ORDINANCES Beekeeping ordinances in Dunn County: Download this PDF file and search for "13.3.4 Honeybees, Keeping of " (applies to R1, R2, R3) and also "Apiculture" (applies to IA, PA and GA agricultural zones) Dunn County Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance
The above link to Ordinances apply to townships that have adopted County Zoning. Check the Planning & Zoning Division page for an up to date listing of townships.
New Haven, Sheridan, Wilson (exclusive agriculture), Tiffany, Hay River, Otter Creek, Grant (exclusive agriculture), Sherman, Tainter, Colfax, Lucas (exclusive agriculture), Menomonie, Red Cedar, Weston, Dunn, Peru & Stanton.
Other municipalities: Chippewa County is not very specific to beekeeping but under Sec 70-8 Definitions (44) “Farms” it talks about bees etc.
ORGANIZATIONS Wisconsin Honey Producers Assoc. American Beekeeping Federation
PUBLICATIONS “A Practical Manual of Beekeeping” by David Cramp (329 page book in PDF form,) provided by the United Diversity Coop University of Minnesota "Free-bee" information Warre´ "Beekeeping For All"
BEAR FENCING Electric Fencing for Bears from bearsmart.com. Long article and not specifically for beehives Electric Fencing for Beehives from U of Michigan Short article with different fencing spacing
WINTER PREPARATIONS Wrapping Honey Bee Colony for a Northern Winter Wrapping Honey Bee Colony for a Northern Winter with Tar Paper
PEST CONTROL How to identify honey bee colony dead-outs because of high varroa levels Powder sugar roll for Varroa mites Practical sampling plans for Varroa mites Making a Plan for the Varroa mite by Michigan State University Beekeeping DATCP Pest and Disease Management of Honey Bees Pest Control Treatments approved by the State of Wisconsin "Scientific Beekeeping" Varroa Mite control "Scientific Beekeeping" Integrated Pest Management for Varroa Mites
MISCELLANEOUS Wisconsin Rules for selling honey Warre´ (The People's Hive) hive plans, from the book "Beekeeping For All" A new honey bee infection transmitted by Varroa mites? YouTube video by Jim Burritt UW Stout Natural Recourses Conservation Services (NRCS) publications for pollinators and Prairie Establishment Methods
BEES IN THE NEWS: WEAU TV 13 interview on the February 2017 beekeeping workshop Learn all about raising honeybees in The Dunn County News “Sepsis and Hemocyte Loss in Honey Bees” research by James B. Burritt, UW Stout Biology Professor A new honey bee infection transmitted by Varroa mites? by Jim Burritt, University of Wisconsin-Stout, may be viewed on YouTube.
CATCH THE BUZZ – WRIGHT – PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE IS THE FIRS MILITARY INSTALLATION NATIONWIDE TO BE DELARED A “BEE CITY USA” in Bee Culture magazine |