Our guest speaker this month will be Jim Masucci, talking about Varroa Management. Jim is local to the St. Louis area and is both a honey bee researcher and sideliner. As a researcher Jim ran some of the largest field trials ever to develop new varroa control products for Monsanto/Bayer. This experience allowed him to… Read More »July 2024 Monthly Meeting
Do you want some hands-on experience with beekeeping experts on Saturday, July 13th, 2024? Join us for our open apiary day at our Danforth bee yard. Â We will be checking honey supers and reviewing the status of our hives. Â This is a great opportunity to look at all phases of bee development and do a… Read More »July EMBA Open Apiary Day
Open Apiary times are an informal, unstructured gathering of members of the Great Plains Master Beekeeping program. 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… Read More »July Great Plains Master Beekeeper’s Open Apiary Day
REGISTER for the 2024 Extractaganza. If you have supers full of honey to extract, and don't own your own extractor, this is your opportunity to use an electric extractor to harvest your honey. We will have motorized extractors & uncapping stations set up. Members are invited to bring up to 4 supers to extract that day. Experienced beekeepers… Read More »2024 Extractaganza
Do you want some hands-on experience with beekeeping experts on Saturday, July 27th, 2024? Join us for our open apiary day at our Danforth bee yard. Â We will be checking honey supers and reviewing the status of our hives. Â This is a great opportunity to look at all phases of bee development and do a… Read More »July EMBA Open Apiary Day
Do you want some hands-on experience with beekeeping experts on Saturday, August 3rd, 2024? Join us for our open apiary day at our Danforth bee yard. Â We will be checking honey supers and reviewing the status of our hives. Â This is a great opportunity to look at all phases of bee development and do a… Read More »August EMBA Open Apiary Day