Our October keynote speaker will be William Hesbach. He'll discuss Winter Management: How honey bees thermoregulate and survive in cold climates. Bill Hesbach is the President of the Connecticut Beekeepers Association, a Connecticut native with a background in engineering where he teaches bee biology and various beekeeping methods at regional beekeeping club meetings. He's an… Read More »Oct Monthly Meeting
Fall conference is live and in person. It will be held October 13-14 in Springfield, MO at the Darr Ag Center on the MSU campus. Key note speakers Troy Hall of Hall Apiaries and Eugene Makovec of the American Bee journal will speak. More updates will be posted as available. Bio links below: https://mostatebeekeepers.org/troy-hall/ https://mostatebeekeepers.org/eugene-makovec/… Read More »Missouri State Beekeepers Association Fall Conference
We're looking for a few good volunteers to help relocate some EMBA hives to the Danforth Bee Yard and to another site off of Telegraph Road. Directions to follow, Bring your own protective equipment and water. Even if you are are first year beekeeper helping out in the apiary is a great way to gain… Read More »Volunteers Needed to Move Hives
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 October