Our January meeting was great! We spent a few moments confirming our new executive committee (see below) and then spent a good hour doing general Q&A about beekeeping, top bar hives, and the old package vs nuc debate. Good time was had by all and 2012 looks to be starting off on a great...
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Beginner Beekeeping Class
CLASS IS FULL! Unfortunately, we cannot accept any further registrations for the 2012 Beekeeping 101 class. The East Richmond Beekeepers Association will be holding a beginning Beekeeping class in February that focuses on Sustainable Beekeeping! It will be a two day course, held on...
Nuc’s and Honey for Sale
For the past several meetings, we have started to track who has honey or nuc’s for sale. Finally, we have added two pages to our site to help folks find these valuable resources. Nuc’s for Sale in Richmond, Va Honey for Sale in Richmond,...
Honey Bee Film Coming on Oct 22
The documentary film, “Queen of The Sun” will be shown during the SlowFoodsRVA Film Festival on Saturday, October 22. The film tells the story of the plight of honeybees....
October Program & November Meeting Place Change
October Program We have Mark Bennett of Dadant Va scheduled to present at our October meeting !! Mark will bring and demonstrate items in 3 categories. Anything new...
Ask the Experts a big Success!
The annual Ask the Experts meeting was a huge success. Three experienced beekeepers fielded questions that ranged from feeding bees, overwintering Nuc’s, packages vs nucs, and mite treatments (or...