Category: Blog
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NWIABKA ‘25-’26 Mid-Year Update
Read More: NWIABKA ‘25-’26 Mid-Year UpdateSeason’s Greetings from your NWIABKA Board of Directors, Hopefully your beekeeping activities have quieted down enough as winter approaches to read a mid-year update about where we’ve been and where we hope to go in 2026. Not long after our annual meeting we held a zoom meeting with Dr. Kiara Wagoner about a new means…
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Iowa Honey Producers Association’s Annual Conference
Read More: Iowa Honey Producers Association’s Annual ConferenceThe Northwest Iowa Beekeepers Association is pleased to once again offer two scholarships for first time attendees to the Iowa Honey Producers Association’s Annual Conference, Friday, October 24th and Saturday, October 25th at the Prairie Meadows Events & Conference Center, Altoona, IA. Qualifying applicants should have their dues with NWIABKA up to date for the 7/1/25-6/30/26 year…
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Preparing Colonies to Survive Winter
Read More: Preparing Colonies to Survive WinterNWIABKA Bee Smart Zoom Meeting Thursday, September 18, 7:30 pm. Preparing Colonies to Survive Winter Managing Colonies During Extreme Fall Winter Zoom, Contact Tim for zoom link tim@nwiabka.org if you are a member of NWIABKATopics: Late season feeding of colonies – reviewing Georgia beekeeper, Bob Binnie’s lessons on “The Chemistry Behind Feeding Bees” Late season Varroa mite…
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Beekeepers Fair Booth September 6-14th, 2025
Read More: Beekeepers Fair Booth September 6-14th, 2025NWIABKA has a honey bee booth at Clay County Fair in Spencer Iowa. This Week September 6-14, 2025. Please visit us and purchase some local honey products from local area honey producers. Located at east entrance building: Tower Gate Pavilion Speak with members of Northwest Iowa Beekeepers Association to learn more about bees and become a member of…
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Rendering wax and creating saleable products.
Read More: Rendering wax and creating saleable products.August 24th, 2025 Sunday 2-4:30 pm – Association Meeting – NWIABKA members. NWIABKA Board member Jean Irwin will demonstrate how she adds value to her beekeeping business by rendering wax and creating saleable products. Options for managing high moisture honey – (robbing & Varroa control if delaying the removal of honey supers) Demonstration of techniques for preparing…
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Managing Virgin Queens
Read More: Managing Virgin QueensHello Beekeepers, Congratulations on joining the journey to move toward self-sufficient & resilient beekeeping that has the potential for improved winter survivability and healthier bees. With your Lloyd St. VSH virgin queens you may observe the post summer solstice mated queen phenomenon of a vibrant young summer queen that is an egg laying machine while…
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Manage Queen Bee Class June 22, 2025 Time: 2-4:30 pm
Read More: Manage Queen Bee Class June 22, 2025 Time: 2-4:30 pmNWIABKA Association Meeting Topic: The Principles & Practices of On the Spot (OTS) Queen Rearing Guest Speaker: Phil Breed, VP of Siouxland Beekeepers & OTS Practitioner Sunday, June 22,2025 2-4:30 pm Dickinson County (ISU) Extension and Outreach Office, 1600 15th Street, Spirit Lake, IA Class Description from Phil: “Ready to be a small-scale beekeeper ASAP (As…
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Annual Beekeeping Outdoor Classroom June 1, 2025
Read More: Annual Beekeeping Outdoor Classroom June 1, 2025Sunday, June 1, 2-4:30 pm Steve Lende Apiary 2102 120th St., Spirit Lake, IA Raising Healthy Bees That Thrive is not only the tagline of the NWIABKA, it is the #1 priority for beekeepers. Raising healthy bees that thrive results in colonies that live through the winter, reproduce surplus bee stock, maximize honey production, and provide the best…
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NWIABKA Annual Meeting, Sunday, April 27, 2 p.m
Read More: NWIABKA Annual Meeting, Sunday, April 27, 2 p.mYou’re invited to attend the NWIABKA Annual Meeting on Sunday, April 27, 2 p.m. at the Dickinson County Extension office in Spirit Lake, Iowa. During the meeting you’ll receive a certificate of completion for attending the Level 1 class. It’ll be a great opportunity to meet members of the Association and talk bees! As members of the…
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Beekeeping class level 2 – March 22, 2025
Read More: Beekeeping class level 2 – March 22, 2025Along with equipment demonstrations, students are provided with a packet of articles and research documents that outline the principles and practices of sustainable beekeeping. Sustainable beekeeping is defined as beekeepers raising all their own healthy bees to replace winter losses, to increase colony numbers, and to offer excess bee stock to other beekeepers. Students will receive one…
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Outdoor Classroom
Part 2 – Preparing Colonies for Winter Survival U of…
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Bee Smart Zoom Meeting
The Vented Hive vs.The Condensing Hive Thursday, September 24, 7:30…
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Upcoming Beekeeping Classes AUG. & SEPT.
Part 1 – Preparing Colonies to Survive Winter – Fall feeding, preventing…
