Understanding Varroa Mites and their impact on our honey bees by Dr. Juliana Rangel-Posada Juliana has a Ph. D. in Neurobiology and Behavior from Cornell University and is currently Associate Professor of Apiculture in the Department of Entomology at Texas A&M University. She is an active member of the Texas Beekeepers Association and has spoken… Read More »April Monthly Meeting

Raising Local Queens | Jane Sueme, Co-founder of Saint Louis Beekeepers Jane will present on the Saint Louis Beekeepers Sustainable Stock Apiary's work to raise local, regionally-adapted queen stock. Jane will share the story of how their project was inspired by Randy Oliver with Scientific Beekeeping and SLU bee researcher Geraldo Camillo. The team of… Read More »May Monthly Meeting

Eugene Makovec will present “Packaging and Selling Honey in Missouri: A Guide for small and medium-sized Beekeeping Operations”.  He’ll discuss the laws for bottling, labeling and selling honey in Missouri — partly the kitchen rules he help to  change in 2015, but also the various rules and exemptions on sales tax, and where and how… Read More »July 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 July

Randall Cass Iowa State UniversityBee Extension Specialist Join us in August for a fun talk from our keynote speaker Randall Cass who will share research that suggests beekeepers need to get stung with some frequency to avoid becoming anaphylactic.  He’ll also share ISU's published research on the effect of prairie strips, which are in-field contour… Read More »August Monthly Meeting