Monthly Meetings – 2025
New Bee Fundamentals & Special Topics Sessions are held via Zoom on the 3rd Tuesday with timely information about what is happening in your hive right now and what to prepare for the weeks ahead. New Bee Fundamentals generally runs from 6:30-7:30 & Special Topics for advancing beekeepers runs from 7:30-8:30. Please bring your questions to our experienced panel of beekeepers for a variety of expert answers. New Bee Fundamentals/Special Topics is a benefit of membership. Please register each month to receive information about accessing the call. Dates for 2025 are 2/18, 3/18, 4/15, 5/20, 6/17, 7/15, 8/19, 9/16, 10/21, & 11/18.
Our calendar is subject to change, so please always check the website for any last minute updates.
Mondays, January 6th, 13th, 20th, & 27th (Mon, Feb 3rd – Snow Date) – Bee School – A fine way to either get a solid introduction into beekeeping or to fill in some gaps in what you know already that will strengthen your skills. Topics covered include safety issues, types of equipment, evolving roles of the worker bee, honeybee pests and diseases and much, much more.
Tuesdays:
February 25 – Diana Cox-Foster – Pollinators Sharing Their Environs – The Role of Stressors in Bee Health
March 25 – Scott McArt – Neonicitinoid Insecticides
April 29 – Priya Chakrabarti Basu – Honey Bee Nutrition
May 27 – TBD
June 24 – Annual Pot Luck Supper & Silent Auction
July 29 – Julia Mahood – All About Drones
NO MEETING IN AUGUST
September 30 – Paula Wolf – Invasive Pests
October 28 – TBD
November 25 – TBD
In addition, a number of weekend workshops are scheduled each year to give participants a hands-on opportunity to learn new beekeeping skills & techniques and visit other bee yards.
Workshops – 2025
Please note: BYBA workshops are an exclusive benefit to members and their guests. Please note these are tentative dates and descriptions. All are subject to change as we solidify the schedule for the upcoming year.
Digital Bee School – For anyone who missed Bee School, you are able to purchase recordings of all 4 sessions. Bee School is a perk of club membership. If your membership is current, you can purchase the digital recordings by logging in to the website and clicking the Farmers Market Store link. You can also renew your membership by logging in first. If you have never been a member, please click the Join BYBA link at the top of the page. Questions that you have from the Bee School recordings may be brought to the New Bee Fundamentals Zoom Sessions which take place monthly on the 3rd Tuesday of the month.
Saturday, February 15 Hands-on Hive set up – Open house format featuring Hive Building with Keith Marsh, & Bear Fences with Jan Stranik
Sunday, February 23 CSI: Dead Out with George Luft
Sunday, March 16 Hiving Packaged Bees with Michael Cummings
Saturday, March 22 First Hive Inspection
Saturday, April 19 Chemical Free Beekeeping with Paula Wolf
Sunday, April 27 Swarms & Splits
Saturday, May 3 Hive Inspection #2- Colony Build-Up with Andy Hatt
May 13-31 Queen Rearing -Cycle 1 with David Blocher
Sunday, May 18 Mite Counts & Management with Michael Cummings
June 3-21 Queen Rearing -Cycle 2 – with David Blocher
Sunday, June 15 Hive Inspection #3 – Colony Expansion with Leslie Huston & Andy Hatt
Saturday, July 12 Hive Inspection #4 – Hangry Bees
Sunday, July 20 Honey Harvest
Saturday, August 9 Hive Inspection #5 – Assessing Colony Health
Sunday, September 14 Hive Inspection #6 – Winter Prep with Charles O’Donnell
Sunday, October 5 Hands-On Microscopy with Leslie Huston, Bob Conlan & Paula Wolf
Saturday, October 11 Products of the Hive
Additional workshop information will be posted as it becomes available.