After three years of work, the UMN beekeeping mentorship team has completed its effort. A Guide to Beekeeping in Northern Climates is now available to purchase, download as a PDF, or read as a flipbook online. Click here to view … Continue reading →
Our next meeting will be held on Monday, September 15th, 2025, at 7 p.m. With this meeting, we continue our permanently scheduled dates for the third Monday of each month. Please update your calendar if you have not already done … Continue reading →
At our July meeting, Brian, one of our members described a solar wax melter he constructed from plans downloaded from Brushy Mountain’s Bee Site. Here is a link to the plans that he used and some photos of his completed … Continue reading →
Every year, the Northeast Minnesota Beekeepers (NEMNBA) sponsor a young person interested in learning to become a beekeeper, but who may lack the resources and support needed to go for it. If you, or someone you know, is between 12 … Continue reading →
One of our local beekeepers entered a sample of his honey in the first annual “Border Battle” honey-tasting contest at the Joint state meetings of the Minnesota and Wisconsin Honey Producers Associations. After a day of sampling dozens of honeys … Continue reading →
As discussed at our June meeting, the U has published a downloadable copy of both their newest “Beekeeping in Northern Climates” 24 page workbook and the accompanying inspection worksheets. Here is a link to those downloads. If you are looking … Continue reading →
Here is a step-by-step description of how to install a new hive. There is also a video you can watch on the U of MN Beelab site
Continue reading →As mentioned in the Feb 27th meeting, Randy Oliver has posted a Varroa Management Spreadsheet on his website, scientificbeekeeping.com. For your convenience, we are posting a link here to view and download this tool if you are interested. Please let … Continue reading →
Here is the Bee and Butterfly Habitat video that we tried to show.
Continue reading →January is the time of year when beehives from all across the US are sent to be used in almond groves in California. A trailer load as shown on the left will carry approximately 400 hives loaded on pallets of … Continue reading →