Landi Simone – Products of the Hive — Making and Preparing for the Holidays and Beyond

Landi Simone, owner of Gooserock Farm LLC, in northern New Jersey, will share her experience as a commercial beekeeper, turning the products of her ~100 hives into premium varietal honeys, artisan honey spreads, beeswax cosmetics and handmade beeswax soaps.  Landi will share her tips and tricks for boosting production and honing marketing strategies, as well […]

Winterizing Workshop (In-Person & Zoom)

The discussion will begin with a quick review of the physiology of a winter hive, and the bees' strategies for collecting and storing honey.  Then we'll dive right in with a look at: Wraps, from Bee-Cozies to tar-paper to straw bales and more.  Then we'll look at; Insulating above the colony, starting with quilt boxes, […]

Ang Roell | Sustainable Queen Rearing in the Northeast

Join our former BABA President and one of BABA's founders Ang Roell to learn more about her research (in collaboration with Anarchy Apiaries) on the BEST ways raise queens in the Northeast.Learning to rear your own queens is one of many ways to build a generative apiary. This means more bees adapted to where you […]

Kim Skyrm | Honey Bee Health Update from MA Beekeepers

Kim Skyrm, the Chief Apiary Inspector will be talking to our BABA members! Join the Chief Apiary Inspector, Kim Skyrm, as he shares a summary of the 2021 Apiary Program highlights, inspection data, and trends in the honey bee health for the Commonwealth.

Rich Morris | BroodMinder – Hive Monitoring Devices

Please join us for a presentation from BroodMinder about the state of the art in Electronic Beehive Monitoring. The team at BroodMinder has shipped over 24,000 devices since 2017 and has learned a number of lessons during that time. Rich Morris will share those lessons and will discuss how we observe a growing number of […]

Heather Mattila | Honey Bee Nutrition

More information on this presentation to follow. To register, please email president@bostonbeekeepers.org. Presentations are free to all BABA members, and $5 to non-members.

Jamie Ellis | Queen Related Issues

ECBA and BABA are hosting Jamie Ellis for a zoom presentation to talk about queen related issues. If you want to register, please email president@bostonbeekeepers.org. Free to BABA members, $5 fee to non-members.