The Lodge Des Peres

Please join us for our January meeting, our guest speakers will be Ken Heitkamp, John Pashia and Michael Godfrey talking about mead and beer making with honey!  Should be a good time! Come early to enjoy a little social time and dessert at 6:15 pm, the presentations will start at 6:45 pm.   Bring your questions… Read More »Jan 2025 Monthly Meeting

Please join us for our November meeting, our guest speaker will be Lydia Gwin.  She will talk about Baking & Crafting Cocktails with Honey.  We will also have honey baking contest!  To enter the baking contest please bring a baked good that features honey.  Lydia will be joined by fellow Kitchen Conservatory instructor, Sharon Tutko. … Read More »Nov 2024 Monthly Meeting

Our speaker tonight will be Tyler Holton of Holton Honeybees and Holton Homestead, located in Elkhart, Iowa.  Tyler will talk about "Reading Frames from your Hive".  He'll teach you the ins and outs of colony health and what that means to your hive management. Tyler became a beekeeper by accident in 2016, shortly after his… Read More »Oct 2024 Monthly Meeting

Join us for our August club meeting, this month's key note speaker will be Jane Sueme, talking about "Fall Feeding and Winter Preparations".  Jane is the co-founder of St. Louis Beekeepers, and co-owner of Isabee's Beekeeping Supplies in Fenton, MO.  Working with the St. Louis Beekeepers, Jane coordinated the SSA (Sustainable Stock Apiary) queen-rearing group,… Read More »Aug 2024 Monthly Meeting

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

Our key note speaker this month will be Pamela J. Carter.  Pamela is an American Honey Show Training Council member, an AHSTC Certified Senior Honey Judge, as well as a Welsh Certified Senior Honey Judge.  Pamela will teach us how to prepare our honey and hive product entries for the Missouri State Fair coming up… Read More »June 2024 Monthly Meeting

Our key note speakers will be Earl and Carol Hoffman, talking about "The Microbial Shield". Earl & Carol are second-generation EAS Certified Master Beekeepers and lifetime EAS members with over 32 years of experience teaching and coaching beekeepers. Together, Earl and Carol Hoffman operate Essential Honey Bees LLC, which raises queens, sells nucleus hives, and pollinates local… Read More »May 2024 Monthly Meeting

Natalee Summers, our key note speaker this month, will discuss Spring management and supering.  Natalee is a 16 year old beekeeper from NW Missouri. Her journey began in 2017, when her family started their apiary and business, known as Hitch Hive Honey. As the business grew, so did Natalee's fascination with the intricate world of… Read More »April 2024 Monthly Meeting

Kent Williams will be our keynote speaker, he will be talking about Swarm Management, how to trap swarms and making splits. Kent is a Kentucky-based EAS Certified Master beekeeper who has been in beekeeping industry for 30+ years. In that time, Williams established the Kent Williams Bee School in conjunction with the Lake Barkley Beekeeper’s… Read More »March 2024 Monthly Meeting

If you attended the EMBA's Beginning Beekeepers Workshop on February 10th, 2024, please join us at this very informative follow up session.  This meeting will focus on everything you need to know to get started with your first hives in the Spring.  Come prepared with all of your questions!  There is no additional cost for… Read More »Beginning Beekeeper Workshop Part 2