Know Your State Apiarist Lee Conner has been with the Missouri Department of Agriculture since 2014 and Missouri's State Apiarist since 2017. Lee will be talking about the state of Missouri’s Apiary Inspection Program including the state's requirements for transporting hives. He will also detail what a typical state inspection consists of. Lee's been a… Read More »March 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 May

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 June

Dr. David T. Peck, Director of Research and Education at Betterbee will discuss treatment options for Varroa mites. Dr. Peck's doctoral work in Cornell University's Department of Neurobiology and Behavior focused on the transmission of mites between bee colonies, as well as the mite-resistance traits of the untreated honey bees living in Cornell's Arnot Forest. After… Read More »June Monthly Meeting