Important CDBA Documentation
CDBA Constitution By-Laws: CDBA Constitution and Bylaws_032617 in PDF
Illinois Department of Agriculture Bees and Apiaries Program
Main Site
https://www2.illinois.gov/sites/agr/Insects/Bees/Pages/default.aspx
Beekeeper Registration Form
https://www2.illinois.gov/sites/agr/Insects/Bees/Documents/beekeep.pdf
Illinois Bees & Apiary Act http://tinyurl.com/Illapiariesact
Illinois Bees and Apiary Rules
https://www2.illinois.gov/sites/agr/Insects/Bees/Documents/beerules.pdf
Illinois Department of Agriculture Bee Inspectors
https://www2.illinois.gov/sites/agr/Insects/Bees/Pages/IDA-Apiary-Inspectors.aspx
IDA Inspectors Regions
https://www2.illinois.gov/sites/agr/Insects/Bees/Pages/Map-of-Inspectors-Regions.aspx
Illinois State Beekeeper’s Association http://www.ilsba.com
Determining the Latitude and Longitude of your hive based on an address
(Important when registering your apiary location)
https://www.gpsvisualizer.com/geocode
http://stevemorse.org/jcal/latlon.php
Other State Beekeeping Associations and Clubs:
Stateline Beekeepers Association
https://www.facebook.com/statelinebee
Kankakee River Valley Beekeepers Association http://krvba.blogspot.com/
Northern Illionois Beekeepers Association https://nibainfo.org/home/
Central Eastern Illinois Beekeepers Association
https://www.facebook.com/Central-Eastern-Illinois-Beekeeping-Association-416761008418015/
Northwest Indiana Beekeepers Association
https://www.nwibeekeepers.org/
Will County Beekeeping Association http://willbees.org/
Lake County (IL) Beekeeping Association www.lakecountybeekeepers.org
National Organizations
American Beekeeping Federation
https://www.abfnet.org/default.aspx
National Honey Board www.honey.com
Heartland Apiculture Society
http://www.heartlandbees.org/
Beekeeping Publications
American Bee Journal
https://americanbeejournal.com/
Bee Culture
https://www.beeculture.com/
Interesting Links
Cornell University E.F. Phillips beekeeping Collection
https://digital.library.cornell.edu/collections/bees
How to identify pollen sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pollen_sources
Wikipedia on Beekeeping
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Beekeeping
University of Illinois Pollinatarium
https://pollinatarium.illinois.edu/
Langstroths Hive & The Honey Bee as Free Audio Book
http://librivox.org/langstroth-on-the-hive-and-the-honey-bee-by-l-l-langstroth/
Basic Beekeeping – David Burns excellent Blog on Basic Beekeeping Lessons
http://basicbeekeeping.blogspot.com/