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Interested in helping pollinators, including honeybees? There is a brand new program in Missouri designed to do just that. Your local bee club can sponsor the program, get programming for half a year and generate revenue for club operations. The Missouri Master Pollinator Steward Program officially launched fall of 2018. The six-session program is designed…

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 the last 20 years. The monarch is still under consideration for a listing on…

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 of the heartland in Evansville, IN at the University of Southern Indiana Conference Center. The conference will begin…

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, Master Beekeeping Project Coordinator for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), spoke to the large group…

Missouri State Beekeepers Association (MSBA) is now working with the Great Plains Master Beekeeping Program out of University of Nebraska at Lincoln to bring resources as well as classes to Missouri beekeepers. Started under the direction of Dr. Judy Wu-Smart, assistant professor and extension specialist, who some of you may have met at a past…