Hive Loss Update & Beekeeping Tech

Kim Skyrm will be speaking on the winter loss survey/honey bee health update.Dave Strickler will speak on beekeeping tech and remote data collection with BroodMinder devices. His map of apiaries uploading data from BroodMinder devices is available at www.beecounted.org, and the site for beekeepers who want to share their data is www.beekeeping.io From the beekeeping.io website: For thousands of […]

Tour de Hives

The Tour de Hives will engage, educate and enchant you with a first-hand look at honey bees in hives across the city, guided by the humans who tend them. On Sunday, June 18th, from 9am til noon, join us for a bicycle tour of apiaries in Mattapan and Jamaica Plain followed by a bring-your-own-picnic lunch […]

September BABA Meeting: Overwintering Panel

Come discuss overwintering with a diverse panel of beekeepers! Be sure to bring all your questions! Our panelists include:Anita Deeley, Beverly Bees (https://www.beverlybees.com/welcome-to-the-apiary/) Peter Montague, BABA Vice President Bill Perkins, Agricultural Hall (http://www.aghall.com/) Dave Strickler, BABA Webmaster LOCATION:  This meeting is free for BABA dues-paying members. We suggest a $5 donation from non-dues-paying members to […]

Bee Girl Comes to Boston

Over the last six years the Bee Girl organization has grown from one person with a passionate vision, love for bees, and two bee hives towed to Oregon from Montana in a uhall, to a thriving nonprofit organization with two staff members, three graduate student interns, seven directors, and a world-wide impact.  Sarah Red-Laird, founder […]

Talk on keeping bees in urban environments

Dave Strickler of the Boston Area Beekeepers Association gives a talk on honeybees in urban environments, what it's like to raise honeybees in your backyard, and the small things you can do to help honeybees flourish on Thursday, September 13, at 6 p.m. at the Parker Hill Branch, located at 1497 Tremont Street.There are no tickets […]

Talk on keeping bees in urban environments

Dave Strickler of the Boston Area Beekeepers Association gives a talk on honeybees in urban environments, what it's like to raise honeybees in your backyard, and the small things you can do to help honeybees flourish on Wed, Oct 10th, at 4 p.m. at the West Roxbury Branch, located at 1961 Centre St, West Roxbury, MA, United […]

Meredith May discusses her forthcoming memoir

Award-winning San Francisco Chronicle journalist and fifth-generation beekeeper Meredith May will be in conversation with Noah Wilson-Rich, Chief Scientific Officer of Best Bees Company, about her forthcoming memoir, THE HONEY BUS: A Girl Saved By Bees.

Monitoring your Hives Temperature, Humidity and Weight

For thousands of years, beekeepers have only guessed what's happening inside their hives. BeekeepingIO & BroodMinder is about to change all that. We collect environmental conditions from hives around the world, then analyze and share that information with curious individuals, citizen scientists, and entomologists. We know bees are in trouble, and that tried and true […]

WCBA Spring 2019 Meeting

All day WCBA meeting on March 2nd at the Grafton High School. Speakers include Marla Spivak of Minnesota and Christina Grozinger of Penn State speaking on their recent research on bee health. Cold cut sandwiches, salads and drink available (see WCBA website for lunch form: http://worcestercountybeekeepers.com) 2019-WCBA-March-Conference.pdf poster of the event.

Hands-on: Swarms & Splits — ‘Tis the Season!

Join longtime beekeeper Mark Lewis in BABA's apiary at MassAudubon's Boston Nature Center to learn how and when to split a hive, and some of the many ways to perform splits. We will also discuss swarms, and learn a few basic swarm-catching tips & tricks. Bring jackets & veils (some will also be available to […]

Meet & Greet

Meet and Greet: A change to meet other Boston area beekeepers in an informal setting. POSTPONED - NEW DATE AND TIME WILL BE ANNOUNCED HERE SOON