BYBA Blog
2025 Calendar
Monthly Meetings – 2025 BYBA Meetings begin at 7 PM to allow time for socializing with your fellow beekeepers. Speaker Presentations begin at 7:30 pm. These meetings are held the last Tuesday of most months at the Norfield Church Community Room; 64 Norfield Road,...
Apis cerana japonica Slaps Ants and Sends Them Flying!
Japanese honey bees (Apis cerana japonica) have an awesome technique for defending their colonies against ants. They slap them with their wings! Watch this video and see them in action. Be sure to watch til the end to see the slow-motion replay! Video Read...
Words from our President – February 2025
But let’s be careful about it. It’s definitely not a good idea to open up a colony and separate a box. The bees worked hard to build that propolis seal to keep the weather out. What about emergency food? Waiting until the temps get to around 45-50 degrees is a...
What’s Buzzing at the Bee Yard November 2022
Winter Prep As the weather cools down, we wanted to check the colonies to make sure they were well-provisioned for the winter weather. We were pleasantly surprised to find that most hives had a sizable cluster of bees. However, several were still pretty light on...
Knot Yeti
It’s amazing how many people think we have Abominable Snowmen inhabiting the U.S.! I got to say; Not Yeti, but Bigfoots. Yeti are native to Asia mostly in the Himalayan mountains. Perhaps they were brought here by early settlers to work in the forest industry and...
Our general membership meetings are held on the last Tuesday of the month at 7:30 PM at the Norfield Church in Weston, CT
