by BeeQueen | Feb 25, 2015 | News
Get ready for next season! Winter is a great time to build your wooden ware and think about plans for next year. NEXT YEAR will always be better right? We are fortunate to have several wooden ware providers within driving distance. Many of them also sell queens. Find...
by BeeQueen | Feb 1, 2015 | Bee Meetings and Events
The next club meeting is Tuesday, March 10th at 7 pm featuring 3 presentations on Swarm Prevention by club members Karla Eisen, Chris Hewitt, and Tim Vaughn. Some of what we will cover includes techniques such as reversing hives, early supering, artificial swarms,...
by BeeQueen | Jan 13, 2015 | News
The Queen of the United Kingdom, much like the First Lady of the United States has a garden and honeybees. Both queens enjoy a magnificent garden. Take a peak at the bees across the pond and where they forage here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA-JXy-JqYU The Bees...
by BeeQueen | Jan 1, 2015 | Bee Meetings and Events
SAVE THE DATE. Join us for the PWRBA next club meeting on Tuesday, January 13th at 7 pm Featuring Alison Gillespie Author of Hives in the City: Keeping Honey Bees Alive in an Urban World. For more info see: www.hivesinthecity.com ASK A BEEKEEPER with Tim V. starts...
by BeeQueen | Nov 27, 2014 | Colony Health
The latest nosema research from Virginia Tech http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/ENTO/ENTO-66/ENTO-66-pdf.pdf
by BeeQueen | Oct 28, 2014 | News
November- winter is coming- time to hunker down. Time to plan and dream! Have you ever wondered how the honeybees are used in the pollination of agricultural crops? How are they moved around? How do farmers find beekeepers? What does it all look...
by BeeQueen | Oct 15, 2014 | Colony Health
There are so many news stories, opinion pieces, petitions, campaigns and ideas swirling around about bee health and what causes health versus what causes disease it is hard to keep up or separate out fact and fiction. One thing that’s pretty indisputable and...
by BeeQueen | Sep 23, 2014 | Honey, Honey Shows, News
A great turn out for the Honey Tasting at the September Potluck. Thanks to all who participated. (Click on photos to...
by BeeQueen | Sep 23, 2014 | Honey, Honey Shows
Congratulations to all who participated in the PW Fair Honey Show! Winners are listed below followed by photos. 828- Extracted Strained Honey Medium 1 pound glass jar Theodore Pratt 1st George McKay 2nd Sophie...
by BeeQueen | Sep 23, 2014 | News
Shared by Margaret Fisher of Clifton, VA. Here is something everyone could do immediately to improve conditions for honeybees: create a Bee Safe Neighborhood! Obviously, if it is safe for bees, it will be safe for butterflies and the rest of the living world as well....
