MID-ATLANTIC ORGANIC HONEY BEE CONVENTION 4500 Kensington Ave., Richmond, Virginia Saturday, March 17, 2012 Register at their website www.beebustersinc.com or contact John Adams, 804 285-BEES, or email martha.brooks27@gmail.com SPEAKERS & TOPICS John Adams: Organic methods for Langstroth, top bar and alternative hives/Organic treatments of diseases/How to keep bees and almost NOT spend money/58 different...
Beekeeping Events
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 Sat, February 11 (from 1 pm to 5 pm) and...
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. The film will start at 3:15 PM. They are selling tickets for a “block” of four afternoon films. Cost: $10.00. Location: The Byrd Theater 2908...
Seeking Volunteers for the Virginia State Fair
As you have heard by now, a consortium of bee clubs in the Richmond area are together planning the Honey Booth at the 2011 Va State Fair where all members of all Virginia Beekeeper Groups are being encouraged to participate. The consortium is chaired by Eva Tashjian-Brown, president of the Richmond Beekepers Association. The...
Top Bar Hive Management Workshop
A member of ERBA has received word that a Top Bar Hive Management workshop is being held this Saturday, August 27. Location: Centreville Regional Library 14200 St. Germain Dr. Centreville, Va. When: Saturday, August 27 at 9 am Cost is $25–payable to Wyatt Mangum. For any other info contact Pat Haskell: jim.haskell@verizon.net
ERBA August Mtg & VSBA Fall Meeting
Tomorrow night (Tuesday, August 9) we have John Adams speaking about removing bees from structures (6:30 PM to 8:30 PM), which should be a great talk. Come over to Fort Lee Baptist Church, just to the east of Richmond and mix with a bunch of local beekeepers who love to talk beekeeping and honey...
Honey Bee Film Coming to Richmond
For Immediate Release: Film viewing of the documentary: Vanishing of The Bees: http://www.vanishingbees.com/ discussion following the film with Christy Hemenway of Gold Star Honeybees. Date: Thursday March 31, 2011 FREE to the public Times: 2:00 pm and 6:30 pm Venue: The Science Museum of Virginia 2500 West Broad Street 804-864-1400 Vanishing of the Bees,...
Beekeeping Events Announced for 2011
The Virginia State Beekeepers Association, VSBA, scheduled the 2011 Spring Association Conference for June 17 and 18 at the Fredericksburg Hospitality House and Conference Center, just to the north of Richmond, Virginia. As more details are worked out, we’ll keep you in the loop! (You can always look for ‘VSBA’ in our tag cloud...