by BeeQueen | Jun 23, 2016 | News
https://governor.virginia.gov/newsroom/newsarticle?articleId=15724 6/23/2016 RICHMOND – Earlier this week, First Lady Dorothy McAuliffe joined Deputy Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry Sam Towell and Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS)...
by BeeQueen | May 20, 2016 | News
Aganetha Dyck is a Canadian visual artist whose career spans almost four decades and possesses a body of work as diverse as the life experiences she has had over those years. Her current research is based on interspecies communication between humans and honeybees to...
by BeeQueen | Feb 29, 2016 | News
Much of the nectar honeybees use comes from Trees. The pollinator Partnership has a beautiful new poster available for the cost of shipping only. See it here: http://www.pollinator.org/Images/posters/2016/Trees-For-Bees-2016-Poster.jpg Pre-order the beautiful 2016...
by BeeQueen | Jan 11, 2016 | News
While not common, severe allergies to bee stings can happen. We encourage beekeepers to have an EpiPen on hand just in case. Check out this resource for coupons and register to receive a cute carrying case for your EpiPen. https://www.epipen.com/en/ Once you become...
by BeeQueen | Dec 26, 2015 | News
Want to make bee candy. Here’s the link to a recipe and rationale from the Sustainable Honey Bee Program: and one from the good folks in New...
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: ...