2019 Spring Meeting June 15
Dr. Humberto Boncristiani, presents his research on the SMALL HIVE BEETLE. Also: Enter our FREE Honey Tasting Contest! AND learn how to characterize honey’s taste and how to prepare for the Fair contests. Read More …
Author: Phil Frank
New Website Features! Calendar and Social Sharing
We have new features to share information with you, and for you to share MSBA info with your friends. MSBA’s website has added an interactive CALENDAR with several features, including letting you sync bee events to your personal calendar. We also have PRINT and SOCIAL SHARING buttons so you can Read More …
2019 Winter Meeting February 02
EXPERT presenters will include:
Dr. Samuel Ramsey, cutting edge VARROA MITE researcher expert.
William Sprenkle, QUEEN REARING and evaluations. How to improve your own stock, Mark Dykes, Bee Squad coordinator for the vanEngelsdorp Bee Lab, and Cybil Preston, MD Apiary Inspector. Read More …
MSBA Website Adds MORE Services
MSBA now has special web pages to help you connect with other beekeepers and the public. Checkout these great NEW FEATURES…
… “LOCAL HONEY FOR SALE”….
“BUY/SELL BEES”… “MSBA ONLINE DIRECTORY”, and a lot more
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Beekeeping News and Notes
Making the news… HOW HONEY BEE Clumps Withstand the Wind… Common WEED KILLER (Glyphosate) May Impact Honey Bee Mortality… ROYAL JELLY is not just superfood, it’s SUPER GLUE Read More …
Free Bee Art
The Art Institute of Chicago has made public 82,000+ high resolution digital images of paintings, prints and other artifacts. All are completely free to download and reuse. I typed “bee” into the search engine and was delighted to find this gem of a print from hundreds of hits. This is from 1578 by Joannes Stradanus, a Flemish artist who Read More …
Humor
“You’re not going to find anything in your price range that isn’t full of bees.”
Inspector’s Report
What a crazy weather year! I was hearing about swarms all the way into September…WEIRD!!!!
Unfortunately I am again seeing a large number of “Fall Crash or “Fall Dwindle.” Without opening the beehive you’d think it is a fairly strong because robbing bees can make the hive look industrious. Some symptoms are more than a handful of dead bees in front of the hive with normal activity inside: upon inspection no bees at all meaning no brood no nothing. Some of these hives were treated for mites some were not. My diagnosis is that this is mite/viral load-related. Read More …
The Beeline
The Beeline is published three times a year, and is full of club activities, bee news from the scientific community, meeting agendas and details, and more. The MSBA has published the Beeline newsletter for over 25 years. Members receive this valuable publication via email as a part of their club membership. CLICK HERE to see the most recent Beeline Newsletters, plus archives.