Written specifically for Colorado beekeepers by Colorado State University Extension and released in 2015, the publication, Integrated Hive Management for Colorado Beekeepers, provides detailed descriptions of honey bee diseases, pests and mitigation procedures as well as explaining hive management practices that are specific to Colorado and the Rocky Mountain region in general. The Guide includes a disease and pest monitoring calendar, an IHM (IPM) mitigation pyramid graph and explains the underlying principles behind good IHM practices.