Paul Gunder
Paul Gunder is the founder of Rocky Mountain Apps, where he builds calculators and reference tools. For this site he built the varroa, inspection, syrup and cost calculators and the regional calendars from cited sources — extension, USDA and Honey Bee Health Coalition material for most tools, with NIST and NBS standards behind the syrup calculator and published sticky-board references behind the varroa calculator's board mode — checking each tool's output against the source it cites.
Written by Paul Gunder
- Arkansas Beekeeping CalendarThe University of Arkansas extension calendar, month by month, with its two halves kept apart: what the bees are doing, and what the beekeeper does.
- Backyard Beekeeping Timeline for CaliforniaUC Davis's one-page California timeline, with its two tracks kept apart: a first-year beekeeper's year, and a beekeeper who already has hives.
- Beekeeping Calendar for Central North CarolinaMonth-by-month hive tasks from Nancy Ruppert's Calendar for Beekeeping in Central North Carolina (NC State Extension, updated December 2019).
- Feeding Syrup: When and Which RatioWhen to feed a light 1:1 syrup, a heavy 2:1 syrup or a stimulative 1:2 syrup, and why, from Alabama, Michigan State and Arizona extension.
- Florida Beekeeping Management CalendarUF/IFAS Extension's Florida calendar (IN848), with its separate tables for north, central and south Florida kept side by side on one page.
- How to Sample for Varroa: Alcohol Wash, Sugar Roll and Sticky Board ComparedCompares alcohol wash, soap wash, powdered sugar roll and sticky-board sampling for varroa mites, and what each one is and isn't good for.
- Mississippi Beekeeping CalendarMississippi State University Extension's beekeeping calendar in its own four seasonal blocks, including the north-versus-south split in the spring honey flow.
- Seasonal Apiary Management for MissouriUniversity of Missouri Extension's G7601, in the two tracks it is written in: a first year of establishing hives, a second of managing for honey.
- Beekeeping Calendar for the NortheastCornell's month-by-month Northeast beekeeping calendar, reproduced as its own activity lists, with weather notes keyed to Ithaca, New York.
- Honey Bee Management Throughout the Seasons (Pennsylvania)Penn State Extension's season-by-season honey bee management article, laid out as the seven seasons it names, with the months it does and doesn't date.
- Beekeeping Annual Calendar for UtahUtah State University Extension publishes two beekeeping calendars, a statewide web one and a northern Utah PDF. Both are set out here, month by month.
- What a First-Year Hive Costs: Mississippi State and Missouri's Extension BudgetsCompares Mississippi State's P4136 and Missouri's G692 first-year beekeeping budgets, dated to their own prices, and what each one leaves out.
- What a Mite Threshold Means: HBHC's Table 1 by Colony PhaseWhat the Honey Bee Health Coalition's 9th-edition Table 1 threshold means for each of its four colony phases, and why it isn't tied to a month.
- What to Look for in a Hive InspectionA general order for a beehive inspection, from entrance activity through brood, stores, swarm signs and disease symptoms, without diagnosing anything.
- Who Inspects Hives in My State?What a state apiary inspector's office does, and how to find yours through the Apiary Inspectors of America directory.