Sunday, July 9, 2023

Fall Beekeeping Workshop - Live at the Auburn Bee Lab -

Click the Link to register - $40

Auburn Fall Beekeeping Workshop 

Date: Saturday, August 26th, 2023

Time: 10 am – 4 pm

Location: Auburn, AL (exact location will be communicated to participants)

Cost: $40 (includes lunch and snacks)

Maximum number of participants: 50

Deadline to register: August 11th; no refunds after August 11th


Sunday, December 18, 2022

 https://www.aces.edu/blog/topics/lawn-garden/alabama-beekeepers-symposium/

28th Annual Alabama Beekeepers Symposium

After being a virtual event for the last few years, the 28th Annual Alabama Beekeepers Symposium is back to being an in-person event. The symposium will take place Saturday February 4 at the Jefferson State Community College Clanton Conference and Performing Arts Center in Clanton, Alabama. The cost to attend is $45, and registration is required. Lunch and refreshments are included in the registration cost.

As always, the ideal of this event is providing science-based beekeeping information for Alabama beekeepers. This year, the symposium will feature two fabulous keynote speakers: Ernesto Guzman from the University of Guelph, Canada and David Tarpy from the University of North Carolina.

For those new to the world of beekeeping, this year’s symposium has the Beginning Beekeeping track. This day-long workshop is taught by professionals from the Alabama Cooperative Extension System and the Auburn University Pollinator Lab. Attendees of this workshop will receive a certificate of completion.

As usual, the event will feature a full floor of beekeeping supply vendors, from major name brands to local artisans. To make the symposium even more fun, a new Honey Show and pre-symposium Welsh Honey Judging Level 1 workshop has been added. Both of these events will be run by Brutz English.



Thursday, February 15, 2018

Wiregrass Beekeepers will be at the 

Landmark Park  Spring Farm Day

March 17 10AM - 3PM
Phillip Carter - Extension Service Specialist will be giving demonstrations an Honey Bees and native pollinators.

WBA members will have tables set up in front of the Bee Hive Enclosure located on the south side of the property.
WBA members will be displaying honey for sale AND various products from the hive.  Soaps, lotions, wax products etc.

Sunday, June 25, 2017

Honey extraction demonstration at Landmark Park June 24th was a success


Susan did a great job overseeing everything.  WBA membership attendance was a bit lower this year, but we were able to spend quality time with our visitors and enjoyed ourselves in the process. 
About 19 gallons of honey was extracted and bottled for the park.  Much of it quickly going out the door in the hands of park visitors who were fascinated to observe the process.  Some even got a bit of hands-on experience. Proceeds from the honey sales will go toward maintaining healthy bee colonies for the park, both on-site and off -site.

Tuesday, February 7, 2017

Intro video for Tools for Varroa Management
https://youtu.be/p4titRjZuOQ
At the Feb 4th, 2017 Alabama Beekeepers Association annual conference in Clanton. AL  Dr. Jamie Ellis (UFL- Gainesville ) spoke on the Honey bee Sustainability

Dr. Ellis said that the top three requirements for keeping a bee colony alive, and well, were:  Varroa control, Productive queens and Nutrition.  The national survey data he reviewed pointed to these three needs time after time.

Dr. Ellis recommends that every beekeeper download the
Tools for Varroa Management
here:  http://honeybeehealthcoalition.org/varroa/

It is Dr. Ellis opinion that there is no better document available today to guide beekeepers on the topic.  He stated that it does not matter whether we are small scale hobby beekeepers; sideliners or large scale commercial beekeepers - this document should be our go-to source of information.

The document covers all kinds of proven methods, from "natural" methods to man-made chemical compounds.