BYBA Blog
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...
What’s Buzzing at the Bee Yard – June 2022
SWARMS! Earlier this month, Michael and I showed up to do our regular bee yard work and we found a wonderful surprise! A swarm had moved itself into some of our empty equipment. Earlier in the season, we had set some extra equipment on a bench. We didn't want...
Queen Rearing Class – Cycle 2
Join the Backyard Beekeepers in the club’s queen rearing efforts this year! The club has had a queen rearing yard established for 2 years at Randall’s Farm Preserve, an Aspetuck Land Trust property, located in Easton, about 5 minutes away from the BYBA Bee Yard at...
Our general membership meetings are held on the last Tuesday of the month at 7:30 PM at the Norfield Church in Weston, CT
