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February 14th Meeting- Catch your own free bees and place your bid in our silent auction!

Posted on February 11, 2019 by

There are few things a beekeeper loves more than free bees or a good deal on equipment! This month Past President Mark Chorba will present tips for catching swarms and we’ll have our silent auction in the lobby of our … Continue reading →

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October 11th Meeting: The Couvillon Lab at VT

Posted on October 4, 2018 by

The Couvillon Lab at Virginia Tech: Recent work on honeybee foraging. A recent addition to the faculty at Virginia Tech, Dr. Margaret Couvillon has set up a lab to study the foraging habits of pollinators, especially those of honeybees.  While … Continue reading →

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September 13th meeting. Hunting the Feral Bee!

Posted on September 7, 2018 by

Hunting the Feral Bee: Kidnapping, Brain-washing, and Body Painting Before there were beekeepers there were bee hunters.  This ancient practice was all but lost until Tom Seeley revived interest in the practice with his book, “Following the Wild Bees“. Our … Continue reading →

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August 9th meeting, Master Beekeeper Dana Stahlman from Ohio.

Posted on August 2, 2018 by

The NRVBA speakers for 2018 thus far have drawn from local and regional beekeepers. For our August meeting we are fortunate to host someone with a broader view of beekeeping than what we typically provide. Dana Stahlman will be discussing … Continue reading →

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June 14th Meeting: Greed in the Apiary: Robbing

Posted on June 6, 2018 by

As our nectar flow begins to slow, new management considerations come into play in our apiaries.  This month we will present a panel of veteran beekeepers who will discuss strategies on how to prevent the devastating phenomenon called “robbing”. There … Continue reading →

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May 10th Meeting – Yard Sale plus Jerry Borger on Cutouts

Posted on May 4, 2018 by

After one of the most extended winters in recent memory, we are finally beginning to see some warm days and our bees are responding robustly.  Many of us are rebuilding after heavy winter losses. The first group of packages have … Continue reading →

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April 12th Meeting- Feeding Colonies

Posted on April 5, 2018 by

Feeding time at the zoo bee yard. 2018 is providing us with yet another cold, wet spring.  Snow is in the forecast for Saturday and Monday.  Eventually the nectar flow will begin, however, and packages will arrive at the end … Continue reading →

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March 8th Meeting: Splits and Nucs

Posted on February 28, 2018 by

Creating New Colonies: A Necessity for Successful Beekeeping Today Please join us at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday 8th March 2018 at the Montgomery County Health and Human Services Building at 210 Pepper St., Christiansburg . The heavy winter losses sustained this year … Continue reading →

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February 8th Meeting: Understanding Swarms

Posted on January 31, 2018 by

As I write this announcement I am looking out the window at a forested mountainside and see that the buds on the soft maples are beginning to swell and turn red.  As difficult as this winter has been, spring is … Continue reading →

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January 11th 2018 meeting

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Please join us at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday 11th January 2018 at the Montgomery County Health and Human Services Building at 210 Pepper St., Christiansburg .  For our first meeting of 2018 we are fortunate to have Tim Service as our speaker. … Continue reading →

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