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Insect store - Information on many species of stick insect and praying mantis, with emphasis on captive care and breed. Selection of insects for sale, and links to other online venues selling like insects. Discussion forums, classified ads, and much more.
Insects of West Virginia - Thumbnail galleries assist in identification. Species pages typically include several photographs, plus life history information. This growing site currently focuses on Beetles, Dragonflies, Damselflies, Cicadas, Leafhoppers, Planthoppers, and Treehoppers.
Macro photo gallery - Macro photo gallery of insects, spiders and other arthropods.
Maine Forest Service Insect Collection - 54,000 specimens. Primarily specimens collected during MFS field work and serves as a reference collection of Maine forest insects.
Skippers of the Northeast - A Guide to Identification - Online video species accounts focusing on identification. Video and voice-over narration focusing on skippers of Northeastern North America.
Solitary Wasps (Aculeata) - Online Video - An online video project of solitary wasps intended as an introduction for naturalist.
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Bee Removal in Sacramento - We do live bee removal and relocation of bees in the Sacramento Valley and Bay Area of California.
Colorado potato beetle bibliography - Over 700 references of peer-reviewed English-language publications on various aspects of the Colorado potato beetle biology and management. The references can be browsed by category or searched using keywords.
Colorado potato beetle website - Website dedicated to the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say). Includes information on beetle biology, pest status, history, management options, insecticide resistance, as well as a searchable bibliography containing over 700 peer-reviewed English-language publications.

Africanized honey bees - Africanized bee information, especially in relation to California. Includes bibliography with over 900 references
All About Bees
American Association of Professional Apiculturists
American Bee Journal - The Journal has the honor of being the oldest English language beekeeping publication in the world.
American Beekeeping Federation
Ant Colony Developers Association - fore those with an interest in ant colonies
Apiculture Newsletter - From UC-Davis entomology department.
APIS: Apicultural Information and Issues - archive of individual issues of the Apicultural Information and Issues monthly newsletter, published by the Florida Cooperative Extension Service
Apiservices - Virtual Beekeeping Gallery - information, products and services for beekeeping, bees and honey. Trilingual site: English, French and Spanish
ARS Insect Locations - includes stock centers
Bee Alert - using bees to assess environmental hazards. Online video cameras, electronic hive monitoring. Kids' section.
Bee Briefs - Short articles on topics of interest to beekeepers. UC-Davis
Bee Genera of the World - Synonymic listing, including type species and subgenera; based on Michener, 2000, with updates.
Bee Improvement - from Bee Improvement and Bee Breeders' Association (BIBBA), a UK-based organisation dedicated to conservation and improvement of native honey bees.
Bee Research Lab - Beltsville, MD. Research projects and instruction for submission of samples to the diagnostic service. USDA-ARS
Bee Tidings Newsletter - image-rich newsletter for Midwestern beekeepers produced by the University of Nebraska, Marion Ellis, editor.
BEE-L - for discussion of bee research and biology. Subjects include sociobiology, behavior, ecology, genetics, taxonomy, physiology, pollination, and many others
Beehoo - world beekeeping directory. More than 1,000 websites about beekeeping, bees, apitherapy, honey recipes, queen breeding
Beekeeper's Reference - regional beekeeping groups, multimedia, books
Beekeeping in Top-Bar Hives - an alternative method of beekeeping. Plans for hives, helpful photos
Beekeeping: The Beekeeper's Home Page - the honey bee, and honey production, beginner tips, photos. Canadian and North American content
Benefit of Manuka Honey - An informational site that describes the benefits of using Manuka Honey for medicinal purposes.
BOMBUS-L - mailing list dedicated to discussion of bumblebees. To subscribe, send a message to LISTSERV@umdd.umd.edu with SUB BOMBUS-L in the body of your message. Maintained by David Inouye.
Bug Tutorials - Authorized for pesticide applicator training CEUs in Arizona, Florida, Vermont and West Virginia. Excellent for training in many categories. Requires Windows operating system.
Buzzwords and New Zealand Beekeeping - beekeeping news, bees, statistics, honey descriptions
Canadian Association of Professional Apiculturists - beekeeping and pollination
Carl Hayden Bee Research Center GEARS - research on bees and pollination. USDA-ARS
Danish Beekeepers' Association
E.H. Thorne (Beehives) Ltd. - Wragby, Lincoln, UK. Beekeeping events in the UK, courses for beginning beekeepers.
Espacio Apicola - argentine beekeepers' magazine
Featured Creatures - A continuously growing Florida Web site providing detailed information on description, distribution, damage, and management (if necessary) of various Florida organisms (insects, spiders, mites, snails, nematodes, etc.) as well as scientific references, links to recommended pesticides and more. Over 350 publications with thousands of color photographs and line drawings.
Gruppo di Studio per Gli Insetti Sociali UniversitÃƒÂ di Firenze - Discovering Social Wasps. Study Group for Social Wasps of the Department of Animal Biology of the University of Florence, Italy. Italian and English. Biology and behaviour of social wasps (mainly Polistes)
Honey Bees and Pollination - bee information site for those in the Virginia / Mid-Atlantic region of the USA
Honeybee - students identify honeybee responsibilities inside the hive, importance of the honeybee to humans, and discover how honeybees communicate. Pre-K to 4th grade
Insects in Motion - Quicktime video clips of various insects showing feeding behavior and life stage development, including a bee stinging
International Bee Research Association - IBRA aims to increase awareness of the vital role of bees in the environment and encourages the use of bees as wealth creators
International Union for the Study of Social Insects
Internet Apiculture and Beekeeping Archive - articles from the Usenet newsgroup sci.agriculture.beekeeping, the logs from the listserv bee-l, FAQ files, and pointers to other beekeeping and apicultural resources, on and off the Internet
Japanese Ants Image Database - taxonomy of Japanese ants
John's Beekeeping Notebook - observation beehives, cell-plug queen rearing, experiences of a Peace Corps beekeeper in Fiji, top-bar beekeeping
Korea Beekeeping Association
Maine Beekeeping - articles, reports and tips on beekeeping, calendar of events, recommended reading
Mexican Bee Database - in FoxPro format
National Beekeepers Association of New Zealand
NECTAR - Netherlands Expertise Centre for Tropical Agricultural Resources. Non-governmental, non-profit association of beekeeping experts in the Netherlands
Ohio State University Bee Breeding Program - bee breeding and instrumental insemination of honeybees including procedures, equipment and training
Raising Bees - from the Small Farm Resource
Raising Bees - from the Small Farm Resource
SIWeb - Social Insects Web. systematics, phylogeny, distribution, images, literature and conservation of social insects. From Department of Entomology, American Museum of Natural History
Small Hive Beetle - Aethina tumida, a new pest of honeybees established in the southeastern U.S.
Solitary Bees: an Addition to Honey Bees - use of Osmia (orchard bees) for pollination. Includes a list of suppliers.
Stridulation Sounds of Black Fire Ants - Solenopsis richteri in different situations
SwisTrack - A Tracking Tool for Multi-unit Biological and Artificial Systems - SwisTrack is an open source tracking tool for tracking multiple, marker less objects. SwisTrack has been successfully used for tracking cockroaches and miniature robots, and can easily be extended due to its open, object-oriented architecture.
The Amazing Beecam - video feed from a beehive
The Bumblebee Pages - life cycle, frequently asked questions, behavior
The Hive and the Honeybee - Phillips' Beekeeping Collection online apiculture library
The Pollination Home Page - portal to pollination information and images
Torre Bueno's Glossary for Social Insects - entomological glossary
Varroa mites and how to catch them - treatment, drone method
Woyke Honey Bee Page - describes genetic expression of body color in different species of honey bees. Warsaw Agricultural University, Poland.