by BeeQueen | Jul 30, 2013 | News, Outreach
Prince William County Fair is just around the corner and we are once again exhibiting and spreading the buzz on bees! We need your help! We will have our full display at the Fair, including our observation hive, from Aug 9th through the 17th. The Fair is open this...
by BeeQueen | Jul 25, 2013 | Education, Mite Assessment and Control
What’s a Powdered Sugar Roll/Shake anyway? If you are a bit nervous to try the alcohol wash or shake- try this to assess mite levels in your colonies http://nybeewellness.com/uploads/CMBC_Sugar_Shake-1.pdf or...
by BeeQueen | Jul 19, 2013 | Honey, Honey Shows
Get ready for the Honey Show at the Prince William Fair. This is your chance to help promote beekeeping and products of the hive. We hope to have the biggest honey show in years. Even if you are not interested in the competition- we need to make sure HONEY (and/or...
by BeeQueen | Jul 2, 2013 | Weighing Colonies
Did you ever consider weighing your hives? Check out PWRBA member Ernie Becking’s Bee Weigh here: http://beeweigh2.wordpress.com/ and his colony weight data here: http://beeweigh.wordpress.com/
by BeeQueen | Jun 19, 2013 | Education, Queen Rearing
Amazing video of a bee queen birth, bee sex, drone congregation areas, mating, flights, marking, caging and more. You may never question the price of a queen bee again after you witness the many steps and challenges along the way, Some days it seems like a miracle...
by BeeQueen | Jun 13, 2013 | Honey, Honey Shows
It’s Honey Extraction Season. Free use of the club owned honey extractor, extracting tub, and hot knife is a benefit of membership. If you want to use it, please familiarize yourself with the Club Honey Extraction Contacts which include links to videos and...
by BeeQueen | Jun 10, 2013 | Bee Meetings and Events, State, Regional and National Bee Associations
Eastern Apicultural Society (EAS) is a wonderful beekeeping educational event- loads of fun. Consider expanding your horizons… It will be closer than ever this year- just East of Philadelphia in Westchester, PA. August 5-pth, 2013. Consider attending for a...
by BeeQueen | May 31, 2013 | Nucleus Colonies, Sustainability
A big THANK YOU to all of the PWRBA nuc producers who have successfully contributed in making nucs available to PWRBA students, club members & other beekeepers the past few years as our nuc program has developed! We could not do it without you! Hint- Those of...
by BeeQueen | May 20, 2013 | Bee Meetings and Events, State, Regional and National Bee Associations
Virginia State Beekeepers Association 2013 Spring Conference When: June 21 to June 22 Where: Greenbrier Middle School 1016 Greenbrier Pkwy, Chesapeake, VA 23320 Hosted by: Beekeepers Guild of Southeast VA The spring VSBA meeting is being held in Chesapeake, Virginia,...
by BeeQueen | May 20, 2013 | News
http://www.mdbeekeepers.org/meetings.html MSBA Spring 2013 Meeting to Feature Author and Entomologist Dr. Gene Kritsky Date: June 15, 2013, University of Maryland/College Park, Plant Sciences Building Auditorium Dr Gene Kritsky is Professor and Chair of Biology at the...
