Please note: BYBA workshops are open to members and their guests.

 Saturday, March 9, 2019 Hands on Hive set up: Leslie Huston & Board (Norfield Grange, Weston, 11am)

Saturday, March 23, 2019 Bear Fence, Swarms & Cut-outs: Jeff Shwartz (Norfield Grange, Weston, noon)

Sunday, March 24, 2019 CSI: Deadout: Bobbie Meyzen (BYBA Bee Yard, Easton, 11am)

Saturday, April 27, 2019 Hiving Package Bees: Bobbie Meyzen (BYBA Bee Yard, Easton, 11am)

Saturday, May 4, 2019 Bee Wellness, Hands on Hive (BYBA Bee Yard, Easton)

Saturday, May 4, 2019 Hive Inspection 1: Bobbie Meyzen (BYBA Bee Yard, Easton, 11am)

Saturday, May 11, 2019 Bee Wellness, Microscopy (Earthplace, Westport)

Saturday, May 18, 2018 Bee Yard Open House: Steve Kinsella & Board (BYBA Bee Yard, Easton, 11am)

Saturday, June 1, 2019 Hive Inspection Part: 2, Ralph Szur (BYBA Bee Yard, Easton, 11am)

Sunday, June 2, 2019 Basic Queen Rearing: Michael Lund & Leslie Huston (BYBA Bee Yard, Easton, 11am)

Saturday June 8, 2019 Swarming & Making Splits: Win Baum (Baum’s apiary, Fairfield, 10:30)

Saturday, June 15, 2019 Over-wintering Nucs (BYBA Bee Yard, Easton, 10am)

Saturday, June 29, 2019 Hive Inspection Part 3: Mary Howansky (Howansky apiary, Stamford, 9am)

Saturday, July 27 & Sunday, July 28, 2019 Honey Harvest #1: Ellen Zampino (Greenwich Audubon)

Saturday, August 3, 2019 Fall Preparation Workshop: David Blocher (BYBA Bee Yard, 10am)

Saturday, September 7, 2019 Hive Inspection Part 4: Richard Glover (BYBA Bee Yard, 11am)

Saturday, September 14 & Sunday, September 15, 2019 Honey Harvest #2: Ellen Zampino (Greenwich Audubon)

Sunday, September 22, 2019 Assessing Hives going into winter, David Blocher (BYBA Bee Yard, 11am)

Sunday, September 29, 2019 Honey Tasting: Marina Marchese (Norfield Grange, Weston, 2pm)

Saturday, October 26, 2019 (was October 20) Beeswax Workshop: Ellen Zampino & Patty Pulliam (Norfield Grange, Weston, 11am)Saturday,

October 26, 2019 (was October 20) Soap-making: Patty Heyl and Rick Glover (Norfield Grange, Weston, 1pm)

The BYBA monthly meetings begin at 7:30 pm on the last Tuesday of the month at the Norfield Church Community Room at 64 Norfield Road, Weston Connecticut. There is usually a meeting designed specifically for new beekeepers at 6:15pm (prior to our regular meetings). Our calendar is subject to change, so please check our website for the latest updates (www.backyardbeekeepers.com) or call any members of the Board (see listing of Board members).

These events are free and open to the public.

In addition, a number of weekend workshops are scheduled each year to give participants a hands-on opportunity to learn new beekeeping skills & techniques and visit other bee yards.

January 30, 2018 Howland Blackiston: JeoparBee

February 27, 2018 Kirsten Traynor: Over The Atlantic: European Intensive Hive Management

March 27, 2018 Christy Hemenway: Top Bar Hives

April 24, 2018 Roberta Glatz: The Biology of Swarming

May 22, 2018 Peter Borst: Harvesting Honey, Let Me Count the Ways

June 26, 2018 Pot Luck Dinner and Silent Auction

September 25, 2018 Richard Cowles: The Queen of Your Dreams

October 30, 2018 Dewey Caron: Working toward Natural/Treatment-free Colony Management

November 27, 2018 Bill Hesbach: Over-wintering

The BYBA monthly meetings begin at 7:30 pm on the last Tuesday of the month at the Norfield Church Community Room at 64 Norfield Road, Weston Connecticut. There is usually a meeting designed specifically for new beekeepers at 6:15pm (prior to our regular meetings). Our calendar is subject to change, so please check our website for the latest updates (www.backyardbeekeepers.com) or call any members of the Board (see listing of Board members).

These events are free and open to the public.

In addition, a number of weekend workshops are scheduled each year to give participants a hands-on opportunity to learn new beekeeping skills & techniques and visit other bee yards.

January 31, 2017 Sharp Eatman: Wild bees

February 28, 2017 Aaron Morris: Topic TBA

March 28, 2017 Carl Jurica: Raising local queens

April 25, 2017 Frederique Keller: Apitheraphy

May 23, 2017 Christina Grozinger: Partnering with beekeepers

June 27, 2017 Dinner & Silent Auction Meeting

September 26, 2017 Tom Seeley: Honey bees in the wild

October 31, 2017 Kirk Webster: The Evolution of Darwinian Beekeeping.

November 28, 2017 Jennifer Berry: Varroa Virulence

The BYBA monthly meetings begin at 7:30 pm on the last Tuesday of the month at the Norfield Church Community Room at 64 Norfield Road, Weston Connecticut. There is usually a meeting designed specifically for new beekeepers at 6:15pm (prior to our regular meetings). Our calendar is subject to change, so please check our website for the latest updates (www.backyardbeekeepers.com) or call any members of the Board (see listing of Board members).

These events are free and open to the public.

In addition, a number of weekend workshops are scheduled each year to give participants a hands-on opportunity to learn new beekeeping skills & techniques and visit other bee yards.

January 26, 2016 Alison Gillespie, author: Hives in the City

February 23, 2016 Jonathan Snow, PhD. Barnard on Housewarming: Thermoregulation in Honey Bee Colonies

March 29, 2016 Dr.John Boyce M.D., Yale on Honey as Medicine

April 26, 2016 Roberta Glatz, NYS, on Bee Stings & What You Can Do About It

May 24, 2016 James Wilkes on Hive Tracks: Using Technology for Record Keeping

June 28, 2016 Dinner & Silent Auction

September 27, 2016 Anne Frey on Mistakes in Beekeeping

October 25, 2016 Brenna Traver, Penn State, on Honey Bee Pathogens

November 15, 2016 Jennifer Tsuruda, Clemson, on Behavioral resistance to Varroa

Our monthly meetings begin at 7:30 pm on the last Tuesday of the month at the Norfield Church Community Room at 64 Norfield Road, Weston Connecticut. There is usually a meeting designed specifically for new beekeepers at 6:15pm (prior to our regular meetings). These events are free and open to the public. Our calendar is subject to change, so please check our website for the latest updates (www.backyardbeekeepers.com) or call any members of the Board (see listing of Board members).

In addition, a number of weekend workshops are scheduled each year to give participants a hands-on opportunity to learn new beekeeping skills & techniques and visit other bee yards.

January 27, 2015 Sam Droege (meeting cancelled due to snow.)

February 24, 2015 Dr. Meghan Milbrath on Keeping a Healthy Hive

March 31, 2015 Izzy Hill on beneficial nematodes for small hive beetle control

April 28, 2015 Sam Droege on The Glorious Diversity of Other Bees.

May 26, 2015 Wyatt Mangum Ph.D on Queen Introduction

June 30, 2015 Dinner & Silent Auction Meeting

September 29, 2015 Juliana Rangel Posada on Reproductive Biology of Honey Bees

October 27, 2015 Sam Comfort on Future Zombee Apocalypse

November 17, 2015 Michael Fairbrother of Moon Light Meadery on Mead