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. |