a Bolivian community to establish sustainable family beekeeping operations.

Bees Do It: CNNMoney produced these graphs to show how crops in the US rely upon honey bee pollenation.

Growing Gardens: This Portland organization teaches low-income families to grow their own healthy food in raised-bed home and community gardens, promoting better health and self-reliance, and a better understanding of nutrition.

Eat Local Challenge: Eat Local Challenge is a group blog written by authors who are interested in the benefits of eating food grown and produced in their local foodshed. Spanning the United States, the group is committed to challenging themselves to eat mainly local food during a specific period of time during the year.

Locavores: Locavores are a group of concerned culinary adventurers making an effort to eat only foods grown or harvested within a 100 mile radius of their home towns for an entire month. "We recognize that the choices we make about what foods we choose to eat are important politically, environmentally, economically, and healthfully."

The Cornucopia Institute: Their goal is to empower farmers both politically and through marketplace initiatives.

Slow Food: Slow Food is a non-profit organization that was founded in 1989 to counteract fast food and fast life, the disappearance of local food traditions and people’s dwindling interest in the food they eat, where it comes from, how it tastes and how our food choices affect the rest of the world.

Mother Lode Products: Our favorite frame feeders are made by these wonderful folks in Sonora, CA.

Betterbee: One of many good online suppliers of beekeeping equipment. Located in Greenwich, NY.

MAAREC: Primary working group for Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) at the Mid-Atlantic Apiculture Research & Extension Consortium.

How To Reduce Bee Poisoning from Pesticides: Important information tailored for Pacific Northwest growers, gardeners and beekeepers. (PDF).

National Honey Board: News on US honey production, prices, imports and exports.

Bush Bees: Michael Bush's extensive tips and how-tos, based on his own experiences as a beekeeper. He has experimented with top bar hives, foundationless frames, "natural cell" comb and treatment free bees. Some great insights and very useful information.

Electric Bear Fences: This video, produced by the National Outdoor Leadership School, shows studies on the effectiveness of portable electric fencing on large bears. We use Premier1 electric netting for one of our apiaries. We recommend baiting the fences (sardines or bacon) to properly train bears to avoid them.

Sundance II Top-Mounted Pollen Traps: These are the only traps we use. They keep pollen cleaner, are easier for us to empty and maintain, and allow the bees to retain sufficient pollen even on the days the traps are "set".

Evaluating Honey Bees for Pollination: OSU Extension Service. Grading colonies for Oregon and Washington Orchard and Field colonies. (We set the bar even higher for our own pollination colonies).

Apiculture News: Dr. Eric Mussen's newsletter, UC Davis. Excellent information for both growers and beekeepers.

Sample Pollination Contract & Pesticide Toxicity Handout: Purdue University (PDF) Similar to our own contract. We believe a good contract protects both the grower and the beekeeper.

Meadowfoam Pollination Recommendations: OSU Department of Entomology

Pear Pollination Recommendations for Western Oregon: OSU Extension Service

Insect Pollination Of Cultivated Crop Plants
by S.E. McGregor, USDA

Pollinator Partnership: Sponsored by
The North American Pollinator Protection Campaign and The Coevolution Institute

Managing Bees for Crop Pollination: Stocking rates, colony evaluation guide and more from the Canadian Association of Professional Apiculturists (PDF)

The Relocalization Network: Relocalization is a strategy to build societies based on the local production of food, energy and goods, and the local development of currency, governance and culture. The main goals of Relocalization are to increase community energy security, to strengthen local economies, and to dramatically improve environmental conditions and social equity.

The City Repair Project: An organized group action that educates and inspires communities and individuals to creatively transform the places where they live. Based in Portland, Oregon.