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Beekeeping organizations
Registering your beehives
A 2009 Iowa law is designed to protect honeybees from off-target pesticide applications by setting up a statewide, annual registry of all apiaries in Iowa, both commercial and hobby beekeepers.
The nonprofit company FieldWatch partners with the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship (IDALS) to register apiaries via its BeeCheck program or DriftWatch, its sensitive crops program. Honey producers can register hives through either program, and registration is free.
Bee laws
Swarms
Honeybee research/educational resources
Celebrating honeybees
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Iowa Honey Bee Day (at State Capitol during legislative session)
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Why Bees and Pollinators are so Important
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Contributed by a young lady researching bees for a school project!
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Advocacy groups
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Plant. Grow. Fly. Des Moines Blank Park Zoo’s program to increase bee habitat in home gardens
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Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, Pollinator conservation
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Bee Informed Partnership, Annual winter loss survey of hives
Great recipes
General information about bees
Popular beekeeping magazines
Beekeeping equipment