Need to requeen your hives? Queen bee breeder and CVBA member Robert Gobel sis currently breeding Minnesota Hygienic Italian Queens. These are disease and mite resistant bees.
Get your queen before they’re gone. They’re a bargain at only $20 each.
For more information, call Robert at 423-733-8623.

Virginia Webb, a third-generation beekeeper, will the guest speaker at our Aug. 20 meeting. She will discuss “Teaching Adult Beekeepers How to Teach Children About Beekeeping.”
Virgina began her beekeeping career in 1964 when her father, Joe Stephens, gave her a beehive as a birthday gift. She and her father ran a hobbyist beekeeping business [...]

A honey extraction date has been set for 7 p.m., Saturday, July 11 at the Treadway Volunteer Fire Department.

We will be selling ads to help offset the cost of printing our cookbook.
If you would like to purchase one or know of a business who would might be interested or for more information, e-mail Debbie Clayton or call Brenda Rice at 423-733-1932.
The cost of the ads:
Full page: $50.00
1/2 page: $25.00
1/4 page: $15.00

Everything is blooming and your bees are working like crazy. At the May 21 meeting, Shirley DeBusk will tell us how to prepare your hives to take advantage of the honey flow to make sure you have [...]

You’ve got your hives all painted and in place and your news bees will be here early in May. Now what are you supposed to do?
Don’t miss the next regular CVBA meeting (7 p.m., Thursday, April 16). [...]