Beekeeping in Vermont...

Vermont Farm Show - Call for Volunteers

VBA Booth at Vermont Farm Show Jan 29th to 31th 2019

Call for Volunteers

Once again the Vermont Beekeepers Association is hosting a booth at the farm show. This booth was ably managed by David Prior until his untimely death. We are seeking someone to take the torch and manage the booth this year. The individual would set up the exhibit and coordinate staffing of the booth for the 3 days of the farm show. It is a great opportunity to meet the public and to introduce people to the fascinating world of honeybees.

This is an ideal opportunity for a beekeeping club to do community outreach and share their enthusiasm for beekeeping. Please contact Jack Rath for all the details at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

USDA Colony Loss and Honey Production Survey

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will be collecting information about colony loss in the honey industry and honey
production throughout the United States.

The Quarterly Colony Loss survey will be conducted December 2018 through January 2019. For more information, go to the UVM agricultural risk management web site and click on the "News and Events" item about this survey or read this.

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First study to reveal wild bees’ impacts on blueberry size, quality from UVM's Gund Institute for Environment.

Want bigger, faster-growing blueberries? New research shows wild bees are an essential secret ingredient in larger and better blueberry yields – producing plumper, faster-ripening berries.

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