Beekeeping in the 21st Century; resources in an online and social world

James DearsleyMarketing Manager Beecraft Magazine

BBKA Spring Convention 2013

Websites

• http://www.bee-craft.com • http://www.bbka.org.uk • http://beekeepingforum.co.uk • http://biobees.com/ • http://www.dave-cushman.net/ • http://www.beesource.com/ • http://www.surreybeekeeper.co.uk/great-links/beeke

eping-websites/ - a blog site with links to other blogs

Facebook• Over 1 Billion accounts and 2nd most visited site on the Internet

• https://www.facebook.com/beginnerbeekeepers nearly 6,400 likes • https://www.facebook.com/BeeCraftMagazine nearly 1,500 likes• https://www.facebook.com/keepingbeebee?fref=ts Nearly 10,000 likes • https://www.facebook.com/Solitary.bees?fref=ts Nearly 1,800 likes • https://www.facebook.com/ApiculturaSantaFe?fref=ts Nearly 1,200 likes • https://www.facebook.com/groups/BritishBeekeepers/?fref=ts 180

members • https://www.facebook.com/BeeFriendly?fref=pb Over 3,500 likes • https://www.facebook.com/beesource Over 7,000 likes

Twitter• Over 500 million accounts• 140 Characters• https://twitter.com/Matt_Bailey2/beekeeping/members• https://twitter.com/KerryPayne/bee-tweeples/members • https://twitter.com/FromBeesToHoney/bee-keeping-groups/members• https://twitter.com/BeesinArt/the-bee-people/members • https://twitter.com/beekeeping/beekeepers/members • https://twitter.com/shunkydave/bees/members • https://twitter.com/puckamok/bee/members • https://twitter.com/Loiscarter/buzzybeetweeps/members • https://twitter.com/FromBeesToHoney/bee-organisations/members • https://twitter.com/GatewayGreening/beekeeping/members • https://twitter.com/PollinatorPlate/bees-all-over-the-place/members • https://twitter.com/PollinatorPlate/bees-all-over-the-place/members • https://twitter.com/sabrown714/beekeeping/members • https://twitter.com/Emily_Heath/beekeeping/members • https://twitter.com/inthegaragetv/bees/members

YouTube• 3rd most visited website but 2nd largest search engine• http://www.youtube.com/outofabluesky - 4,500 subscribers - US

orientated• http://www.youtube.com/user/workwithnature - over 7,000 subscribers

- Irish orientated• http://www.youtube.com/user/beethinking - Top Bar Hives and Warre

Hive• http://www.youtube.com/user/MegaStaratel - Over 2,000 subscribers

and 200 videos – Russian• http://www.youtube.com/user/creekroad1 - beekeeping and sawmills…..• http://www.youtube.com/user/mundoapicola - over 150 videos -

Argentina• http://www.youtube.com/user/biobee - natural focus

Apps….• There are currently 13

available for iphone and 7 for ipads

• To pick a few– Biobees (educational)– Beetight (Online Record Cards)– Bee Sounds (9 different

sounds!)– Beecraft and ABJ

iBooks

• Download it free on you App Store but you can download books on here. – Some paid for and some free• Langstroth’s Hive and the Honey

Bee – FREE• An Introduction to Natural

Beekeeping - FREE• Mysteries of Beekeeping

Explained - FREE

• Thank you for your time.