How to Winterize Beehives

Monday, November 23, 2020 | 1PM - 3PM

Riverside Produce Farm

6709 Mount Olive Cohoke Road, King William, Virginia

Luke Hallman, a VDACS honeybee hive inspector, will cover the steps needed to winterize your beehives. Topics will include opening a hive for inspection, pest management, techniques to feed bees over the winter, what fall cover crops to plant to give bees a jump start in the spring and what species of trees produce the most nectar and when and recommendations on how and when to order honeybee nucs. Information received during the program will help attendees mitigate hive loss over the winter. All attendees must bring a bee suit to wear during the hive inspection part of this workshop.

For more information, contact Small Farm Outreach agent Tracy Porter at (804) 481-2566 or tporter@vsu.edu.

This workshop costs $5 and open to the public. Space is limited to the first 20 registrants.

WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT ATTENDING THIS PROGRAM DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Virginia Cooperative Extension (VCE) will follow all current CDC guidelines to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 during this program. Additionally, all VCE employees and members of the public attending a VCE public program are expected to: 1) wear a face shield or mask over their nose and mouth, 2) stay a minimum of six feet away from others, 3) wash or disinfect their hands frequently, and 4) stay home if they or anyone close to them have experienced any COVID-19 symptoms any time two weeks prior to the program or if they have been knowingly exposed to someone with COVID-19 two weeks prior to the program.

If you are a person with a disability and desire any assistive devices, services or other accommodations to participate in this activity, please contact the Small Farm Outreach Program office at smallfarm@vsu.edu or call (804) 524-3292 / (800) 828-1120 during business hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. to discuss accommodations five days prior to the event.