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!

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

Per GABC tradition, we do not hold our July meeting because it is so close to the Independence Day Holiday. Please join us on Facebook to share what’s happening in your hives — GABC on Facebook.

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

At the June meeting, the Gainesville Area Bee Club will hold a judged Honey Show for members. To make it simple for the membership (and for the judges), there will be only three classes: a black jar class, a novice class, and an extracted honey class. Here are the specifics:

At the June meeting, the Gainesville Area Bee Club will hold a judged Honey Show for members. To make it simple for the membership (and for the judges), there will be only three classes: a black jar class, a novice class, and an extracted honey class. Here are the specifics:

Hang on to your hats (veils), there are some fun things headed your way for our monthly meetings. In April, Ricardo Diaz will talk with us about beekeeping in Honduras. Ricardo is studying beekeeping with Gary VanCleef for several months and we are lucky enough to have him coming to

GAB Minutes March 2015

GAB AGENDA February 2015 Just in time for the new season — our February meeting will feature information about Splits and Swarms. Master Beekeepers will present information, answer questions, with time for small groups to allow member discussions. We’ll also be holding the raffle drawing for the UF Bee College