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Jan 28 - NVBA Meeting - Valerie Wampler - What Honey Do Bees Eat? Why & How They Get It.

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28 Jan 2025

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

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Wonder how Honey Bees Eat? Valerie will cover the Who, What, When, Where, and Why of Honey Bee Eating. Join us for this fascinating and popular lecture!

Valerie is a certified EAS Master Bee Keeper and recently spoke at the 2024 EAS MD conference. She is a member of the American Dahlia Society, and competitively grows Dahlias and judges competitions! Valerie has been keeping bees for 10 years, she participates in outreach, pollinator gardening and soap and lotion making. She enjoys woodworking , knitting/weaving and is life learner!

6:30 PM Open Question Time

7:00 PM Speaker

This will be an online Zoom meeting.

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Past events

22 Oct 2024	Oct 22 NVBA Mtg - How to Winterize your Bees - Anne Fraser - EAS Master Beekeeper
19 Oct 2024	Oct 19 - So You Want to Keep Bees? An overview class about the ins and outs of beekeeping.
25 Jun 2024	June 25 - NVBA Meeting - Kim Mehalick - The many uses of Snelgrove boards
28 May 2024	May 28- NVBA Meeting - Dr Katie Lee - The Economics of Requeening and Effect on Colony Health
23 Apr 2024	April 23 - NVBA Meeting -Impacts of Viruses on Honey Bees at the Colony, Individual and Cellular Level - Dr. Michelle Flenniken
26 Mar 2024	March 26 NVBA Meeting - The Interactive Impacts of Pesticides and Poor Nutrition on Honey Bees - Dr Priya Basu
23 Mar 2024	NVBA Bee Social - March 23 10am -12pm
02 Mar 2024	Intermediate Class - Practical Elements of Small Scale Queen Production Class with Mike Church
27 Feb 2024	February 27 NVBA Mtg - Raising Queens in Small Apiaries - NVBA Instructors
16 Jan 2024	Jan 16 (Note the earlier date!) NVBA Meeting - Bill Hesbach on Thermoregulation and Ventilation in Hives
29 Nov 2023	Nov 29 NVBA Meeting - Mike Church, Winter Hive Management - Getting ready for the Spring Rush
11 Nov 2023	So You Want to Keep Bees? An overview class about the ins and outs of beekeeping.
27 Sep 2023	NVBA Mtg - Sept 27, 2023 Jim Fraser - Everything Honey!!!
09 Aug 2023	NVBA Mtg - Aug 9, 2023 Hybrid Mtg - Zoom and in person - Jason Murphy - Preparation and Tactics for Fall and Winter with a Focus on Nutrition
27 Jun 2023	NVBA Mtg - June 27, 2023 Garett Slater - Baton Rouge Bee Lab - Russian Bees
07 Jun 2023	AZ (Slovenian) Hive Lunch and Learn rescheduled for Jun 7 12pm
07 May 2023	NVBA Bee Social - May 7, 2023 4pm - Tony West Demaree Method
25 Apr 2023	NVBA Mtg - April 25, 2023 Spring Management Panel of Experts
28 Mar 2023	NVBA Mtg - March 28, 2023 Dewey Caron -Colony Creep - keeping your apiary in bounds
15 Mar 2023	AZ (Slovenian) Hive Lunch and Learn/User group start up
28 Feb 2023	NVBA Mtg - Feb 28, 2023 - John Hrubec - How to make Magical Mead
18 Feb 2023	NVBA Bee Social - Put Together- Get Together for woodenware Feb 18th 9:30-12:30
04 Feb 2023	NVBA Bee Social - Feb 4, 2023 - Cool Tools! and Swap, Sell or Give Away
18 Jan 2023	Beginning Beekeeping Class - Jan 18,25 Feb 1,8,15,22
17 Jan 2023	NVBA Mtg - Jan 17, 2023 - Denise Ellsworth - Phenology for Beekeepers- Registration Required
06 Dec 2022	NVBA Mtg - Dec 6, 2022 - Jim Fraser - Winter Beekeeping - tasks and concerns
25 Oct 2022	NVBA mtg - Oct 25 - Cameron Jack - Oxalic Acid update - How much to use?
27 Sep 2022	NVBA mtg Sept 27 - Robyn Underwood - How Bee foods impact our overwintering success!
23 Aug 2022	NVBA mtg Aug 23 -Dr Joshua Jakum - Bees Stings and Venom
28 Jun 2022	NVBA mtg - Jun 28 - Dr. Margaret Couvillion - How Pollinators' Lack of Forage Effect Health of our colonies & what we need to do to Help them
24 May 2022	NVBA mtg - May 24 - Dr. Jon Zawislak - Common Scents: Pheromone Communication in the Bee Hive
26 Apr 2022	NVBA mtg - April 26 - James Tew - "Splits and Divides -- Controlling Your Bee Population"
22 Mar 2022	NVBA mtg - March 22 - Mark Dykes - Setting your Bees up for Success: Spring management Recommendations
22 Feb 2022	Feb 22, 2022 -Tuesday - Jonna Sanders- local beekeeper who uses AŽ (Slovenian) hives to save her back from lifting heavy boxes! Also NVBA Business meeting for BOD voting and Budget presentation will take pace
25 Jan 2022	JAN 25, 2021 -Tuesday - Presentation of nominations for NVBA BOD and Ruth Meredith - Virginia Queen Bee Breeders Network and the value of improved queen stock
20 Jan 2022	Beginning Beekeeping Class - Jan 20,27 Feb 3,10,17,24
07 Dec 2021	Dec 7, 2021 -Tuesday - Dr Jakum on Honey labeling and infant botulism
27 Oct 2021	Oct 27, 2021 - Wednesday!! Brenda Kiessling on Native Bees
28 Sep 2021	Sept 28, 2021 NVBA Meeting - Anne Fraser with EAS outbrief and presentation on winterizing your hives
24 Aug 2021	August 24, 2021 NVBA Meeting - Results of the APHIS survey - Keith Tignor and Anne Fraser with EAS outbrief
22 Jun 2021	June 22, 2021 NVBA Meeting - Harvesting Hive Products - John Ferree
01 Jun 2021	July 2021 NVBA Meeting - No Meeting
25 May 2021	May 25, 2021 Zoom Mtg - Melanie Kirby - Bees as Seeds
27 Apr 2021	April 27, 2021 NVBA Meeting - Tim Paule - Detroit HIves whose purpose is to bring diversity and cognizance to bee awareness and rebuilding inner-city communities introducing Detroit as the place to “BEE”.
23 Mar 2021	March 23, 2021 NVBA Meeting - Frederick P. Proni on the importance of colony equalization
23 Feb 2021	February 23th, 2021 NVBA Meeting - Steve Repasky - Swarm Essentials
26 Jan 2021	January 26th, 2021 NVBA Meeting - Ann Zudekoff - 10 Stupid Things Beekeepers Do
24 Nov 2020	November 24th NVBA Meeting - Frank Walker - Virginia Master Beekeeping Program
27 Oct 2020	October NVBA Meeting - Maggie Mills of Hope Honey Farm is a Certified Naturally Grown (CNG) urban honey bee farm Zoom meeting
29 Sep 2020	September NVBA Meeting - Toni Burnham - preparing your bees for winter
25 Aug 2020	August NVBA Meeting - Beth McClelland - VA State Apiary Inspector
28 Jul 2020	July 21st NVBA Meeting - Crabby Bees giving you the Summertime Blues?
23 Jun 2020	June Meeting -Christina Grozinger, Penn State Entomologist, Director Pollinator Research on Bee Nutritional Ecology
26 May 2020	May Meeting (Zoom) - Theo Hartmann from Broodminder
28 Apr 2020	April NVBA Meeting will be online - Dealing with Swarms
31 Mar 2020	March NVBA Meeting has been cancelled
11 Feb 2020	February 11th NVBA Meeting - Please note different date! Demo of AZ Slovenian Hive - Maria Velikonja
02 Feb 2020	Beginning Beekeeping Feb 2, 9, 16, 23 Class
14 Jan 2020	January NVBA Meeting - James Wilson VTech Extension Apiculturist Please note different date!
12 Jan 2020	Beginning Beekeeping Jan 12 & 19 Class
26 Nov 2019	November NVBA Meeting - Neat Beekeeping Equipment and emergency bee feeding
16 Nov 2019	So you want to keep bees? - A information session on beekeeping requirements - Nov 16
23 Oct 2019	October NVBA Meeting - Note Wed date! Anne Fraser - “What Happens to Beehives in Winter and How to Winterize Them.”
24 Sep 2019	September NVBA Meeting - 2019 American Honey Queen, Hannah Sjostrom and NVBA black jar honey contest
27 Aug 2019	August NVBA Meeting - Bret Fisher, Chestnut Glen Bees - queen rearing and maintaining nucs year round.
23 Jul 2019	July NVBA Meeting - No Meeting!!
25 Jun 2019	June NVBA Meeting -Jamie Ellis, PhD, U of Florida - What is killing Honey Bees and what can we do about it?
28 May 2019	May NVBA Meeting - Dr. Troy Baker (MD) - venom allergies, Keith Tignor - State Apiarist - hive inspection for bee sales
30 Apr 2019	April NVBA Meeting - Dr. Samuel Ramsey - Varroa Destructor & Tropilalax mite
26 Mar 2019	March NVBA Meeting - Steve Rapasky - Swarm Management
26 Feb 2019	February NVBA Meeting - Ms Swathi Veerialli - Lotions & Potions, Mr. John Orr - Fight the Bite and NVBA Budget presentation
10 Feb 2019	Beginning Beekeeping Feb 10, 17, 24 & Mar 3 Class
29 Jan 2019	Jan 29 Mtg Cancelled due to Inclement Weather!! We hope to reschedule Dr Ramsey!
12 Jan 2019	Beginning Beekeeping Jan 12, 19, 26 & Feb 2 Class
15 Dec 2018	So you want to keep bees? - A short intro to beekeeping requirements - Dec 15 Class
29 Nov 2018	November NVBA Meeting - Parks Talley - “Hives the Warm Way” and using a Snelgrove board to prevent swarming
25 Oct 2018	October NVBA Meeting - Note Thursday date!! - Bob Wellemeyer - wax products
25 Sep 2018	September NVBA Meeting - Swathi Veeravalli - making lotions and products from the hive
28 Aug 2018	August NVBA Meeting -
24 Jul 2018	July - No NVBA Meeting!!
26 Jun 2018	June NVBA Meeting - Varroa Mite Testing and Treatment - Tim Schuler
22 May 2018	May NVBA Meeting - All about Raising Russian Bees - Richland Honey Bees
24 Apr 2018	April NVBA Meeting
27 Mar 2018	March NVBA Meeting - Margaret Chatham - Blooms for Bees: Providing Pollen and Nectar Beyond the Spring and Beth McClelland - Hive Inspections
27 Feb 2018	February NVBA Meeting - Brenda Kiessling - Raising Osmia (orchard bees)- VOTING for NVBA Board of Directors
23 Jan 2018	January NVBA Meeting - Mike Church, Late Winter - Early Spring Hive Management
14 Jan 2018	Beginning Beekeeping Jan 14 & 21 Class
09 Dec 2017	Beginning Beekeeping Dec 9 & 16 Class
07 Dec 2017	December NVBA Meeting - Dr. Jay Evans - Bee Research Lab
14 Nov 2017	November NVBA Meeting - Note the earlier date!! Dr. Nancy Ostiguy
26 Sep 2017	September NVBA Meeting Dr. Kirsten Traynor - Varroa: Bilogy, Control and Virus Transmission
22 Aug 2017	August NVBA Meeting - Getting Ready for Winter - Bruce Jackabon
31 Jul 2017	EAS 2017
25 Jul 2017	July - No NVBA Meeting!!
27 Jun 2017	June NVBA Meeting Kelly Kulhanek from U of MD Entomology
23 May 2017	May NVBA Meeting with Bill Bundy
25 Apr 2017	April NVBA Meeting - Impromptu questions and answers on hive management
28 Mar 2017	March NVBA Meeting - Open Board of Directors Meeting
08 Mar 2017	Dewey Caron - Some Good News about Bees!
28 Feb 2017	February NVBA Meeting - Maggie Mills - Products of the Hive ..... Hands On: Dead Out Analysis
25 Feb 2017	Beginning Beekeeping Feb 25 & Mar 4 Class
24 Jan 2017	January NVBA Meeting - Winter Feeding
15 Jan 2017	Beginning Beekeeping Jan 15 & 22 Class
12 Nov 2016	Learning with Landi
05 Nov 2016	Introduction to Beginning Beekeeping

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Upcoming events

Jan 28 - NVBA Meeting - Valerie Wampler - What Honey Do Bees Eat? Why & How They Get It.

Past events