2020 HBA Meeting Schedule

Meetings are (normally) held at 6:30 p.m. on the 1st Monday of each month in the Executive Auditorium of the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center at I-81 Exit 14.
​Contact Phil Blevins at 676-6309 or pblevins@vt.edu or Phil Ernst at piplinda@embarqmail.com with any questions.

Monday, January 6  … Keeping Bee Losses to 1% – Jerome Blankenship
Saturday, January 25 (9am to 3:30pm)…. Beginning Beekeepers Class - Phil Blevins - $35
Monday, February 3 …. Pollinator Plants - Deni Peterson
Monday, March 2 …. Preparing Hives for Spring - Phil Blevins 
Monday, April 6 ….  CANCELLED (VDACS Apiary Regulations - Ben Templeton)
Monday, May 4 … CANCELLED (Trapouts and Cutouts - J.R. and Karen Sexton)
Saturday, May 9 ….  CANCELLED: Varroa Mite Management and Control – Dr. James Wilson, VT Ext. Apiculturist        
Monday, June 1 …. CANCELLED (Cooking with Honey - Jude Colt)
Monday, July 6 … Preparing Hives for Fall - Phil Blevins
Monday, Aug 3  …. Honey Extraction Demo - John Rhoton of Poor Valley Bee Farm
Monday, August 31 ….  Picnic at Sugar Hollow Park
Monday, September 7 …. No meeting (Labor Day holiday)
September 14-19 ??…. Washington County Fair.  Sign up to volunteer!
Monday, October 5 ….. Judging Honey - TBA
Monday  November  2  …. Bees and Mushrooms - Phil Ernst
Saturday November 7  (9am to 3:30pm)…. Beginning Beekeepers Class - Phil Blevins - $35
Monday, December  7 …. No meeting. Happy Holidays! See you on January 5, 2021

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