
VERMONT BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION
Welcome to Vermont Beekeepers Association! Whether you are a novice beekeeper with 1 hive, or a hardened pro with 1,000, we want to help you stay informed, connected, and successful in today's changing world of honeybees.
Just visiting? Visit our FAQ page, where you'll find answers to most of your questions (and beekeeping is full of questions!).
Please explore our site, and take advantage of all it offers. If it has been awhile since you have been here, don't forget to use the Reload button to get the freshest content.
What's New?

State Apiculturist Report Winter 2006 Something Steve would like you to know for
this Spring: " If people buy nucs from an out-
If you missed the story, Post Offices will be abuzz with the release of the Pollination stamps. Follow the link to read all about it.
Members, submit your beekeeping stories or pictures to the web master. Follow the link to read one member’s story.
Mentor Page is live! To be a mentor email with your name, county, town, phone, email.
Marketplace Ads are up and running. Free for members!
Need a new VBA hats. Send email to Bill Mares to order bill.mares@gmail.com $15.00, postage paid
Order your copy of Bees Besieged, One Beekeeper’s Bittersweet Journey to Understanding, by our own Bill Mares.
Beekeeper's Calendar by Steve Parise
Local Clubs Calendar meetings are posted. Local Clubs announcements have been expanded! To have your club included email the webmaster. Read Submissions
Guidelines before you submit your meeting or event.
The Who's Who in the VBA
President: Vice President:
Michael Palmer -
Membership Secretary: Recording Secretary:
Diane Meyerhoff -
Treasurer: State Apiculturist:
John
Tardie -
Web Master/Newsletter Editor:
Randy Potvin -
Who to contact about:
Membership: Diane Meyerhoff or click here for a printable membership form.
Do you have honey or bee Click here to inquire about having your products placed on this web site.
related products to sell? VBA Members get free ads in the Marketplace.
Want to submit an Email your article here. Read the submission guidelines first.
article for the newsletter?
Interested in the Need a mentor? Want to be a mentor? Mentor Page is Live!
mentoring program?
Crop pollination program: Now online. Email webmaster for requests
Looking for the
perfect gift? Vermont Beekeepers Cookbooks printable order form.

“This is an awesome tool for beekeepers who are prone to forget what they did
the last time they were in their apiaries. " Bill Mares
Hive Inspections Minutes of the Winter Meeting
Health & the Hive: A Beekeeper's Journey"-
City Market in Burlington-
Read a great article written by a 13 year old 4-
Need a new VBA hats. Send email to Bill Mares to order bill.mares@gmail.com $15.00, postage paid
Have had requests from people looking for Honey and related products-
Read Maine’s State Bee Inspector Tony Jadczak, talk on Integrated Pest Management
given to the VBA’s winter meeting in 2004. Its information and organization are still
worth reviewing as we all try to wean ourselves from practices and treatments harmful
to bees. We post this with Tony's permission.
VBA Members, advertise your Honey products here on the web site .
Free to VBA members.
If you wish to have your Honey products listed on the web site please follow the link and
fill in the information and it will be placed on the NEW Honey & Products for Sale web page.