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2024 OBA Spring Meeting

2024 OBA Spring Meeting Friday, April 5th - 9:00am to Saturday, April 6th, 2024 - 5:30pm The OBA Spring Meeting will take at the Ancaster Fairgrounds in Ancaster, ON.Convention will be hybrid: In-person & ONLINE via Zoom (both require registration)Early bird registration rates will end on March 27th - Don't delay.There will be a tour to end the day on Saturday, April…
UOVBA News Bot
March 6, 2024
Bee Culture

Bee Box Project

Lucile Morehouse, age 13, is an active 4-H member in Choctaw County, Oklahoma. She created a service project that focuses on saving pollinators. Last year Lucile was awarded the Youth Enhancement Grant from the Oklahoma 4-H Foundation. This one-time grant allowed Lucile to distribute 600 seed packets that went to 16 different states. This year, thanks to generous donations from…
UOVBA News Bot
March 6, 2024
Bee Culture

2024 American Honey Queen & Princess

2024 AMERICAN HONEY QUEEN & PRINCESS HAIL FROM WISCONSIN & MAINE The American Beekeeping Federation is proud to announce that Kaelyn Sumner and Lainey Bell were selected as the 2024 American Honey Queen and Princess. Queen Kaelyn is the 21-year-old daughter of Robert and Traci Sumner of Cecil, Wisconsin. She is a senior at Kansas State University, majoring in Agriculture…
UOVBA News Bot
March 5, 2024
Bee Culture

EPA Advisory

Study Hall – From the Editor By: Jerry Hayes Honey bees continue to struggle with pests, parasites and disease. Varroa and the varroa/Virus Complex is the main challenge for honey bees as it results in their overall loss of health, strength and vitality. We beekeepers have to be informed, connected and responsive to how we can be better honey bee…
UOVBA News Bot
March 4, 2024
Bee Culture

Adaptive Beekeeping

https://www.beeculture.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/AgrAbility2.mp3 Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! Adaptive Beekeeping Some possible solutions for “when your mind makes a promise that your body can’t fill.”* By: Ross Conrad I turned 60 last year and I’m starting to contemplate how much longer I will be physically…
UOVBA News Bot
March 1, 2024
Bee Culture

What New Beekeepers Should Know About Old Beekeepers

https://www.beeculture.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Old-and-New-Beekeepers.mp3 Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! James E. Tew, Fifty Years Ago What New Beekeepers Should Know About Old Beekeepers Old beekeepers really do mean to be helpful. By: James E. Tew Jumbled thoughts I know what I want to say, but my…
UOVBA News Bot
March 1, 2024
Bee Culture

Tammy Horn Potter – KSU

For nearly a decade, I have had the privilege as apiarist to work with state universities, bee associations, beekeepers and volunteers to create a better apiculture infrastructure for Kentucky. I’m especially proud of the USDA Honey Bee Health Survey database that started in Kentucky in 2015, providing a panel of information to beekeepers about viruses, mites, spores and in some…
UOVBA News Bot
February 29, 2024