Why Is My New Hive Swarming?
It’s been reported by a handful of people in our county and a bit south of us that their new colony they just installed from a Nuc this year swarmed! I witnessed myself a healthy hive with what seemed like plenty of room building…
June 2020 Meeting at the Health Department
Our usual spot is on schedule to meet in person! See event details here: https://flatheadvalleybeekeepers.club/events/june-meeting-in-person/
August Bee Volunteer Opportunity for Community Education
Our club was contacted from the Center for Sustainability and Entrepreneurship in Whitefish. They are having a community function much like “Free the Seeds” and would like our club to have a table at the event. It is August 1st from 10am – 2…
May 2020 Meeting Facebook Stream
If any of you missed our online May meeting, you can view the stream on our Facebook page linked below. For those of you without Facebook, I apologize but I wasn’t able to record the Zoom meeting. If you have any questions about what…
May Online Zoom Meeting
The Health department will not allow us to meet in groups of greater than 10 until June. Our May meeting will also be online using the Zoom platform. Please check to see if you need to download the Zoom software or apps before the…
April online meeting Tuesday 6 pm
We will be discussing Winter Autopsies, Splitting and Queen rearing techniques, and May To Dos: Meeting Link: https://meet.google.com/qsy-fydx-sga or Join by phone +1 617-675-4444 PIN: 112 742 459 9821# You can attend a Google Meet through your browser or if you want to use…
Free Online Beekeeping 101 from Penn State till 4/30/20
This is exciting, you can take the Beekeeping 101 class online from Penn State for FREE if you register by April 30th, 2020. Please take advantage of this even if you aren’t totally new to beekeeping. I assure you there is always something to…
Swarm Trap How-To Presentation
The slide presentation that Angela gave earlier this year about how to build and execute swarm traps is now live on our Resources > How-To Presentations page Also including it here below for your convenience:
Building Swarm Traps Under $10
Because our efforts to have a workshop for building traps have been squashed by Shelter in Place directives, I wanted to give all of you an online video source for building your own swarm traps! You can certainly “convert” a deep box into a…
Free! New Bee Magazine Issue
Our friends at 2 million Blossoms are offering a free January 2020 electronic issue to help pull us out of our Covid-19 depression! You can take advantage of it here