by BeeQueen | May 3, 2013 | News
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today released a comprehensive scientific report on honey bee health. The report states that there are multiple factors playing a role in honey bee colony...
by BeeQueen | Apr 26, 2013 | Bee Meetings and Events, Honey Shows
Join us for the Next Club Meeting Tue. May 14th at 7 pm with Miss. Whitney Long on Preparing Your Honey. She will emphasize honey shows- but this presentation will also help you to understand how to make any honey look fabulous as a gift, for sale, etc. PWRBA will be...
by BeeQueen | Apr 26, 2013 | News
THE PROGRAM FOR THIS HAS CHANGED> Want to meet the State Apiarist? Keith Tignor will be presenting at the Loudoun Beekeepers Association on Monday, June 3rd. See: http://www.loudounbee.org/index.html
by BeeQueen | Apr 22, 2013 | News
Marking queens help you keep track of which queen is in your colony, to track the “provenance” or breeder background, keep track of swarming, etc. Here are links to two videos- one using a queen tube, and another using hands and fingers. Make you own queen...
by BeeQueen | Mar 21, 2013 | Bee Informed Surveys
The Bee Informed Partnership in association with state and federal apiary services is conducting two online surveys. One is on winter losses; the other is on management practices. Participation in the surveys is totally anonymous. There is only enough information...
by BeeQueen | Mar 20, 2013 | Swarming
Swarm Season is here. A nice resource on managing your colony when you see swarm cells is brought to us from “over the pond” and can be found here: http://pwrbeekeepers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/queencells.pdf Consider raising your own queen with one...
by BeeQueen | Mar 20, 2013 | News
Your Bees are Making Plans, Have You Made Yours? It’s April- Are your supers on yet? Remember that Spring Management talk about when Spring time starts for a honey bee, creating space, giving the Queen room to lay? Get supers on colonies now if they are not...
by BeeQueen | Mar 20, 2013 | Bee Meetings and Events, Education, Intermediate Beekeeping Seminars
Join Bill Bundy for a talk on Practical Re Queening- the many methods and tips for success. Bill is the current President of the Virginia Beekeepers Association, past president of the Loudoun Beekeepers Association, founding member of Sustainable Honeybees Inc., and a...
by BeeQueen | Mar 20, 2013 | Education
A beautiful short film on honeybees and how they tell us about the land around...
by BeeQueen | Feb 27, 2013 | News
Join us for the next PWRBA beekeeping meeting on Tuesday, March 12th at 7 pm. We will cover usual club business followed by a talk on Spring Management with Karla and friends You can also come early at 6:30 for “Ask a Beekeeper” – Bring any and all...
