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Events and Calendar

Club meetings

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We meet the second Thursday (6:30 PM) of each month (details and directions in the calendar below).  Our typical meeting agenda is:
  • 5 minutes arrival and welcome
  • 15 minutes – Education moment
  • 25 minutes guest speaker
  • 10 club business
​We meet in the building at the back pictured to the right a Coleman Nursery.

Here is our near term schedule of speakers:
  • April 14 - Keith Tignor, State Apiarist Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) 
  • May 12 - Judith Alberts, VCE Master Gardener Topic: If You Plant It, They Will Come – Gardening for Our Pollinators
  • ​June 9 -  Roger Schürch, Research Assistant Professor of Social Insect Ecology and Evolution Topic: TBA

Month
Beekeeping Task
Education Moment Topic
Guest Speaker
January
Value
Value
​
February
Spring Preparations
Hive Checks
​When and How
 to Check your Hives
Spring Hive Inspections
To be announced
March
Spring Feeding
Hive Inspections
Spring Feeding and Feeders
​Lisa Horth, PhD, Professor of Biology 
Old Dominion University
Tentative Topic: Benefits of Mason Bees and what can we learn from them OR honey bee disease data for Pungo
April
​Brood Management,
Hive Management
Nectar Flow and Supering
Comb Building &
Management
​Keith Tignor, State Apiarist
Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS)
Topic:  Brood and hive management; BeeCheck Program​
May
Swarm Management/Splits
Swarm Recovery
Swarm Traps
Queen Rearing
What is a Swarm?
Swarm Cells, Emergency Cells and Supercedure Cells
​To be announced
June
Bees and Comb Building
​Local Bee Ordnances and State Laws
​To be announced
July
​Honey Harvesting
Extraction/Bottling  & Label
​How to check Honey
Moisture Content 
To be announced
August
Integrated Pest Management Techniques
Mite Count and Treatment
Making Winter Bees.
Integrated Pest Management and Mites
To be announced
September
​Preparing for Winter
Feeders
Sugar Mixes 1:1 vs 2:1 etc.
Winter Feeding methods
To be announced
October
Winterizing the Hive
Mice and other Pests
Winterizing the Hive
Mice and other Pests
To be announced
November
Winter Colony Behavior
Brood Breaks and Mite Treatments
Hive evaluations for Winter Stores etc.
​What I learned this past Year
To be announced
December
Winter Break
To be announced
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