Dr. Tom Rinderer, Team Leader at Baton Rouge USDA Bee LabTopics: Managing Russian Bees and Building your bees for Resistance   Dr. Tom Seeley,Cornell UniversityTopics: Wild Bees in the Forest that are surviving and Why The Beehive as a Factory and what really goes on inside the hive    To buy lunch for the event, […]

Hive opening by Ken Warchol on preparing your hives for winter months. For more information, contact them at (508) 865-6706.

Panel Discussion - Free for Mass Audubon Members $5 for non-members (of Mass Audubon)   Registration link: http://www.massaudubon.org/get-outdoors/program-catalog#program:sanctuary=21:keywords=hive:program_code=35423 One of the greatest challenges to beekeeping in Massachusetts is getting colonies through the winter. Last year Eastern MA beekeepers lost over 50% of their colonies over the winter months; the bees (and beekeepers) need all the help they […]