Nathan Reid | Lessons Learned in Beekeeping – Things I’m Passionate About
EAS Master Beekeeper 21' Head Beekeeper at the Best Bees Co. Nate grew up in Maryland helping to take care of a few hives in his backyard. Taking that experience with […]
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Andrew Coté | HONEY AND VENOM: Urban Beekeeping
Andrew Coté is an author and a fourth generation beekeeper, Andrew Coté, the owner of Andrew's Local Honey, has been a pioneer in urban beekeeping. Andrew has hives all across […]
How Bad Is It? Using Mite-Drop Counts to Measure & Control Varroa Infestation
By Larry VandeVenter -- Boston beekeeper; BABA and Classroom Hives board member. Like pinballs, mites regularly fall off bees and end up on the hive's bottom board. Counting the number […]
Frontiers in Small Hive Beetle Control
Frontiers in Small Hive Beetle ControlDate: Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, 7:00-8:30pm via Zoom Location: Zoom Register for Lecture As far back as the 1960s, the American beekeeping industry had identified […]
Bees & Pesticides Workshop by Caro Munoz, Ph.D. candidate
Caro Munoz will present the results of her 2021 research into the pesticides bees bring back to the hive and how the effects of these pesticides relate to their interaction […]
Vitellogenin – The Swiss knife of honey bees
Over the last 20 years, my big passion in research has been Vitellogenin. Vitellogenin is a very old protein, more than 700 million years old. If we think of life […]
Ask The Beekeeper
A discussion and Q&A with Dave Lewcon of Dave Lewcon Apiaries, Uxbridge, MA Now is the busiest time of year for bees and beekeepers alike. It's easy to get overwhelmed […]
Hope in the Fight Against Varroa
Virtual Event
Did you miss this presentation? If you're a BABA member, you can find it here. A Presentation by Project Apis m. Executive Director Danielle Downey & Dr. Bob Danka, USDA-retired. Varroa […]
BABA Presentation: Honey bees and native flower visitors in a Boston suburb
Virtual Event
Prof. Primack's talk presents survey results on insect visitation to various plants in Newton, showing that honey bees, bumblebees, and solitary bees coexist on the most popular flora. The findings highlight the diversity of bee species visiting cultivated, native, and pollinator garden plants in the suburb. He will conclude with strategies to protect native pollinators, including minimizing pesticide use and planting pollinator-friendly gardens.
Free – $10.00
Meet the Beekeeper: Peter Byerly
Boston Nature Center 500 Walk Hill Street, Mattapan, MA, United StatesJoin us at the Boston Nature Center (BNC) for a Meet the Beekeeper session each Saturday this summer. Peter will be giving a presentation and a "hive dive" where you'll […]
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BABA: Meet the Beekeeper – Summer 2024
Boston Nature Center 500 Walk Hill Street, Mattapan, MA, United StatesJoin us at the Boston Nature Center (BNC) for a Meet the Beekeeper session each Saturday this summer. You'll have the opportunity to look at real beehives in their summer […]
BABA: Meet the Beekeeper – Summer 2024
Boston Nature Center 500 Walk Hill Street, Mattapan, MA, United StatesJoin us at the Boston Nature Center (BNC) for a Meet the Beekeeper session each Saturday this summer. You'll have the opportunity to look at real beehives in their summer […]