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
2024 EASTERN MISSOURI BEEKEEPER WORKSHOP 10 FEB 2024 Our 2024 Workshop will be held on February 10th, from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, at the Aviator Hotel & Conference Center and will provide instruction for beginning and experienced beekeepers. The courses will focus on beekeeping as a craft, and the biology of the honeybee as… Read More »2024 EMBA Beekeeping Workshop
Julia Mahood, will present "Game of Drones", maligned as shiftless gadabouts, these guys actually have a well-hidden repertoire of interesting behaviors. You won’t feel the same about drones after you hear this talk. Julia's fascination with drone honey bees and especially Drone Congregation Areas, has led her on a quest to find as many as… Read More »Feb 2024 Monthly Meeting
If you attended the EMBA's Beginning Beekeepers Workshop on February 10th, 2024, please join us at this very informative follow up session. This meeting will focus on everything you need to know to get started with your first hives in the Spring. Come prepared with all of your questions! There is no additional cost for… Read More »Beginning Beekeeper Workshop Part 2
Kent Williams will be our keynote speaker, he will be talking about Swarm Management, how to trap swarms and making splits. Kent is a Kentucky-based EAS Certified Master beekeeper who has been in beekeeping industry for 30+ years. In that time, Williams established the Kent Williams Bee School in conjunction with the Lake Barkley Beekeeper’s… Read More »March 2024 Monthly Meeting
Open Apiary times are an informal, unstructured gathering of members of the Great Plains Master Beekeeping program. 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… Read More »March Great Plains Master Beekeeper’s Open Apiary Day
SOLD OUT! The EMBA is providing an opportunity for club members to have their brand new woodenware wax dipped. This coating will seal & protect your wooden hive equipment for years to come. The wax used is a mixture of paraffin and microcrystalline wax, which provides the best protection. This wax mixture will remain hard… Read More »2024 Wax Dipping Woodenware Event
Natalee Summers, our key note speaker this month, will discuss Spring management and supering. Natalee is a 16 year old beekeeper from NW Missouri. Her journey began in 2017, when her family started their apiary and business, known as Hitch Hive Honey. As the business grew, so did Natalee's fascination with the intricate world of… Read More »April 2024 Monthly Meeting
