PWRBA History of Club Programs
2023
- Nov. 2023
- Sept 2023 Fall and Winter Prep with Jennifer King, Eversweet Apiary
- May 2023 Summer Management with Jennifer King, Eversweet Apiary
- March 2023
- January 2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
- January 2019 Checklist for Spring (Frank Ludlow)
- March 2019 Dr. Sam Ramsey
- May 2019 Louise Edsall, Bees in School, Branson McKay Mentor Apiary Program, and more
- July 2019 Field Day, Picnic, and Public Outreach at the Farm Brewery at Broad Run
2018
- Jan. 2018 Excellence in Extracted Honey and Specialty Hive Products (George Wilson, Papi Zwetco)
- March 2018 VDACS programs and Spring Management (Keith Tignor) Langstroth Award Celebration
- May 2018 Richland Honey Bees- Russian Queen Rearing (Chris Hewitt and Lynn Hewitt White)
- Sep. 2018 Report out on Eastern Apicultural Society (EAS) 2018 from our members
- Nov. 2018 Dr. James Wilson, Virginia Tech
2017
- Jan, 2017 Potluck and Ask a Beekeeper
- March, 2017 Cancelled due to snow
- May, 2017 Swarm Catching (Dave Wright)
- Sep, 2017 Sam Droege, US Geological Society, Native Bees
- Nov, 2017
2016
- January, 2016 Dr. Frank Linton, Observation Hives. PWRBA Elections. 2016 01 12 PWRBA Meeting Slides
- March, 2016 Spring Management with Karla E.
- May, 2016 Gadget Night
- Sept, 2016 Sweet Sophia Products of the Hives and Taylor Guildford, High School Beekeeping Club
- Oct. 2016 Dr. Megan Milbrath, Michigan State University
2015
January, 2015 Hives in the City with Allison Guillespie. 2015 01 13 Meeting Slides
March, 2015 Swarm Prevention with Karla Eisen, Chris Hewitt, and Tim Vaughn 2015 03 10 Agenda
May, 2015 State of Beekeeping in Virginia with Keith Tignor, VDACS State Apiarist 2015 05 12 Agenda Slides here
Aug. , 2015 Fall Management with Jeff Pfoutz.
Sep. , 2015 Products of the hive 2015 September Condensed with Maggie Mills, Hope Honey. Agenda Slides here.
Nov. , 2015 Dr. Rick Fell, Virginia Tech 2015 11 10 Agenda
2014
January, 2014 Elections,
March, 2014 Business Meeting, German Perilla, Stingless Bees and Honey of the Amazon
May, 2014 Business Meeting, Swarm Catching (Dave Wright)
August, 2014 PW County Fair Bee Booth and Honey Show
August, 2014 Beekeeping Through the Camera Lens (Simon Croson, The Artisan Honey Company, co sponsored with George Mason University)
August, 2014 Fall Management (Mike Blythe and Karla Eisen)
Sep, 2014 Business Meeting, Potluck Dinner, Honey Tasting, and the Emergency Assistance for Livestock (ELAP) Program (Ken B., Farm Service Agency, Warrenton), Western PW Farm Tour
Oct. , 2013 Farm Field Days Outreach
Nov., 2013 Bob Wellemeyer, Windsong Apiary. Regional and Migratory Pollination. 2014 11 11 Agenda
2013
January, 2013 Pot luck Dinner
Feb., 2013 Int. Beekeeping Seminar Nucs: How to (Karla Eisen)
March, 201 Winter into Spring Management (Karla Eisen)
April, 2 Intermediate Seminar- Requeening (Bill Bundy)
May, 2013 Preparing Honey for Show (Whitney Long)
July, 2013 Club Picnic
August, 2013 PW County Fair Bee Booth and Honey Show; Refresher class- Fall Management (Mike Blythe)
Sept., 2013 Bayer Bee Health Program; Western PW Farm Tour Bee Outreach
Oct., 2013 Farm Field Days Outreach
Nov., 2013 Top Bar Hives (Dr. Wyatt Magnum)
2012
January, 2012 Beekeeping in the Amazon, Peru (German Perilla)
Feb., 2012 Refresher class Winter into Spring Management (Karla Eisen)
March, 2012 Certified Naturally Grown Program for Beekeepers (Johnathan Duffy)
May, 2012 Beltsville “Bee Lab” with Dr. Ryan Schwarz;
Special Class- Queen Rearing All Day Class and Field (Mike Church)
July, 2012 Michael Bush (co sponsored with BANV); Club Picnic
August, 2012 PW County Fair Bee Outreach Booth and Honey Show;
Refresher class Fall Management (Miss Kristin G.)
Sept., 2012 Member Gadget Night (Membership- a smashing success!); PW Farm Tour Bee Outreach Booth
Oct., 2012 Farm Field Days Outreach
Nov., 2012 Observation Hives- Dr. Frank Linton
2011
- January, 2011 Snowed out!
Feb., 2011 Int. Seminar- The Nuts and Bolts of Nucs and Splits (Pat and Jim Haskell)
March, 2011 A Comparison of Honey Bee Colony Strength and Survivability between Nucleus and Package Started Colonies
Backyard Queen Rearing (Erin Forbes, Overland Apiary, ME, Maine)
April, 2011 Int. Seminar- The Sustainable Apiary (Mike Palmer, French Hill Apiaries, VT.)
May, 2011 Backyard Queen Rearing with Nicot or Jenter (Don Heishman)
July, 2011 Club Picnic
August, 2011 PW Fair Outreach Bee Booth
Sept. 2011 PW Farm Tour Outreach Bee Booth
Honey Tasting & SARE Results- “Promoting Sustainable Beekeeping through Local Production of Nucs“ (Karla Eisen)
Oct., 2011 Farm Field Days Outreach
Nov., 2011 Queen of the Sun movie presentation
August, 2011 Refresher Class Fall Management, (Karla E.).
2010
- January, 2010 Honey Tasting
- Feb. Int Seminar Spring Management- (Karla Eisen)
- March Swarm Catching and Bee Extractions- (Mike and Tina Kestner)
- April Int. Seminar Swarm Management- (Bill Bundy (LBA)
- May Club Business, Committees, & Networkin; Int. Seminar Queen Rearing- (Keith Fletcher)
- June Int. Seminar Honey Harvest and Extraction- (Pat and Jim Haskell);Int. Seminar Overwintered Nucs – (Karla Eisen and John Strecker)
- July Picnic
- August PW Fair Outreach Bee Booth
- Sept. Planting for Bees- (Louise Edsall);PW Farm Tour Outreach Bee Booth
- Nov. Observation Hives (Dr. Frank Linton)
2009
- January Pollen Nation movie
- March Spring Management – (Keith Fletcher and Karla Eisen) & Bee Club Committee Structure
- April & May (SARE) Making Nucs- (Karla, John, and Keith)
- May Sister Bee Movie; (SARE) Queen Rearing Class and Field- (Keith Tignor and Dr. Rick Fell (VT)
- July Fall Management- (Keith Fletcher)
- September Keith Tignor- State Apiarist
- Sept PW Tour Outreach Bee Booth
- November Preparing for the Honey Show- (Bob Wellemeyer- Regional Bee Inspector, Honey Judge & Owner of Windsong Apiaries)
2008
- January Pot Luck dinner
- March Honey Hunting in Nepal- movie
- May 4 H 2BAB- (Brenda Kiessling)
- June Queen Rearing Class and Field – (Keith Tignor and Dr. Rick Fell)
- September Fall Management- (John Strecker) Introducing SARE; PW Farm Tour Outreach Bee Booth
- November Nucs – (John Fraser) & Rezoning Briefing (Karla and John)