NH Beekeeping Association News 🐝

Proposed changes to the bylaws to meet the needs of the NHBA

Help Mike Palmer pull his honey harvest

Time is running out! Demand notification of aerial drone spraying of pesticides.

This series is presented through Zoom, an online video platform, and through Facebook Live on the Lawrence County Alabama Extension Office Facebook page.

Obtaining samples ASAP and knowing how to preserve the evidence is key to detecting and proving a pesticide kill but resources are scarce.

Congratulations to Janice and Joe Mercieri for being the recipients of the 2023 Business Leader of Coos in Agriculture.

What you water grows

Please join us today by calling on New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu to veto House Bill (HB) 1698.

2023-2024 Survey is now open

NHE Co-op intends to apply herbicides along various power-line rights-of-way during 2024

This simple form will find and send your NH Senator your letter in opposition to HB 1698

Despite opposition from NHBA, NH beekeepers and the public, HB 1698 moves to the NH Senate for full vote.

UNH undergraduate presents at research conference

HB-1698 undermines existing safeguards designed to protect both pollinators and public health

USDA offers bee farmers risk management and disaster assistance.

Beekeepers may be eligible for disaster relief

Bees need water to regulate the temperature in the hive and to dilute honey for eating.

Managed honey bee colonies in New Hampshire face many challenges that affect the ability of a colony of bees to survive and reproduce.

Sesia apiformis, known as the hornet moth is actually (as you’d guess from the name) a true moth rather than a hornet.

United States Honey Bee Colony Losses 2022–23: Preliminary Results from the Bee Informed Partnership

Register for EAS 2023

By observing World Bee Day each year, we can raise awareness on the essential role bees and other pollinators play in keeping people and the planet healthy, and on the many challenges they face today.

Congratuations to Ravalika Damerla for winning one of our 2020 scholarships

We need everyone and anyone (children too!) who wants to be a citizen scientist to please participate! We will be building a database for anyone to use to determine when to expect plants to bloom, what should be blooming now, etc.

Winter survival (65%!) was the best that we have seen since conducting the survey. This a 20-point improvement over the previous winter.

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Important Information from NH Apiary Inspector (NHAI)