In addition to "This Month in Beekeeping", John Pashia and Ken Heitkamp will present how to make mead, a wine made from fermented honey. Mead is the oldest known alcoholic beverage (older than beer), discovered in clay vessels found in Asia to be ~9,000 years old and is mentioned in much of Nordic mythology. John… Read More »Sept Monthly Meeting
Open Apiary times are an informal, unstructured gathering. There will be brief demonstrations, questions and answers, and time to get hands-on experience with beehives. Open Apiary will count as 2 hours of field training toward your progress through the Great Plains Master Beekeeping program. All participants must be a member of a bee club, any… Read More »Great Plains Master Beekeeping Open Apiary September
Our October keynote speaker will be William Hesbach. He'll discuss Winter Management: How honey bees thermoregulate and survive in cold climates. Bill Hesbach is the President of the Connecticut Beekeepers Association, a Connecticut native with a background in engineering where he teaches bee biology and various beekeeping methods at regional beekeeping club meetings. He's an… Read More »Oct Monthly Meeting
Fall conference is live and in person. It will be held October 13-14 in Springfield, MO at the Darr Ag Center on the MSU campus. Key note speakers Troy Hall of Hall Apiaries and Eugene Makovec of the American Bee journal will speak. More updates will be posted as available. Bio links below: https://mostatebeekeepers.org/troy-hall/ https://mostatebeekeepers.org/eugene-makovec/… Read More »Missouri State Beekeepers Association Fall Conference
We're looking for a few good volunteers to help relocate some EMBA hives to the Danforth Bee Yard and to another site off of Telegraph Road. Directions to follow, Bring your own protective equipment and water. Even if you are are first year beekeeper helping out in the apiary is a great way to gain… Read More »Volunteers Needed to Move Hives
Open Apiary times are an informal, unstructured gathering. There will be brief demonstrations, questions and answers, and time to get hands-on experience with beehives. Open Apiary will count as 2 hours of field training toward your progress through the Great Plains Master Beekeeping program. All participants must be a member of a bee club, any… Read More »Great Plains Master Beekeeping Open Apiary October
Our keynote speaker will be Paul Landsberg, he will discuss "Over Wintering For Spring Success". Paul Landsberg age 42 from Clinton, Missouri, owner of Paul’s Honey Farm LLC which was established by his father Chris Landsberg when Paul was 3 years old in 1983. In November of 2015 the business, still more of a hobby,… Read More »Nov Monthly Meeting
Join fellow beekeepers for a fun evening of beekeeping stories, catching up and dinner. A delicious dinner and non-alcoholic drinks are included with your ticket, a cash bar will be available. We also plan to enjoy a honey tasting before dinner. If you have some unique honey to share, please bring it along--something from your… Read More »EMBA Holiday Party
Our keynote speaker will be Cory Stevens on Queen Rearing. Tom Sostsman will also talk about wax dipping hive bodies. Join us for a light refreshments (it's free) and social time at 6:30pm, the meeting will start at 7:00 pm. Cory Stevens comes to us from his 27 acre farm in Bloomfield, Missouri; which he… Read More »Jan 2024 Monthly Meeting
Please join us for our annual Mardi Gras Banquet, held the night before the 2024 EMBA Beekeeping Workshop. It's a great kick-off to our beekeeping weekend. We will have a Mardi Gras themed buffet dinner with cash bar, a fun presentation and prizes! We hope all our workshop attendees will join us for this wonderful… Read More »2024 EMBA Beekeeping Mardi Gras Banquet
