ESHPA 2025 Scholarship

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ESHPA 2025 Scholarship

January 26, 2025 The Empire State Honey Producers Association (ESHPA) and The New York State Beekeepers Association (NYSBA) are offering a $1,000 scholarship to further studies that can have an impact on...

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Things To Consider When Hosting Hives On Your Property

January 29, 2023 Hosting hives on your property can be a rewarding experience, but it is important to understand what you’re getting into. Read through the following list of things to consider. For...

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Swarming & Swarm Management

April 12, 2022 By Bill O’Hern What is swarming? Swarming is the natural way the honeybee propagates the species. It turns a healthy strong hive into two or more hives.  Thus enabling the honeybee...

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Club Elections 2022

March 17, 2022 Elections for officers and amendments to the By-Laws will be held at our March General Meeting. All paid members in good standing who attend the meeting are eligible to vote. In preparation...

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Nucs And Pkgs For 2022

December 10, 2021 It is hard to believe that we are just getting our colonies winterized and we are writing about spring readiness.  That is because now is the time to place orders for...

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The Last Mite Treatment

November 15, 2021 This morning I was out in the apiary taking off robbing screens and replacing them with mouse guards and reducers.  It as in the low 40s, and no bees were flying.  But, several of the...

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Varroa Mites In The Fall

October 16, 2021 Have you done a varroa count lately?  Several beekeepers have told me their tale of whoa, of finding a substancial jump in their counts in the last couple of weeks.  The picture...

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Marking Queens

June 17, 2021 What does it mean to mark a Queen? It is simply placing a small dot of paint or a sticker on the thorax of the Queen. When you purchase Queens, having the Queen marked is usually an option...

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Honey Bee Health Improvement Legislation for New York State

May 31, 2021 The New York State Assembly has some legislation in committee right now that concerns Honey Bees.  The bill is A 7568 and you can read it...

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NY Bee Wellness Spring Survey & Bee Informed Partnership Annual Survey Now Available

April 7, 2021 You can help overall bee health by participating in some annual citizen science surveys. NY Bee Wellness Spring Survey 2021 NY Bee Wellness would like to assess the situation for...

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