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The Town of Watertown
Health Department
RESOURCES FOR THE KEEPING
OF HENS AND HONEY BEES
HENS:
UMass Extension Resources:
http://ag.umass.edu/crops-dairy-livestock-equine/fact-
sheets?field_fact_sheet_categories_tid=15&title=
Poultry Housing, Best Management Practices (Available from Health Dept.)
Waste Management and Composting (Available from Health Dept.)
HONEY BEES:
1 ) Middlesex County Beekeeper's Association, Inc.
htt /middlesexbeekeeners.ora; many resources
2) Boston Area Beekeepers Association
bostonbeekeeners.orq; offers bee school each winter; many resources;
3) Massachusetts Beekeepers Association
www.massbee.ora
"Best Management Practices" (Available at the Health Dept.)
4) Follow the Honey (Retail Store - many resources)
Mary Canning, Proprietor
1 132 Mass. Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-945-7356
followthehonev.com
5) The Best Bees Company, LLC
839 Albany St., Boston, MA 02119
Noah Wilson-Rich, Ph.D
Founder & Chief Scientific Officer
cell: 617-407-8979 lab: 617-445-2322
bestbees.com
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5) Videos
Oraanic Beekeenina 101 hosted by Randy Sue Collins
http:///www.oraanicbeekeeoing 101 .com
"Vanishina of the Bees"
http://www.vanishinobees.com/purchase-dvd/
"Oueen of the Sun"
http://www.queenofthesun.com/store/dvd/
6) Books:
The Bee. A Natural History
by Noah Wilson-Rich (available at Best Bees & Follow the Honey)
Honev Bees and Beekeenina: a Year in the Life of an An_iarv, 3rd Edition
by Keith S. Delaplane, Ph.D, University of Georgia
First Lessons in Beekeenina_
by Keith S. Delaplane
The Beekeener's Handbook, 4th Edition
by Dianne Sammataro and Alphonse Avitabile
Backvard Beekeener, 3rd Edition
An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Keeping Bees
by Kim Flottum
The Practical Beekeener: Beekeenina Naturaike
by Michael Bush
7) TED Talk on
"Every City Needs Healthy S Honey Bees" by Noah Wilson-Rich
https://www.ted.com/talks/noah_wilson_rich_every_city_needs_healthy
_honey bees
(Additional Suggestions Welcome) (Updated April, 2016)
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