Read up:
Beekeeping Books
The Beekeepers Lament
Lessons from an Accidental Beekeeper
Keeping Bees with Ashley English
The Backyard Beekeeper
The ABC and XYZ of Bee Culture by A. I. Root, E. R. Root
Sites on Basic Beekeeping
Honey Bee Health
Honeybees Vanish, Leaving Keepers in Peril
Food companies target honey bee health problems
Colony Collapse Disorder in Honeybees: A Call to Action
Honey Bee Health Focus
Queen of the Sun Documentary
Bees, Honey and Our Health
Honey Could Save Diabetics from Amputation
Honey: The Gourmet Medicine
The Honey Prescription
Honey: Nature's Wonder Ingredient
The Folk Remedy Encyclopedia
Natural Beekeeping
Videos
Garden Fork Beginning Beekeeping series
Brushy Mountain Bee Farm Videos
Keeping Bees in the Mid-Atlantic
Beekeeping Organizations
American Beekeeping Association
Apimondia International Federation of Beekeepers’ Associations
Eastern Apicultural Society
WNC Center for Honeybee Research
My next blog will be about checking in on the hives on day twenty.