![]() ![]() We have also been able to invite FCBA members to participate in meetings hosted by other clubs statewide and nationally. We have found on-line meetings open us up to presenters too far to attend a meeting but can still provide excellent information. Open to all who are interested in bees and beekeeping.įCBA uses ZOOM for some of our meetings. Rick Church speaking on “Preparing Bees for Spring”. MARCH 16th, 2023 – Meeting at Warm Colors Apiary 7-9PM. No meetings are scheduled for December, June, or September. Meetings are scheduled for the third Thursday of each month 7PM-9PM. Visit the FCBA website for current information. Proactive management that reduces stress and the resulting problems, before they become too serious to correct, is our long-range goal.īeekeeper Events: The Franklin County Beekeepers’ Association has started holding in-person and on-line meetings. Our work focuses on using the best available breeding stock, providing natural sources of forage and nutrition, and the early detection and prevention of disease and pests. Our goals include raising honeybees capable of surviving the rigors of a New England winter and having the individual & social immunities to withstand the stresses associated with honeybee decline. Through selective breeding, we endeavor to manage a sustainable apiary system that minimizes the use of harmful chemicals and employs the natural defenses and heritable behaviors shown to improve the honeybee’s mite tolerance and resistance to disease. Our mission is to develop, test, and use beekeeping methods that improve the health of the honeybee. Having a location with flowering plants blooming successively throughout the warm months makes our apiary ideal for honey production and the raising of honeybees. Located on eighty acres of woodland, open fields, and wetlands, the land provides a variety and abundance of nectar & pollen plants that bloom from early spring to late fall. Warm Colors Apiary was founded in 2000 to produce regional honey from flowers in western Massachusetts. Call: 60, or email: ask for the book.Īlso visit the official website of the Russian Honeybee Breeders Association Watch a video interview of Dan Conlon on WGBY (September 2019) You can purchase a copy on Amazon, or better yet buy directly from Steven Coy and ask for a signed copy. Looking for more information about the Russian honeybee and the Russian Honeybee breeding program’s history? I suggest reading “The Russian Honeybee” by Thomas Rinderer and Steven Coy. Nucs are scheduled to be available for pickup the end of April or early May. ![]() Email Dan at to request an order form for Nucs & Queens. Queens will be available in May & June 2023. Warm Colors has been a “certified” apiary since 2016. All our Queens come from Apiaries’ “Certified” by the RHBA Board of Directors annually. We specialize in Russian Queens and spring Nucs as members of the Russian Honeybee Breeders Association. You will be called back to confirm a time and day. We are currently scheduling picku ps on Wednesdays & Saturdays. We will do our best to accommodate your schedule. Call 41 to place an order for honey, candles or Russian Bees & Queens. We conduct sales of honey, products Bees and Queens by appointment keeping the store closed to the public. We continue to sell directly from our Warm Colors Apiary location. In other words, most activities involving honeybees happen at our apiary. Beekeepers can purchase queens and honeybees and attend workshops in the Warm Colors bee yards. ![]() We provide pollination services to local orchards and farms. WCA produces and sells honey, pure beeswax candles, and products using honey and beeswax. Welcome to the Warm Colors Apiary website. See Classes & Workshop page for dates and descriptions of the workshops. The 2023 Workshop Schedule is now open for signup. Visit our bee page for details and ordering information. We are taking orders for 2023 Nucs & Queens. ![]()
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