Please join us for our January Club Monthly Meeting on Wednesday, January 13, 2021 held online with Zoom where we will discuss degree days, what they are, how to calculate them and why they are important to beekeepers. Social Time: No social time due to COVID-19 restrictions. Meeting: 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. ONLINE with… Read More »January Club Meeting – Degree Days & Beekeeping
Honey bees, especially nucleus colonies, need liquid sugar syrup feed in the spring. If you still need a feeder for your bees, EMBA is selling one gallon bucket feeders to be picked up at nuc pick up on Saturday, April 24th or May 1st from 6:00AM-8:00AM. Due to the current conditions, we will only have… Read More »One Gallon Bucket Feeder Sale
Nucs pick up will be between 6:30am and 8:00 a.m on Saturday, April 24, 2021 on the west parking lot of the Danforth Plant Science Center complex, at the corner of Olive & Warson Rd. Enter from the Olive Blvd. entrance and follow the lane left to the west parking lot. 975 N Warson Rd,… Read More »Nuc Colony Pick-up
EMBA invites you to register for our May Club Meeting via Zoom Webinar Wednesday, May 12th @ 7:00 pm focusing on Spring Management of Overwintered Colonies & Nucs Guest Speaker Jim Tew Click Here to Register After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. Dr. James E. Tew is… Read More »May Club Virtual Meeting
Are you interested in beekeeping? Do you have bees already? The Eastern Missouri Beekeepers Association (EMBA) will offer two days of professional VIRTUAL beekeeping instruction and honey bee health research presentations for beginners and experienced beekeepers, by ZOOM Webinar, on Saturday, February 5, and Saturday, February 12, 2022. Sessions will run from 8:45 am to… Read More »15th Annual EMBA Beekeeping Workshop 2022
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Nucleus Honey Bee Colonies for Sale EMBA has made arrangements to sell nucleus bee colonies (“nucs”) to start or improve your apiary. The Nucs that the Club has reserved are a five-frame starter colony from Merrimack Valley Apiaries. The supplier’s breeder queens and drone pool consist of mite-resistant, hybrid Italian-Carniolian stock supplied by Latshaw Apiaries,… Read More »2022 Nuc Sale
The Club has ordered Minnesota Hygienic Italian queens from Avoyelles Honey Co., Moreauville, Louisiana, for TENTATIVE delivery at The Danforth Plant Science Center on Saturday, April 9th or 16th 2022 subject to weather delays. The price of a queen is $27, there is a limit of four (4) queens per membership. You must be an… Read More »2022 Queen Sale
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This is a follow-up meeting to the Beginning Beekeepers Webinar. This meeting, held on February 16th, focuses on the Newbees to discuss where do you go from here. Much of the meeting will be spent answering questions that the new beekeepers have. Experienced club members are encouraged to attend to help answer the questions. Meeting… Read More »EMBA Beginners Follow-Up Meeting
