International Mead Association

A portion of all our profits to to charities and organizations that help support the hobby we hold dear to our hearts.

• Help the Bees

• International Mead Association

Colony Collapse Disorder

You may have heard that a strange phenomenon has been impacting the honey industry. Bees are disappearing.

Consider giving to one of the foundations collecting monies to help fund research in these activities:

The Foundation for the Preservation of Honey Bees, Inc.

Troy Fore - Executive Director
PO Box 1337 – Jesup, Georgia 31598-1337
PH. 912-427-4233 – Fax 912-427-8447
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Project Apis m (PAms)

Christi M. Heintz - Project Director
1750 Dayton Rd
Chico, CA 95928
PH. 520-829-6754
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In the “Memo” line, write “CCD” if you wish to donate to the overall group effort, or “CCD-Bee Alert”, if they wish to donate to the work being done by Bee Alert Technologies Inc.

Or give directly to a university or research institution:

A special fund has been set up at Penn State University for individuals or beekeeping organizations that want to contribute to the research effort on CCD at this institution. Checks can be made out to Penn State University and need to be accompanied by a letter that states that the funds are a gift given to the Department of Entomology in support of the work on CCD. These can be sent:

Department of Entomology
Penn State University
501 ASI Building
University Park, PA 16802.

The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture cannot directly receive donations, however they should be submitted to Penn State.

Gifts to the University of North Carolina in support of the work Dr. Dave Taryp is conducting on CCD can be sent to:

Dr. Dave Tarpy
NCU Apiculture Program
Campus Box 7613
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC 27695-7613

And should be accompanied by a letter stating the following:
We are pleased to donate $$$$ as an unrestricted gift in support of the NC State Apiculture Program. The check is enclosed and endorsed to the NC Agricultural Foundation. Please deposit the monies into the Entomology Enhancement Fund of the North Carolina Agricultural Foundation, Inc. so that you may continue your work on honey bee biology and apicultural science.

We Have a Recycling Policy

In addition, we follow a strict recycling program here. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. We purchase shipping materials made from recycled or recyclable materials. We recycle our own waste.