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 […]
Reserve your spot now for our Wax Workshop, run by HVNB member, Susan Shaw. This will take place in Katonah on Saturday, January 28th (snow date February 4th), from 10:30am until noon. The workshop will feature making beeswax candles as well as lip balm. Susan will also demonstrate how to process your own beeswax from your wax cappings to use […]
Join us to discuss Lessons Learned from 2016 and to add your input for plans for 2017.
Join us for what is sure to be a fascinating talk (as well as Q&A opportunity) with leading honeybee researcher, Jon Snow of Barnard. “Housewarming: Thermoregulation in Honey Bee Colonies" The honey bee colony has often been called a “superorganism”, because the individual bees cannot survive by themselves for extended periods and work together like […]
We have a great opportunity on Saturday, April 29th, for our next HVNB beekeepers' meeting. Member, Ralph Szur will be hosting us at his home and will do a hive inspection at his apiary. You will be able to learn from an extremely experienced beekeeper how to do am efficient and careful hive inspection, what […]