Meet Darci Benoit
Darci Benoit is VBA's new Membership Secretary seat. She was nominated to replace outgoing secretary Scott Wilson.
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- Last Updated: 17 October 2020 17 October 2020
Meet Jeff Battaglini
Jeff Battaglini is VBA's new Vice-President. He replaces Andrew Munkres who is VBA's new President effective October 17.
Jeff started his beekeeping journey years before he brought his first hive home. He noticed there were very few pollinators around the native Vermont landscape. So he started researching bees and talking to local beekeepers. He joined the Vermont Beekeepers Association (VBA) and all the local beekeeping clubs he could find. Jeff also started taking beekeeping classes and broke ground on his apiary site in October 2014.
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- Last Updated: 17 October 2020 17 October 2020
If You Missed our Winter Hive Prep Workshop...
Last night, VBA Recording Secretary and Certified Beekeeper Fred Putnam, with assistance from VBA Vice President Andrew Munkres and Past President Bill Mares, presented VBA's last online workshop of the season. The topic was "Preparing Your Hives for Winter."
The recorded session is available on the VBA website (login required). Look for Winter Hive Prep.
The session runs about 100 minutes and covers these topics and more:
- Target hive weights and weighing hives
- Fast feeding
- Pest mitigation
- Wrapping and insulating
- Actions during winter
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- Last Updated: 22 September 2020 22 September 2020
2020 VBA "Summer" Meeting Agenda
The Vermont Beekeepers Association Board of Directors is pleased to announce the "summer" meeting to be conducted over the Zoom online platform. (Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, our Summer meeting, originally scheduled for July had to be cancelled.) All VBA members are invited to participate by registering at the link below.
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- Last Updated: 12 October 2020 12 October 2020