• Randall Museum, 199 Museum Way, San Francisco, 415-554-9600
  
• San Franicsco Zoo, (in the Children's Insect Zoo), 415-753-7080

Beekeeping in Bay Area Cities

• Bay Area Beekeeper's First Year and Yearly Overview Checklist
• Managing Bees In The City, including Critical Swarm Control

Recommended Bay Area Bee Organizations (Other Bay Area Groups)

• San Francisco Beekeepers Association, President - Peter Sinton (415) 221-8704
  (meets second Wednesday of each month, 7:30pm, Randall Museum)
  
  • San Francisco Beekeepers Library - Books Listed by Author
• San Mateo Beekeepers Guild
  (meets first Thursday of each month, 7:30 PM, at the Congregational Church in Belmont)
• Marin County Beekeepers Association, Louise Estupinian (415) 485-0484
  (meets first Monday of each month, 7:30pm, 124 Pine Street, San Anselmo)
  
• Contra Costa County Beekeepers Association
  2nd Thursday of each Month, 7:30pm, Heather Farms Garden Center, 1540 Marchbanks, Walnut Creek
  

Internet Information Resources

• Where Have All the Bees Gone? (article)
  
• The Bee Waggle Dance
  
• Greater Bay Area Bee Associations
  
• Starting Beekeeping
  
• Beekeeping Tips & Tidbits
  
• Beekeeping FAQ - informational and comprehensive
  
• Other Assorted Beekeeping FAQ links
  
• Bee Colony Management
  
• Diseases and Afflictions of Honey Bees
• Mid-Atlantic Apiculture Bee Photo Education Set
  
• Mid-Atlantic Apiculture Information Site
  
• First Bees In California
  
• Famous Beekeepers
  
• History of American Beekeeping
  
• Beekeeping Glossary
  
• Bee Information Index
  
• More Internet Pointers
  
• Comprehensive World-Wide Bee Links (Bee Vacuum Construction to Woodpecker Damaged Hives)
  
• Beekeeping Listserv Archive
  
• Mead Brewing Archive
• Health Aspects of Honey
• Observation Hives
  
• Requeening Tips
  
• Small Scale Queen Production
  
• Cell-Plug Queen Rearing
  
• California Africanized Honey Bee Status
  
• Pollination

• The BEE-L "Discussion of Bee Biology" is an active e-mail discussion for beekeepers. To subscribe to the Bee-L send an e-mail  message to LISTSERV@CNSIBM.ALBANY.EDU with only four words: "SUBSCRIBE BEE-L First_name Last_name" in the body, without the quotes.  LISTSERV will then e-mail back a confirmation that you must reply to, before it adds you to the list. Your confirmation will contain instructions on how to use, or leave the list. All commands are sent to the LISTSERV addresses above. This is a very informative list and allows for a speedy education on pertinent and timely issues required to manage bees successfully.

• American Bee Journal
  
• Bee Culture

• Carrier's Beekeeping Suppliers, (local, but more expensive)
  601 S. Baywood Ave, San Jose, 408-296-6100
  
• Better Bee, Inc., (good catalog)
  8 Meader Road, Greenwich, New York 12834, 800-632-3379 Order, 518-692-9669 Fax and Info
  
• Brushy Mountain Bee Farm, "www.beeequipment.com", (good catalog)
  610 Bethany Church Road, Moravian Falls, NC 28654, 800-233-7929
  
• Dadant & Sons, Inc., "www.dadant.com"
  P.O. Box 2837, 2765 S. Golden State Blvd., Fresno, CA 93745, 877-432-3268 orders, 209-495-0230 inquiries
  
• Mann Lake, Ltd., "www.mannlakeltd.com", (good catalog)
  501 S. 1st Street, Hackensack, MN 56452-2001, 800-233-6663
  
• Maxant Industries, Inc., (great equipment for commercial beekeepers)
  P.O. Box 454, Ayer, MA 01432, 978-772-0576
  
• Walter T. Kelley Co., Inc., (lower prices, hard to find items, good catalog)
  3107 Elizabethtown Road, P.O. Box 240, Clarkson, KY 42726-0240, 502-242-2012
  
• Western Bee Supplies, Inc., "www.westernbee.com" (great wooden ware, good catalog)
  P.O. Box 190, Polson, MT 59860, 800-548-8440

• Strachan Apiaries, Inc., 2522 Tierra Buena Road, Yuba City, CA 95993, 530-674-3881,
  - new world carniolan bees (great queens shipped by mail) - [available end of April]
• Happy Bee Apiaries, 8307 Quail Canyon Road, Vacaville, CA 95688, 530-795-2124
  - carniolan bees, good location for package bee pickup
  
• Randy Oliver Apiaries, 530-272-4450, 14744 Meadow Drive, Nevada City, CA, email: "randyo@jps.net".
  - nuc hives available for pickup. Bring your hive body and five frames for exchange, $35 with exchange, $43.25 w/o frame exhange. Ten frame medium nuc hives also available: $35 w/ exchange, $45 w/o exchange.
• Taber's Honey Bee Genetics, Vacaville, CA 95696, 707-449-0440
  - Disease resistant Yugoslavian Carniolans, Italian bees. They will take care of priority USPS shipping with a minimum number of queens ordered, and they usually arrive to the Bay Area the next day. If you drive, head towards Sacramento on I-80 and after Vacaville proper, and several miles after The Nut Tree, take the Weber exit, curving to the right and make a turn on Burns, which is the first paved road on the right. It's about half a mile down on the left. The Carniolan queens usually produce lots of beautiful brood.