Soil And Health Library An Introduction - http://www.soilandhealth.org/ Health begins in the soil; Healing begins with hygiene; Liberty begins with freedom. This is a free public library offering a tightly focused collection of books on holistic agriculture, holistic health, self-sufficient living, and personal development. |
Biodynamic Farming and Gardening Association (BDA) - http://www.biodynamics.com/ A non-profit organization open to the public, that was formed in the U.S. in 1938 in order to foster, guide, and safeguard the Biodynamic method of agriculture. |
The Biodynamic Agricultural Association - http://www.anth.org.uk/biodynamic/ The main objectives are to foster and promote the agricultural impulse started by Steiner in 1924 and to help and support those wishing to put into practice the biodynamic method. |
Institute for Biodynamic Research - http://www.ibdf.de/ Research projects on organic and biodynamic farming, soil fertility and manure composting are reported. |
World of Demeter - http://www.demeter.net/ Since 1927, Demeter has been the trademark for products of certified biodynamic production. |
Oregon Biodynamics Group - http://www.oregonbd.org/ A non-profit group promoting biodynamic farming and gardening. |
Pfeiffer Center - http://pfeiffercenter.org/ Offers a part time training in biodynamic agriculture; workshops and seminars in biodynamics, gardening, beekeeping and education, and a one-year internship. |
Garuda Consultants - http://rimu.orcon.net.nz/garuda/ Biodynamic horticultural consultants in New Zealand. |
Tales from the Hive - NOVA Online - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bees/ Companion web site to the NOVA program "Tales from the Hive". Includes Quicktime clips of bee "dancing". |
Honeybee Biology - http://koning.ecsu.ctstateu.edu/Plants_Human/bees/bees.html< /font> A very nicely illustrated account of the biology of Apis mellifera. |
Bee Alert - http://beekeeper.dbs.umt.edu/bees/ On the use of bees for environmental hazard detection. From Montana University. |
Honeybees of the Genus Apis - http://www.fao.org/docrep/x0083e/X0083E02.htm Descriptions of the common species, with more detailed accounts of the giant and dwarf honeybees, Apis dorsata and Apis florea. |
Queen Honey Bee Pheromone Research - http://homepage.mac.com/ckeeling/phd.html Research by Christopher Keeling on elucidating a second queen honey bee pheromone that, along with the queen mandibular pheromone, the queen uses to control her colony. |
ScienceDaily Magazine - 'Undertaker' Bees - http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1997/09/970910052734.htm Article on those workers that remove dead bees from the hive, from Illinois University research. |
Apiservices - Apiculture - Taxonomy - http://www.apicultura.com/goodies/taxonomy.htm On the taxonomy and biology of the genus, from the Apicultura website. |
Australian Insects Common Names - http://www.ento.csiro.au/aicn/ List of standard common and scientific names with distribution maps, images, and notes. |
Thailand's Amazing Insects - http://www.thaibugs.com/ Photographs from the forests near Chiang Mai, sounds, articles, edible insects, Thai attitudes to insects, insects in Thai proverbs and postage stamps, links, butterfly checklists, and resources. |
Iowa State Entomology Image Gallery - http://www.ent.iastate.edu/imagegal/ Extensive collection of insect images. |
BugBios - http://www.bugbios.com/ Cultural entomology, insect macrophotography, educational resources, and links. |
Stein's Virtual Insectary - http://www.virtualinsectary.com/ Images of some common insects in the eastern USA. |
Cedric's Insects - http://www.magmaconcept.com/insects/0frame.htm Includes a list and photos of the mantids, beetles, and stick insects he's cared for. |
Nomina Insecta Nearctica - http://nearctica.com/nomina/main.htm Checklist of the approximately 90,000 species of insects of North America north of Mexico, subdivided by Order and Family. |
Compendium of Hexapod Classes and Orders - http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/course/ent425/compendium/ Systematic and alphabetic list with detailed information on all the insect orders. From John R. Meyer's North Carolina State University Entomology class site. |
Class Insecta - http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/arthropoda/insecta.html Philip Myers's introduction from the Animal Diversity Web. |
Forestry Images - Insects - http://www.forestryimages.org/insects.cfm Large collection of imagery related to North American forest insects. Topics include organisms, life stages, eggs, and damage caused. Browse by taxonomic order or by other categories (such as foliage feeders, gallmakers, stinging insects, and predators). |
Butterflies and Dragonflies of Sri Lanka - http://www.srilankaninsects.net/ Information about butterflies, dragonflies, and other insects in Sri Lanka and their ecology. |
BugPeople - http://www.bugpeople.org/
Images and notes of insects in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. |
Insect Identification - http://insects.tamu.edu/extension/insctans/identification/ From Texas A&M Department of Entomology. Includes a field guide to common Texas insects and an image database. |
Bug World - Tropical Malaysian Insects - http://www.angelfire.com/yt/kpyehi/ An introduction to Malaysia's tropical insects by Michael KP Yeh. |
Insects of Russia - http://www.osipov.org/insects/ Information about insects from the former USSR, including type locality, synonyms, range, distribution and variation, taxonomic notes, habitat and biology, similar species, and photos of adults. |
Gladiato rs: A New Order of Insect - http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=000C4A73-7799-1D9B-815A8 09EC5880000 Scientific American article about the discovery of a new order of insect - Mantophasmatodea. |
Insect Information - http://bohart.ucdavis.edu/InsectInfo.htm Species-specific information sheets from the Bohart Museum of Entomology at UC-Davis. Includes insect keys and glossary. |
Pan Photo - http://www.pansphoto.com/ Photographs of European and North American insects categorized by activities and by classification. |
Insectisite - http://www.homepages.hetnet.nl/~insectisite/ Pictures of insects and spiders of the Netherlands. |
Dave Britton's Insect Photos - http://www-personal.une.edu.au/~dbritton/bugpics.htm Images of butterflies, moths, and other insects, mainly from Australia. |
Insects of Alberta - http://www.insectsofalberta.com/ Photo gallery of insects found in Alberta, Canada by R. Bercha. |
Biting Insects: Prevalence by Area and Season - http://bitinginsects.siteideas.net/ Brief information on small biting pests in North America and their seasonal, habitat, and diurnal prevalence. |
Frequently Asked Questions About Insects - http://www.entmuseum.ucr.edu/faq_erm.htm Information about a wide variety of commonly encountered insects found in California, with links to resources and photos. From the University of California. |
Animal and Plant Sciences - http://www.shef.ac.uk/aps/ Research conducted at University of Sheffield, United Kingdom, that includes evolution and behavior studies. |
Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior - http://www.indiana.edu/~animal/ Information from Indiana University's program on animal behavior. |
Honey Bee Research at the University of Illinois - http://www.life.uiuc.edu/robinson/ Research in Gene E. Robinson's lab that studies the mechanisms of social behavior in honey bees. |
Ethology - http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0179-1613 Tables of contents, contacts and subscription information from this journal by Blackwell Publishing. |
Fauna Communications Research - http://Animalvoice.com/ Institute that researches bioacoustics and animal communication, especially of endangered species. |
Phenology - http://sws-wis.com/lifecycles/ Animal activity and growth responses to seasonal climatic changes. Discussion of phenology data on animal cycles of life. |
Research Station Petite Camargue Alsacienne - http://pages.unibas.ch/pca/ Affiliated with the University of Basel, Switzerland. Focuses on the behavioral ecology of passerines. |
Dolphin Institute - http://www.dolphin-institute.org/ Dedicated to conservation of and education about dolphins and whales. Research projects include dolphin echolocation. |
Ontologies for Ethology - http://www.mesquiteproject.org/ontology/ Peter E. Midford's research in coding animal behavior descriptions, particularly ethograms using ontology. |
Konrad Lorenz Institute for Ethology - http://www.oeaw.ac.at/klivv Austrian organization that investigates major unsolved problems in behavioral and evolutionary ecology. |
Animal Behavior Lab - http://galliform.bhs.mq.edu.au/ Overview of current research at Macquarie University, Australia, with detailed material on each project. |
Encyclopedia of Psychology - Animal Behavior - http://www.psychology.org/links/Environment_Behavior_Relationships/ Animal_Behavior-Instincts/ Annotated links to resources on animal behavior and instincts. |
Ethology, Ecology and Evolution - http://riviste.neteditor.it/eee/ Publishes research and review articles on all aspects of animal behavior. Formerly Monitore Zoologico Italiano. |
Whiting Lab - http://www.wits.ac.za/mwlab/ Research conducted at Wits University in South Africa that focuses on the behavior and evolutionary ecology of lizards and cichlids. |
Bird Behavior - http://www.ucc.uconn.edu/~millerd/bbframes.html An interdisciplinary journal that publishes research on descriptive and experimental analyses of species-typical avian behavior. |
Movie Archives of Animal Behavior - http://www.momo-p.com/index-e.html An online animal behavior video database available in various formats. Most clips filmed in Japan. |
Archives of Ethology - http://segate.sunet.se/archives/ethology.html Archives of an unactive internet discussion group on animal behavior that span over an eight year period. |
Slagsvold Group - http://folk.uio.no/larsejo/tits/index.php A research group at the University of Oslo, Norway. Primary focus is on the study of sexual imprinting in small passerines. |
Behavioral Ecology Research Group - http://www.uq.edu.au/berg/ Research on the evolution of social systems and social learning at the University of Queensland, Australia. |
Animal Behavior and Sociobiology - http://www.science.mcmaster.ca/psychology/psych1a6/1aa3/EvoPsych/le c1-1.htm Lecture on sociobiological behavior based on experimental animal observation from McMaster University, Canada. |
Feral Cats - http://members.aol.com/catsferal/ Information on a study of feral cats in Portsmouth Naval Dockyard, United Kingdom, conducted by Jane Dards in the 1970s. |
Insect Behavior and Chemical Ecology Lab - http://boyden215.ucr.edu/ Research interests of the University of California, Riverside, including evolution of insect mating signals. |
Alina Simona Rusu - http://www.geocities.com/a_s_rusu/ Researcher whose publications include coping strategies in mice, chemical communication in mammals and cognitive ethology. |
Wolf
Behavior - http://www.freewebs.com/alphawolfsabrina/
Dedicated to the general public education of the behavioral habits of the wolf. Includes data on reproduction and diet as well. |
Horse
Psychologist - http://www.horsepsychologist.co.uk
Dedicated to improving horse safety through knowledge of ethology and the psychology of learning. |
| Biopsy - http://www.gadbois.org/
Annotated links and other resources on animal behavior, behavioral endocrinology and evolutionary and biological psychology. |
Wolf and
Wildlife Studies - http://www.wolfandwildlifestudies.com
Discusses ongoing field research concerning the behavioral habits of the Fishtrap wolf pack in northwest Montana. |
University of Los
Andes Frog Research - http://gecoh.uniandes.edu.co
Group working on frog behavior and ecophysiology at Universidad de Los Andes, Bogota-Colombia. |
Bee World - http://www.beebehavior.com/ Uses modern technology to demonstrate the life cycle of bees in real time through the use of a live Internet feed. |
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Society of Hymenopterists - http://hymenoptera.tamu.edu/ish/
Journal of Hymenoptera research, conferences, society information. |
The Social Insects Web - http://research.amnh.org/entomology/social_insects/ Study of eusocial insects, primarily the order hymenoptera. |
Susanne Schulmeister's Hymenoptera Reference Site - http://www.schulmeister.us/ Information and current research about sawflies and other Hymenoptera. |
Introduction to the Hymenoptera - http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/arthropoda/uniramia/hymenoptera.html This resource for eusocial insects is small but detailed. UC Berkeley, updated regularly. |
Ants, Bees and Wasps: Index of the Order Hymenoptera - http://www.insects.org/entophiles/hymenoptera/ Stunning insect macrophotography combined with informative descriptions. Browse through the database and develop a respect and appreciation for these extraordinary animals. |
Apiculture and Social Insect Laboratory - http://www.shef.ac.uk/uni/projects/taplab/ Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, Sheffield University. |
Brisbane Sawflies, Wasps, Bees and Ants - http://www.geocities.com/brisbane_wasps/ Pictures and information of Hymenoptera in Brisbane, Australia. |
UK Biodiversity Action Plans for Bees and Wasps - http://www.ukbap.org.uk/SpeciesGroup.aspx?ID=5 Status and conservation of 24 species. |
Hymenoptera at NCState - http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/agnic/sys_entomology/taxon/hymenoptera/inde x.html This page has resources on Hymenoptera, the ants, bees, wasps, and sawflies. |
American Horticultural Society: Travel Study Events - http://www.ahs.org/events/travel_study.htm The society's program offers tours in the United States and abroad, offering participants the opportunity to visit exceptional private and public gardens. Overview of scheduled events. |
Gardenvisit.com - http://www.gardenvisit.com/garden_tour/garden-tours.htm Advice on garden tour holidays worldwide, primarily in England. |
Jeff Sainsbury Tours - http://www.jeffsainsburytours.com/ Specializes in garden tours to Great Britain and mainland Europe for the American garden enthusiast. |
Expo Tours - http://www.expogardentours.com/ A programme of tours in America and Europe, and custom tours. |
Coopersmiths - http://www.coopersmiths.com/ Garden, manor house and fine arts tours in Britain, Europe, America. |
The Garden Traveler - http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/travel/ Discussion forum for garden travel |
Garden Route Tour Guides - http://www.sa-venues.com/travel/gr_tour_guides.htm Southern Africa registered tour guides. |
Infohub - http://www.infohub.com/TRAVEL/SIT/sit_pages/Garden_Tours.html A selection of travel packages of the theme of gardens. |
Global Garden Project - http://www.globalgardenproject.com/ Custom designed tours to visit garden and horticultural centers throughout the world. |
Pacific Pathways - http://www.pacificpathways.com/ Specialists in horticultural, botanical, walking, wildlife and special interest tours to New Zealand and Australia for groups and individuals. |
Lucas and Randall - http://www.lucasandrandall.com/index.htm Tours in England, United Kingdom, Great Britain, France, Italy, Mediterranean, Netherlands, Tuscany, Holland, and Spain. |
Garden Tours America - http://www.gardentoursamerica.com Specialized in group tours for British gardeners to gardens in the Southeastern United States. Tour dates, itineraries, and prices. |
Boxwood Tours - http://www.boxwoodtours.co.uk/ Garden holidays throughout UK and Europe; custom made tours for groups, societies and agents. |
Brightwater Holidays - http://www.brightwaterholidays.co.uk/index.html Brightwater Holidays specialise in tours of designed gardens in Europe, South Africa, China and Japan |
Quantum Tours - http://www.quantumtours.com/ Gardens in Ireland, Scotland, New Zealand, Pacific Northwest of America |
Horticulture Magazine Tours - http://www.hortmag.com/programs.asp Organized tours in America and Europe |
British Tours Ltd. - http://www.britishtours.com/ Long-established London-based operator of personal guided tours of Britain, many of which take in gardens; site details a wide variety of options, ranging from day-trips out of London to 14-day tours on different themes. |
Gardens Scotland - http://www.gardens-scotland.co.uk/ Tour the gardens of northern Scotland with a professional gardener, plantsman and designer. |
Coopersmith's Garden Tours - http://www.coopersmiths.com/ Garden, manor house and fine arts tours of the British Isles, Western Europe and New Zealand. Information on schedule and catalogue. |
Lucas and Randall - http://www.lucasandrandall.com/ 'Gardens of Europe' tours including several UK itineraries, timed to coincide with peak flowering periods. California, USA. |
Boxwood Tours - http://www.boxwoodtours.co.uk/ Scheduled and custom garden tours offered. Request a brochure, or order on-line. |
Flora Garden Tours - http://www.flora-garden-tours.co.uk/ Visit botanical, historical and heritage gardens on guided tours organised by Cambridge-based specialists. |
Copper Beech Garden Tours - http://www.copper-beech.com/ Tours in England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Holland and Europe emphasizing design, history and horticulture for gardening enthusiasts. South Carolina, USA. |
Sisley Garden Tours - http://www.sisley.co.uk/home.htm Information about tours of gardens in England, Scotland, Wales, France and the Netherlands, and about gardening in general. |
Pathfinders - http://www.pathfinders.co.uk/garden-tours.html UK Specialists in organising tours for garden lovers with travel and horticultural expertise. |
The English Gardening School - http://www.englishgardeningschool.co.uk/GardenTours.htm Organise garden tours in the UK and abroad lasting one or two weeks. |
Tales from the Hive - NOVA Online - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bees/ Companion web site to the NOVA program "Tales from the Hive". Includes Quicktime clips of bee "dancing". |
Honeybee Biology - http://koning.ecsu.ctstateu.edu/Plants_Human/bees/bees.html A very nicely illustrated account of the biology of Apis mellifera. |
Honeybees of the Genus Apis - http://www.fao.org/docrep/x0083e/X0083E02.htm Descriptions of the common species, with more detailed accounts of the giant and dwarf honeybees, Apis dorsata and Apis florea. |
Bee Alert - http://beekeeper.dbs.umt.edu/bees/ On the use of bees for environmental hazard detection. From Montana University. |
ScienceDaily Magazine - 'Undertaker' Bees - http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1997/09/970910052734.htm Article on those workers that remove dead bees from the hive, from Illinois University research. |
Queen Honey Bee Pheromone Research - http://homepage.mac.com/ckeeling/phd.html Research by Christopher Keeling on elucidating a second queen honey bee pheromone that, along with the queen mandibular pheromone, the queen uses to control her colony. |
Apiservices - Apiculture - Taxonomy - http://www.apicultura.com/goodies/taxonomy.htm On the taxonomy and biology of the genus, from the Apicultura website. |
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Bumblebees - http://www.bumblebee.org/ Pages about the natural history of bumblebees in general, and keys to identify species commonly found in the north-east of Scotland. |
Bumble Bees - http://www.nhm.ac.uk/entomology/bombus/ Lists of the species, with biogeographic and distribution information. From the Natural History Museum, UK. |
Plants of Interest to Bumblebees - http://tomclothier.hort.net/page42.html Lists of plants, from Tom Clothier's Garden Walk and Talk. |
Bombus-L - http://www.bee-l.com/bombusl.htm Listserv list - the biology of bumble bees discussion group. |
Bumble Bees Around the House - http://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheets/HGIC2500.htm Factsheet from Clemson University on the interesting life cycle and benefits of bumble bees. Includes information on safety precautions to take near bees and bee conservation. |
Bumblebees (Bombus) - http://www.gardensafari.net/english/bumblebees.htm Introduction to this genus with photos and facts on individual species. |
Bombus Species - http://cedarcreek.umn.edu/insects/album/025070002ap.html Photographs of many different species, all on flowers. |
Bombus terrestris and Bombus lucorum - http://www.mearns.org.uk/mrssmith/bees/terr.htm How to recognise these species, and information on their natural history, nesting behaviour and location, foraging preferences, tongue length. |
Discover the Bumble Bee - http://www.netlink.co.uk/users/hercules/Bee.html Encouraging the bumblebee in domestic gardens and lawns. |
