Trusted Sources

You are not alone! We are all exposed to the same internet information overload, when it comes to researching information about honey bees. We have had a few years to consume and digest a small portion and are still learning daily. Having a narrowed down short list of quality sources is only a start, but it is a place to start with confidence.

The links below are to websites and videos we trust and feel comfortable about recommending to others. As with most anything else on the internet now days, there are some good and some not so good websites, blogs, and social media content. Since there are no internet police and no filters and to limit false information and myths that get spread like wild fire, we recommend sticking with the websites maintained by proven successful beekeepers and research biologists, like the following:

Texas A & M's Dr. Juliana Rangel
FSU - Florida's Dr. Jamie Ellis
Cornell University's Dr. Tom Seeley
Dr. Zac Lamas research at in the Evan’s Lab in Beltsville, MD at the USDA-ARS Bee Research Laboratory

Other's like Louisiana State University (LSU) and University of Minnesota (UMN) have great bee labs and are top rated as well.

Then of course, there's Randy Oliver, a commercial beekeeper and research biologist that does research and field trials and submits his reports to the USDA to help get meds approved -which can take years. Randy also writes monthly for the American Bee Journal since 2006, one of the big beekeeping magazines.  

These are some of the top bee labs and research scientists in the field. Of course there are others, but these are some of the names and sources we trust.
--Disclaimer - We have obviously not tested every method these experts use and discuss, we are all still learning, just as they are.