We will NOT be having an April meeting of the Hudson Valley Natural Beekeepers group. Sorry about this.  Hope you'll join us for the May meeting.  (Details below.)

Join us for our May meeting of the group.  It will be held at the apiary of Simon Butt, one of our members.  Simon has two top bar hives and will do a hive inspection for us that will be most educational!

We hope you'll be able to come to the July meeting of the Hudson Valley Natural Beekeepers group. We plan to inspect the hives at Mariandale as well as feature a talk on bee-friendly plants for later in the season.

Join us for our next meeting where we'll be welcoming Marina Marchese of American Honey Tasting Society who will lead us in our honey tasting! This will be a very special treat for all of us. We will also discuss winter hive planning. We hope you'll share your honey with our group and feel free […]

Please join us at Mariandale Retreat and Conference Center (299 N. Highland Avenue, Ossining) for our first meeting of 2016. We plan to talk about our 2015 experiences, gearing up for 2016 and collaboratively making our HVNB plans for the coming meetings.

We hope you'll join us for our next Hudson Valley Natural Beekeepers meeting on Saturday, March 19th, from 10am until noon. We will have special guests Xenia D'ambrosi of Sweet Earth Co. and Glenn Ticehurst of Benedek & Ticehurst will be sharing their expertise with us, related to planting especially with pollinators in mind, using the […]

We hope you'll join us for our April HVNB meeting at Ralph's apiary. Ralph has 5 overwintered Langstroth Hives and top bar hives as well. Ralph will do a spring hive inspection, with emphasis on splits, swarm control, and early varroa evaluation.  

Jorik Phillips of Hudson Valley Bee Supply has generously offered to lead our May meeting and teach us all about making hive splits. We will start inside the farmhouse and then work hands on at Rainbeau Ridge's hives.  Jorik will demonstrate making a split with one of the farm's hives. We hope you'll join us!  […]

Join us for our next meeting as we discuss a range of practical advice for making sure your hives are best prepared for going into the winter. We will talk about moisture, wind, cold, feeding and more. We hope you will share what has worked for you in the past (and even what hasn't). We'd also […]

Please join us on Saturday, November 19th, from 10:30am until noon, for our next Hudson Valley Natural Beeekeepers meeting. We are very excited to be showing the film, "Hour of Decision". This film was made by Gunther Hauk of Spikenard Farm. The Hour of Decision shares the deep insight and wisdom of a beekeeper who is […]