Events

  David Westervelt (CPM, Assistant Chief, Apiary Inspection Section,                Bureau of Plant and Apiary inspection) will be speaking on a topic of his choice!  

Ray Latner, Florida branch manager of Dadant and Sons, Inc, in High Springs, will be joining us for our September meeting. Ray's expertise is highly sought after -- check out a few contributions in the links below! Florida Bee Populations Growing, not Necessarily Thriving Making New Colonies during the Late

Tomas Bustamante will speak to us about using morphometrics to identify different subspecies of bees. Come learn how a microscope can teach us about our buzzing buddies!

Potluck!  Elections!  Happy Holidays! Here is the sign up sheet to bring a dish: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1j5MRpy8YRJTdmg0e2ReZOUimIyCAZ4lQDsgoYI0RMVc/edit?usp=sharing  

"Introduction to Honey Bee Biology and Society" A talk on the life cycle of the Honey Bee and what makes the Bee society work so well. The different roles of the Queen, the Worker and the Drone, and how Pollen and Nectar are collected, stored and used by the entire hive.

Ryan Willingham, a State of Florida inspector, will be teaching us about making splits.  There are many tips and tricks to this skill, so come and learn about it.  Splits can reduce the chance of swarming and they can allow you to expand your bee yard without having to buy