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