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LEARN ABOUT BEE KEEPING !!

Click here for a Honeybee Management Calendar.
Honeybees have been 'kept' for thousands of years! Click here to learn about Egyptian beekeeping.
Great information from Cornell about fall management & tips for over wintering honey bees in climates like New York. click here
BEE a good neighbor! Click here for beekeeping tips in urban settings.

HONEY!!

Click here for Cornell's guide to processing and bottling honey in New York State.
Click here for a brochure "How HONEY Gets from Hive to Bottle".
Sweet Tips for Honey Use can be found by clicking here.
Click here for "In the Garden with Honey" brochure.
Honey can help you be BEAUTIFUL! For info, click here.

PESTS AND DISEASE OF HONEY BEES

Beekeeping Resources ( pests, disease, pesticides and colony management) from Cornell. click here
Pests of Honeybees: click here to download
Bee Diseases and their Control: click here to download
Varroa Mites: click here to download
Small Hive Beetle: click here to download
Wax Moths: click here to download
Tracheal Mites: click here to download
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) for Honeybees: click here to download
Chemicals and Drugs Approved for Use in Honeybee Hives: click here to download

ATTENTION TEACHERS

Whats the Buzz on Bees? Click here for a 75 page book for kids in grades K-5.
Get the Buzz on Honeybees! Click here for resources for kids in grades 3-5.
Click here to download a 98 page educational teaching guide geared toward kids in grades 4-6.
For a short Teachers Resource Guide" click here.
Click here for a coloring book/story book about honey bees. You can print these for your students!
Agriculture Literacy is important. Especially when the theme is HONEY BEES!! Over 1000 children participated in this great program. Contact us for details on how to bring this program to your classroom.

BONAC BEES IN THE NEWS!

"Best Restaurant in the World" EMP Summer House uses BONAC BEES HONEY!!!
We LOVE music... click here for a music video, with music by The Atomic Missiles!
Hamptons Magazine did a nice piece on Bonac Bees! Check it out HERE!
What do you do when you have bees in the attic? Call Bonac Bees- just like The East Hampton Star did ! Check it out here.
"Mead and Bees" at the Amagansett Food Institute in Amagansett. Sweet! Click here for details.
Montauk Rumrunners thinks I'm fierce? Look who's talking, ladies! As told to Dans Papers. check out the honey whiskey story here.
Edible East End's Kelly Ann Smith thinks "Bees are the New Chickens". We do too! Read about it by clicking here!
Beekeeping 101 with Bonac Bees. Thanks Hampton Bee for the plug! Read it here
"The Hampton Bee" likes our advice! Click here to find out what it is.
Bonac Bees was "the highlight of the day". The folks at the Independent Newsgroup are genius! Check it out here.
We LOVE Amagansett Food Institutes Holiday Market! Check out the press!
"Imagination Nature" Television program featuring Bonac Bees! Click here to watch this 30 minute show. (Thanks Dell!)
We LOVE talking about HONEY. Especially to the folks at the Wellness Foundation. Check it out here.
A little mention on 27East by columnist Lisa Daffy. Here it is!
Agriculture Literacy is important. Especially when the theme is HONEY BEES!! Over 1000 children participated in this great program. Bonac Bees at Guild Hall? When we are talking about Gardens as Art, we are!! Check it out here.
"Hail the Honeybee" Guest words column can be found in the East Hampton Star by clicking here.
"Meet the Owner: Deborah Aiza of Sweet'tauk " can be found on East Hampton Patch by clicking here.
"10 Gifts You May Not Have Considered" can be found on East Hampton Patch by clicking here.
Out East Foodies "Top Ten Holiday Gifts from Montauk to New York City" can be found by clicking here.
Click here for an article I wrote- before the call to ban imidacloprid was all over the news.... update 9/24/16: Some progress, but no ban.