The Economist had a very interesting post a couple of days ago about training bees to find landmines and a new app that can tell you what’s wrong with your bees. It can tell if you have hive beetles, varroa, foul brood, if they’re getting ready to swarm, etc.
Read the article for yourself…
This is a short discussion between the President (Cory Stevens) and the Past President (Clayton Lee).
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…
The National Association of County Agricultural Agents has awarded Missouri’s Master Pollinator Steward Program with a National Search for Excellence Award for Environmental Quality. The Environmental Quality award recognizes the development and implementation of an outstanding extension educational program in environmental quality, forestry and natural resources. The national award was designed to recognize members and teams who…
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…
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 of years as a beekeeper.
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 Conservation…