Calendar of Events

David Priebe

Tropilaelaps: Longtime Club member, EAS Master Beekeeper and current NH State Apiary Inspector Dave Priebe will share a detailed presentation on this impending new threat to our honeybees.

Topics that will be covered during the presentation include: Origin, Distribution, Basic Biology, Impact on Apis Melifera, Detection, and Control. Reference sources for additional education will also be shared.

Dave Wade: a hobby beekeeper in Sturbridge, MA for 19 years.  His wax adding method to build comb has been seen in the June 2025 edition of American Bee Journal.  Dave has three wax adding articles in the MA Beekeepers Association newsletter.  He has given a number of bee club presentations throughout New England, along with an on-line one hosted by Dr. David Tarpy, of North Carolina State University (https : / /www. youtube . com/ watch?v=bj60t74xc9s).  Dave will also be presenting at the American Beekeeping Federation annual conference and trade show in January 2026, in Mobile, AL. 

Adding Beeswax to Make Honeycomb – A New Discovery: Add rolled up pieces of wax foundation to your hives to get the bees to build comb or to get the bees to complete construction on partially built out frames.  Dave will demonstrate how he got the bees to build comb from this method through late season August and September of 2024.  The bees built honey frames and brood frames.  If you are short on built out comb and your hive is becoming honey bound late season, learn how to remedy the situation by getting the bees to build comb with wax provided to them.  He will also discuss his 2025 spring experiment using six package hives to see if they build out stronger and faster when provided with wax rolls.  Wouldn’t it be nice if the bees built out significantly more comb and made more honey because they did not need to consume their stores to make wax.  Also, learn a method of giving your rendered wax back to the bees for them to build new comb.

Kaira Wagner, PhD, Director of Plant & Pollinator Center @ UNC Greensboro.

UBeeO Assay: Kaira Wagoner, PhD, is the co-inventor of the UBeeO Assay, a pheromone-based tool for measuring honey bee colony mite and disease resistance. In 2023, Dr. Wagoner was recognized in Copenhagen, Denmark as a finalist for the BII & AAAS Science Prize for Innovation for her work with UBeeO. Dr. Wagoner researches pollinator health and behavior through her role as a Research Scientist at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG). She also currently serves as CEO of Optera, a honey bee health company based in Greensboro, North Carolina. Dr. Wagoner’s doctoral research at UNCG focused on honey bee chemical communication and hygienic behavior, which led to the development of UBeeO.

Adam Ingrao, PhD, Bee Wise Farms

Profitable Small Scale Nuc Production:  More details on the way…

Honey Extraction Workshop & Ice Cream Social.  Mmm, honey & ice cream!