Missouri State Beekeepers Association will hold its 2022 Spring Conference on March 11 & 12 at the Truman State University, Student Union building, 901 S Franklin St, Kirksville, MO 63501. Speakers include Zac Lamas, beekeeper and PhD student in the Hawthorne Lab at the University of … [Read more...]
Bee Informed
Celebrating BIP: 2021 Silver Linings (And 2022 - Bee More Fun!) As 2021 draws to a close, we here at BIP wanted to take a moment to highlight some of the exciting work we’ve accomplished this year, as we continue our efforts to improve honey bee colony health and survival. Click link to … [Read more...]
HAS is back!
The Heartland Apicultural Society’s Annual Conference is back for 2022! The conference team developing an agenda and identifying top-notch speakers from across the region (and country) for this long-awaiting conference. The HAS2022 conference – the BUZZ of the Heartland – will be held in the heart … [Read more...]
Anti Dumping Lawsuit
To all U.S. Beekeepers, We need your help! We have an urgent need to fight against unfair honey prices for our domestic honey producers. The International Trade Commission has ruled that U.S. Honey Producers have been injured by low imported honey prices (an estimated … [Read more...]
Member Photos
We are configuring a Member Photo Gallery. If you'd like to see your photos in our newsletter and on our website, please send your beekeeping related photos to MSBAnewsletter@gmail.com with a short paragraph detailing the setting, date, and photographers name, a short bio, region located, and number … [Read more...]
Ready for Spring?
There are several things we can all do to get ready for spring besides placing seed and seedling orders. Planning ahead is an excellent way to get the results you want and be kind to your pocket book. You can start by working with an expert. You can locate you local Missouri Department of … [Read more...]
Event Speakers
Do you have an interest in passing on your knowledge? We are creating a list of speakers that would travel to other clubs/events to present topics of interest. Click here to sign up or ask further questions. … [Read more...]
Master Beekeeping Program
Are you interested in furthering your education? Great Plains Master Beekeeping Program makes its debut in Missouri! By Gregg Hitchings - msbagregg@gmail.com Another chapter in Missouri beekeeping was opened at MSBA’s October 18-19, 2019 fall conference in Moberly. Sheldon Brummel, … [Read more...]
Missouri Leads Nation
Missouri leads the nation with a concerted effort to increase monarch habitat, according to Brent Vandeloecht, Mo. Dept of Conservation and the Chairman for the Collaborative Working Group within Missourians for Monarchs Collaborative chairman. Monarch population numbers have decreased 90% in … [Read more...]
TED Talk – Why Bugs Matter
Our own Charlotte Wiggins presents a TEDx Talk on why bugs matter... Charlotte Ekker Wiggins is a lifelong gardener, but it was not until she started to keep honeybees in her garden that she began to understand the scope of the pollinators, down to honeybees providing 1/3 of the world’s food … [Read more...]
