ScientificBeekeeping is a not-for-profit enterprise, and I'm happy to receive notes of thanks for how information on this site has contributed to my readers' success at beekeeping (and sometimes saved them hundreds or thousands of dollars).  It is your support that allows me to devote my life to this site.  All donations go towards website maintenance, bee research costs (typically tens of thousands of dollars per year), re-donations to fund research by others, and a small amount to partially offset the incredible number of hours that I spend in research and writing.  I guarantee that every penny is pinched and well spent!

I appreciate the notes of support that I receive from all over the world.  Seeing who is donating,  their locations, and the little notes that come with contributions help to let me know how I should direct my research and writing.  In appreciation, and in order to show who is supporting my research and writing, I honor below those who have recently made substantial donations:

Recent $1000-plus MAJOR SUPPORTERS

Beekeepers with Joe Traynor

New Hampshire Beekeepers Association

South Jersey Branch of the New Jersey Beekeepers

Indiana Beekeeping School

Theresa Parker, Ohio

Andrew Dewey

Honeyrun Farm

Karen Barnhart, Iowa

Tim Hiatt, Hiatt Honey LLC, Washington

Tom Kirwan, Washington

In memory of Jim Primus, Columbia Tenn. Area Beekeepers, Tennessee

Heitkam's Honey Bees, California

Madeleine Mead

Alicia Wills

Alistair Bell

Andrew Kohler

Becky Tipton

BlueGreenHorizons

Bonny Wright

Bonny Wright

Bruce Bowen Bees

Bryan Bergner

Cindy Holmes

Claire Moody

David Ball

The Beekeepers of Indiana

Elizabeth Huxter

Hanne Rechtschaffen

Jason Buchanan

Mark Simonitsch

Milwaukee Waukesha Beekeepers

Nick Kotronis

Paul Post

Ray Hopper

Recent $100+ SERIOUS SUPPORTERS & MONTHLY DONORS

Frederick County Beekeeping Association, Maryland

Michael Wallis, California

Richard Reid, Virginia

Help Save the Bees Foundation, Nevada

Don Ringen

Jim Veitch, California

Dan Geer, Tennessee

Paulette & Jim Lynn, Iowa

Mark Mazurek, Portugal

Thomas Thorne, Minnesota

Texas Honey Bee Education Association

Bee Hives Matter, Greg Swab, Kansas

Northeast Oklahoma Beekeepers Association

Chester County Beekeepers Association, Pennsylvania

Steve Sweet, Idaho

Debbie Hewitt, Maryland

John McNeill, Illinois

Gregory Quinn, New York

Dale Wiley

Paul Post, in honor of Steve and Becky Tipton

Milwaukee Waukesha Beekeepers Association

Bruce Bowen

Bonnie Wright

Alicia Wills

Daniel Pepper, Washington

Chris Michel

Deborah Corcoran

Gregory Smart, California

Hugh Weaver

Michelle Fish

Dan Schoenthal

Tracy Klein

Richard Lepik

Will Perry Jr.

Eugene Fuss

Toney Osterbind

Robert Gates

Nick Kotronis

Alistair Bell

Ghislain De Roeck

Andrew Kohler,

Erik Moller, Alberta

Honey Bee Club of Stillwater, Minnesota

Greg Butler, Washington

Jean Mason Smith, Wyoming

Franz Gasser, Switzerland

Jay Costas, Indiana

Vince Aloyo, Pennsylvania

Jeannie Smith, Massachusetts

Rex Roberton, Washington

Bruce Embury, Wyoming

Beekeepers of the Northern Shenandoah, Virginia

William Hahn, Maryland

Roy Manicke, Washington

Jim and Paulette Lynn, Iowa

Jason Buchanan, New Mexico

David Ball, Alabama

Michael Parker

Hanne Rechtschaffen, California

Liz and Terry Huxter, British Columbia

Cindy Holmes, California

Ruth Askren, California

Karen Barnhart, Iowa

New York Bee Wellness, New York

Daniel Schoenthal, California

Andrew Dewey,  Maine

Ronni Brega, California

Ralph Carter, California

Bonnie Wright, Maryland

Jim Veitch, California

Norris Childs, Pennsylvania

Mark Simonitsc, Massachusetts

Bryan Bergner, Wisconsin

Becky Tipton

Jersey Cape Beekeepers Assoc, New Jersey

Dan Geer, Tennesse

Lee's Bees, California

Elizabeth Hussain,Virginia

Vince Gruenwald, California

Wayne Ranne

Madeleine Mead

James Langford

Elizabeth Hussain

Przemek Skoskiewicz, New York

Greg Sullivan, New York

Jonathan Mitschele, Maine

Julia Youngs, Washington

Honey Hill Apiary, Maryland

Julia Youngs

Anna Farneski, Neshanic Station Apiaries, New Jersey

Missouri State Beekeepers Association

Bret Fisher,

Heritage Acres Market LLC

Ateshé Larsson, Belgium

James and Karen Belli, Illinois

Gary Rankin, Texas

John Gaut, New Jersey

Southern Tier Beekeepers Assoc, New York

Vincent Aloyo, Pennsylvania

Dallas & Rhonda Amer, Oregon

Tim Hiatt, California

Debbie Hewitt, Maryland

Sammy Ramazani, Louisiana

Pierre Edmond Guignard, Switzerland

The Irish Beekeepers Association, Ireland

Simon Dutil-Paquette, Quebec

El Sol, Winery, California

Paulette and Jim Lynn, Iowa

Bill Mares, Vermont