Important Links
Illinois Department of Agriculture Bees and Apiaries Program
Main Site: http://www.agr.state.il.us/programs/bees/
Beekeeper Registration Form http://www.agr.state.il.us/programs/bees/beekeep.pdf
Illinois Bees & Apiary Act http://tinyurl.com/Illapiariesact
Illinois Bees and Apiary Rules http://www.agr.state.il.us/programs/bees/beerules.pdf
Illinois Department of Agriculture Bee Inspectors http://www.agr.state.il.us/programs/bees/inspectors.html
IDA Inspectors Regions http://www.agr.state.il.us/programs/bees/inspectmap.html
Determining the Latitude and Longitude of your hive based on an address
(Important when registering your apiary location)
http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/geocode
http://stevemorse.org/jcal/latlon.php
Illinois State Beekeeper’s Association http://www.isba.us
Other State Beekeeping Associations and Clubs:
Stateline Beekeepers Association http://statelinebee.com/bb/
Kankakee River Valley Beekeepers Association http://krvba.blogspot.com/
Northern Illionois Beekeepers Association http://niba.home.mchsi.com/
Central Eastern Illinois Beekeepers Association www.ceiba.us
Northwest Indiana Beekeepers Association http://www.lakenetnwi.org/member/beekeepers/
National Organizations
American Beekeeping Federation http://www.abfnet.org/
National Honey Board www.honey.com
Interesting Links
Cornell University E.F. Phillips beekeeping Collection http://bees.library.cornell.edu/b/bees/index.html
How to identify pollen sources http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollen_source
Wickipedia on Beekeeping http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Beekeeping
2010 Illinois State Fair Competition Booklet (Honey info on Page 140 – 146) http://www.agr.state.il.us/isf/premium/general.pdf