MDAR State of the State: Update on honeybee health in the Commonwealth Tuesdays 7:00pm - 9:00 pm Zoom Meeting ID: 870 4431 9225 Passcode: 165665 Events are NOT recorded
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.
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.
BABA members will get an exclusive tour through The Colony's meadery and Rick will talk about his his experience on commercial beekeeping.https://thecolonyma.com/ This event is for BABA members only, to register please email president@bostonbeekeepers.org You can become a member here: https://www.bostonbeekeepers.org/members/
Julia Mahood is a Georgia Master Beekeeper who has been keeping bees since 2004. She created the citizen science website MapMyDca.com to gather data on drone congregation areas. Julia was awarded the Georgia Beekeeper of the year in 2018. A graphic artist, she designed the Georgia "Save the honey bee" license plate. She is passionate […]
Colin McCallum-Cook is a horticulturalist at the Arnold Arboretum, where he cares for the oak, viburnum, juniper, hornbeam, mountain laurel, and corkwood collections. He is also responsible for managing some of the Arboretum’s wilder, naturalized landscapes such as Bussey Brook, the Rockery, and the Hunnewell Meadow.Colin has a long experience in stewarding natural and anthropogenic […]
Tom Sullivan, Masters of Arts in Landscape DesignA life long student of nature and lover of honey and honeybees from an early age, Tom took a winding path to unearth his passion. He has organized community gardens, led teens on wild food hikes, worked on vegetable farms; was an intern at The Rural Education Center […]
What to look for outside the hive, at entrance and in the hive during an inspection.Presentation addresses the following: Bears, Raccoons, Skunks Robbing Swarming Bad Temperament Disease Queen right (or not) Evaluating Resources (Nectar/Pollen/Brood) Small Hive Beetle, Wax Moths and (the dreaded) Varroa Mite… and so much more! Jean Miller Beekeeper since 2014. Cornell University […]
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The world’s distribution of honey bee species is discussed highlighting Thailand as a hotspot of diversity where four native and one non-native species live. (Apis dorsata, A. florea, A. andreniformis, A. cerana, A.mellifera) The three branches of honey bees is defined – Cavity Nesters, Giants, and Dwarfs Size comparisons, behavior characteristics, and […]
To Register email: president@bostonbeekeepers.org Free to all BABA members! Lynn Adler is an evolutionary ecologist who studies how floral resources affect pollinator health. She is a professor in the Biology Department at UMass Amherst, where she has worked since 2004. Prior to that, she was a professor in Biology at Virginia Tech, after receiving her […]
Insects in Winter(This is not an event organized or hosted by BABA) When: January 28, 2023 (Saturday) 1:00-2:30pm Location: Boston Nature Center and Wildlife Sanctuary, Mattapan 500 Walk Hill Street, Mattapan MA 02126 Audience: Adult FREE to BABA Members!!!! Registration is required. This program will start with a general introduction to insects; to learn what […]