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Recent Posts
- March 14th Meeting: A practical approach to swarm prevention
- February 14th Meeting- Catch your own free bees and place your bid in our silent auction!
- “So, You Want To Be A Beekeeper” Presentations, & Beginning Beekeeper’s Course
- November 8th Meeting – The Couvillon Lab at VT
- Tonights meeting (Oct 11th) is cancelled due to weather
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Tag Archives: beekeeping
Nov. 13 meeting: Bear expert to talk about apiary protection
Join the New River Valley Beekeepers Association at 6:30 p.m., Thurs., Nov. 13 at the Montgomery County Health and Human Services Building at 210 Pepper St., Christiansburg to learn more about protecting your bee colonies from bear damage. Andrew Trent, … Continue reading
Bee breeding expert to speak at Oct. 9 meeting
Join the New River Valley Beekeepers Association at 6:30 p.m. on Thurs., Oct. 9 at the Montgomery County Health and Human Services Building at 210 Pepper St., Christiansburg, for a talk by Adam Finkelstein, co-owner of Maryland-based VP Queen Bees. … Continue reading
August speaker: Decoding honey bee dances
Join the New River Valley Beekeepers Association at 6:30 p.m. on Aug. 14 at the Montgomery County Health and Human Services Building, 210 Pepper St., when Virginia Tech entomology emeritus professor Richard Fell will help us decode the amazing dance … Continue reading
Blacksburg beekeeping field day set for June 14
New River Valley Beekeepers Association President Richard Reid, owner of Happy Hollow Honey and Apiary will host the second in a series of informal beekeeping field days on Sat., June 14 from 12:30-2:30 p.m. at the Hale-YMCA Community Garden at 300 … Continue reading
June meeting to feature experts in raising local bees
Note: Read the minutes from this meeting. Join the New River Valley Beekeepers Association at 6:30 p.m. June 12 at the Montgomery County Health and Human Services Building, 210 Pepper St., Christiansburg for an evening dedicated to the why and … Continue reading
Beekeeping field day set for May 10 in Blacksburg
NOTE: This event was canceled due to inclement weather. It will be rescheduled at a later date. New River Valley Beekeepers Association President Richard Reid, owner of Happy Hollow Honey and Apiary will host the second in a series of … Continue reading
Queen rearing, take one, at Feb. meeting
NOTE: This meeting was canceled due to a snow storm. We are working to reschedule with Dwight for later in the spring. The Feb. 13 New River Valley Beekeepers Association meeting will feature the first in a series of speakers … Continue reading
3rd Annual Hokie Bug Fest, October 19th
On Oct. 19, Virginia Tech is sponsoring the 3rd Annual Hokie Bug Fest, and organizers have requested that the NRVBA run a display and information table, as the organization has done in years past. The club’s table has had big crowds … Continue reading
Beginning Farmer Field Day at Virginia Tech’s Kentland Farm
Virginia Tech is offering a one-day event for beginning farmers and those interested in homesteading and self-sufficiency skills from 2-7 p.m. on Aug. 23 at Kentland Farm in Montgomery County. The event includes sessions on farming, ranching and beekeeping, … Continue reading
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