Our next meeting is set for Saturday, November 16th, from 10:30am to noon. We plan to talk about important preparations for getting your hives ready for the winter. We will focus on the key elements: food stores, ventilation, varroa mite treatment and insulation. Where: Rainbeau Ridge, 49 David's Way, Bedford Hills (please park on the farm's side […]
Please join us as we discuss the best way to plant for pollinators and as we have an opportunity to talk about winter experiences and spring plans.
Join us for a Zoom conference call for a spring Beekeeping discussion. Details are available via our email list, so feel free to sign up and we'll send you more information before the end of this week! This will take the place of our March and April meetings.
Join us as Andy and Eric talk about Part I of Winter Hive Prep. The conversation will include assessing hive health, population, honey stores and the queen. It will take place on Zoom and Facebook Live!
Andy will walk us through a hive split! We hope you'll join us for our next beekeepers meeting, Saturday, the 15th. It's on Zoom and live on Facebook, starting at 10:30am. Abbott has volunteered to demonstrate hiving his new nucs and Andy and Eric will walk us through hive splits. Thanks to Gabriella, we have […]
Join us on November 19th, at 11am for our next Hudson Valley Natural Beekeepers meeting. Eric and Karen will demonstrate oxalic acid vaporization to treat phoretic mites (when there's virtually no brood in the hive) and will make additional comments and demonstrations of winter prep. Sign up for our email list to get the most […]
Join us in January for our next Hudson Valley Natural Beekeepers meeting. Jody will demonstrate how to make mead from last season's yummy honey. Sign up for our email list to get the most up-to-date information about our meetings, resources and more. Click here for the meeting summary.
You've voted: The February 2024 meeting will take place online and will be dedicated to the topics of emergency feeding and the bee calendar/ planning your 2024 bee season as a collaborative digital workshop. We will comply with the request not to hold the meeting on a weekend in order to reach as many of […]
You've voted: The meeting in March 2024 will also take place online and will deal with the topic of planning the 2024 bee season and spring clean-up as a collaborative digital workshop. See you then! Click here for a short summary of our online workshops in February and March 2024.
Sante invited us to his bee apiary to observe a hive split. More info in the newsletter. Click here for a summary of our 2024 April meeting.
