Winterizing Beehives
Tuesday, Nov 17, 2021 • 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Randolph Farm Pavilion, 4415 River Road, Petersburg, VA 23803
Keith Tignor, our State Apiarist, will cover the steps needed to winterize your beehives. Topics will include opening a hive for inspection, pest identification and management, techniques to feed bees over the winter, the best cover crops and species of trees to plant that produce the most nectar and pollen and when and how to order honeybee nucs in preparation for the spring. 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. No open toe shoes, wear light clothes and no perfume or cologne.
For more information, contact Small Farm Outreach agent Tracy Porter at (804) 481-2566 or tporter@vsu.edu.If you are a person with a disability and desire any assistive devices, services or other accommodations to participate in this activity, please contact Cartelius Travis at ctravis@vsu.edu or call (804) 524-2551 / TDD (800) 828-1120 during business hours of 8 am. and 5 p.m. to discuss accommodations five days prior to the event.