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.
This meeting will be an in-person-meeting in Carmel. We will do a hive inspection, look at the development of a split that was done late April and just get together, talk and network. New-bees welcome! Please subscibe to our newsletter or contact us for further information.
Aysha invidet us to see her beautiful homestead, the Falaha Center. She is in her 3rd year of beekeeping. We will be discussing hive set-up, hive inspections, do comments, critiques and just get together and talk about bees. You can learn more about her center here.
Eric has invited us over to show us how honey is harvested. There will probably be some for tasting too...
Imagine you have just lost a queen or have a weak colony that may not survive the winter. The best thing to do now would be to combine two colonies. This is exactly what Gabriella and Eric will show us in our August session. We will also talk about mite treatment as the hives will […]
Fall is almost here and the bees are busy to prepare for winter: What is special about winter bees? How much food do my bees have, how much should I feed them, when and how long for? Should my bees overwinter in one or two boxes? How do I protect my bees from uninvited overwintering […]
