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 […]
Members of Protect our Pollinators will be the featured speakers. We hope you can join us! Here's a link to the flyer for the event. (Please park ONLY on the farm's side of the street to keep the area safe.)
Sam Comfort of Anarchy Apriaries will be our speaker. Sam raises treatment-free local queens and has tremendous beekeeping knowledge and experience to share! (Please park ONLY on the farm's side of the street to keep the area safe.)
Sorry, but we've had to cancel the July meeting. Stay tuned for updates and upcoming meetings.
We hope you'll join us at the apiary of Abbott Fleur, a member of our group!