Again Yard Beekeepers Affiliation Publicizes Speaker Occasion with Kirk Webster

20 Years of Industrial Beekeeping With out Remedy of Any Type

Tuesday March 26, 2024 in Weston

The Again Yard Beekeepers Affiliation in Connecticut is proud to current a FREE reside presentation with Kirk Webster on Tuesday, March 26. Kirk will talk about beekeeping with out remedy of any type. His presentation begins promptly at 7:30pm. We advise arriving at 7:00 to permit time to socialize with different like-minded people. The situation is Norfield Congregational Church situated at 64 Norfield Rd in Weston, CT. Despite the fact that the occasion is free, please register at https://backyardbeekeepers.com.

Kirk Webster is the proprietor and operator of Champlain Valley Bees & Queens in Middlebury, Vermont. He’s well-known for producing robust Russian Queens and nucs, in addition to honey. His apiary is Kirk’s solely supply of earnings.

Kirk makes use of the pure processes energetic in nature to keep up his hives with out remedy for mites and different pests or pathogens – his apiary has been remedy free since 2002. Annually Kirk maintains about 300 colonies that he makes use of for honey manufacturing, round 400 child nucs, and he tries to offer on the market of an extra 400-500 treatment-free nucs of Russian heritage which have been examined by over- wintering them in Vermont. The bees and queens he produces are extremely wanted and prized for his or her enhanced means to outlive each varroa and the climate extremes we now have right here within the Northeast.

Kirk can be a author and has written many articles and essays, lots of which may be seen on a web site at kirkwebster.com. Kirk makes use of this web site to share his beekeeping information and experiences, discover the problems he thinks are most essential – “with out interference, modifying or censorship” – and to permit him to tug collectively into one place all of the issues he has written since 2005.

Questions? Contact BYBA’s Paula Wolf at paulawolf@e mail.com.

The Again Yard Beekeepers Affiliation (BYBA) is among the Nation’s largest regional golf equipment for beekeeping hobbyists with over 400 members. A few of their members are simply getting began as beekeepers, and a few have loved this interest for years. All share an curiosity within the great and memorable world of the honey bee. The mission of BYBA is to offer their membership with a discussion board for sharing information and mutual pursuits in beekeeping, and to coach and promote the advantages of beekeeping to the general public. For extra data, please go to backyardbeekeepers.com

📸 Pictures supplied by Kirk Webster