Resources

Web sites

Mapping of UK Natural Beekeeping groups
www.themelissagarden.com

www.naturalbeekeepingtrust.org Natural Beekeeping Trust - Please become a member!
http://naturalbeekeepingtrust.wordpress.com - The Natural Beekeeping Trust blog

www.spikenardfarm.org

simplebees.wordpress.com
warre.biobees.com
gaiabees.com 
www.beeuntoothers.com - Golden Rule Honey
LBKA Pollinator Friendly Plants
Tree Beekeeping News article - (Item at 26 seconds. In German)
http://thehoneybeehelpers.com - North West Ireland natural beekeeping (black bee) 

 

Books

Global Hive: Bee Crisis and Compassionate Ecology Horst Kornberger.  Review
The Buzz about Bees: Biology of a Superorganism Dr. Juergen Tautz
Honey and Dust: Travels in Search of Sweetness Piers Moor  Review
Wisdom of the Bees Erik Berrevoets

Toward saving the Honey Bee - Guenther Hauk

Bees and Honey: From Flower to Jar -Michael Weiler

Natural Beekeeping with Warré Hive - David Heaf

Honeybee Democracy Thomas Seeley

The Sun Hive - Guenther Mancke

Useful Links 

Spikenard Farm Bee Tea For Strengthening Bees 

Good summary of Natural Beekeepers views on on the Flow Hive fromNatural Beekeeping Trust

Videos

http://www.youtube.com/user/Gaiabees
http://www.youtube.com/user/beautifulswarm/
The wonderful Marla Spivak Ted talk - Why are bees disappearing 

Research

Annotated list of papers with abstracts of relevance to near-natural beekeeping

The Effect of Plant Supplements on the Development of Artificially Weaken Bee Families - Mărghitaş 2010

Bee Stings & Immunology, Allergy and Treatment Buddy Marterre, MD 

Papers on Sugar compromising bee health:

Ecologically Appropriate Xenobiotics Induce Cytochrome P450s in Apis mellifera - Johnson 2012
Honey constituents up-regulate detoxification and immunity genes in the western honey bee Apis mellifera  - Berenbaum 2012
Diet-dependent gene expression in honey bees: honey vs. sucrose or high fructose corn syrup Marsha M. Wheeler1 & Gene E. Robinson 2014