by BeeQueen | Nov 29, 2015 | News
Oxalic Acid is now approved for use. Beekeepers should treat in the most broodless time – which I estimate to be between Thanksgiving and MLK day in Mid January. See some nice resources including a video on the method here: ...
by BeeQueen | Nov 28, 2015 | Bee Meetings and Events
PWRBA elections are Tuesday January 12th 2016 at our regular meeting. We need only four people to fill the open offices (President, Vice President, Treasurer, and Secretary), Please consider stepping up and participating. If you want to run for office send Ben Gimeno...
by BeeQueen | Nov 24, 2015 | News
Are you a bit tentative on how to assess for mites? The University of Minnesota has developed a wonderful Varroa Mite Testing kit to use the sugar shake method. This measures a proportion of mites within the colony, so it is much more specific than the sticky board...
by BeeQueen | Sep 27, 2015 | News
Miss a meeting? All meeting topics, links to the agenda slides, and sometimes presentation slides can be found here: http://pwrbeekeepers.com/about-2/history/
by BeeQueen | Sep 9, 2015 | Bee Meetings and Events, State, Regional and National Bee Associations
Save the Dates… Some great meetings Virginia State Beekeepers meeting- Featuring Dr. David Tarpy and Dr. Ernesto Guzman. Blue Ridge Community College, Weyer’s Cave, VA. November 7, 2015 Coming in 2016………… American Bee Federation ...