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2018 Summer Meeting Agenda & Registration

The preliminary agenda for the VBA 2018 Summer meeting is available. (A PDF of the agenda is available for download.) Updates to the agenda will be made as they are received.

VBA Members may register for the meeting below. (If you are not logged in to the site you will be prompted to do so.) We are experimenting with a new registration process for meetings, allowing you to preregister online. You will receive an email confirmation along with a ticket and copy of the meeting agenda which you may bring to the meeting. If you are not a current member you may register at the meeting.

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Published: 29 May 2018 29 May 2018

North Yard Workshop Photos

Great weather at today's ACBA workshop where "Talking Bees with Chaz Mraz" was the program. Chaz covered many topics including making nucs, recognizing types of queens cells, mite monitoring, and treatment options as well as wide-ranging questions on Spring and Fall hive management. Pics (provided by Fred Putnam) are available on the VBA website gallery.

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Published: 16 June 2018 16 June 2018

Mares on Bee Democracy

VBA's Bill Mares on VPR recently discussing democracy as practiced by honeybees - with a nod to Thomas Seeley's Honeybee Democracy.

(VBA's Twitter feed also features the link and can be followed with RSS on our newsfeed page.)

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Published: 12 June 2018 12 June 2018

Speaker Needed in Hardwick

We received a request for a beekeeper to speak to a local organization in Hardwick in July. If you are interested, please look at the Opportunities page in the Members Only area of the website - login required.

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Published: 06 June 2018 06 June 2018