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NMBKA Newsletter September 2020

In this issue:

• Bears invade apiaries and some methods to deter them
• How Les Crowder controls mites without chemicals
• Vitex trees invite bees to feast
• Neonics kill bees! Check out actions in progress to restrict or ban their use
• Detailed instructions: How to build your own observation hive
• Ever get stung on your face? You aren’t alone
• Do fireworks make for angry bees
• Check out links to the Pollination Celebration presentations
• Our past president Jessie Brown receives a Lifetime Achievement Award

NMBKA Newsletter June 2020

In this issue:

• Varroa and COVID-19
• Generational Beekeeping
• Pollinator Protection License Plate
• Nepeta-Perennial voted most likely to succeed

NMBKA Newsletter March 2020

In this issue:

• Managing Africanized Bees
• Prepping for Splits
• Rosemary, a Bee Favorite
• Report a Swarm contacts

NMBKA Newsletter June 2017

In this issue:

• Albuquerque Kicks off "Bee City" Summer
• Growing up on Bosque Farm
• Field Day: Bees and Oregano
• Beekeeping in the Yucatan

NMBKA Newsletter March 2017

In this issue:

• Annual Meeting
• Beekeeping in the Zuni Mountains
• Solar Wax Melter
• Beeks Around NM
• ABF/AHPA National Conference

NMBKA Newsletter December 2016

In this issue:

• Report from the Charles Mark Apitherapy Course and Conference
• Beeks Around NM
• Bees in the Classroom
• 2017 Annual Meeting

NMBKA Newsletter September 2016

In this issue:

• It's Official, Albuquerque is a "Bee City USA"
• NM State Fair
• Honey Beer
• Test for Varroa Mites
• Top Bar Harvest Time
• Book Review: Safe to Chew

NMBKA Newsletter June 2016

In this issue:

• Beekeeper Travel Diary: Toulouse, France
• Bee Aware Day in New Mexico
• ABQ Sites Protect Pollinators
• Matching Beekeepers and Farmers

NMBKA Newsletter March 2016

In this issue:

• 2016 Annual Meeting Recap, Jessie Brown
• Changing Seasons, Changing Habits, Protecting Pollinators, Anita Amstutz
• Make Money Beekeeping, Joe Wesbrook
• The Art of the Cut-Out, Mike Kruchoski
• AHPA Spotlights Bee Health, Honey Quality, Raymond Espinoza

NMBKA Newsletter December 2015

In this issue:

• NMBKA Annual Meeting with Guest Author, Mark Winston
• A New Mexico Beekeeper in Texas, Megan Mahoney
• Message from the President, Jessie Brown
• Teaching in Nicaragua, Melanie Kirby
• Make Money Beekeeping, Joe Wesbrook
• The Art of the Cut-Out: Part 2, Mike Kruchoski
• Photos by John Denne

NMBKA Newsletter Sept 2015

In this issue:

• Take Action for Pollinators, by Loretta McGrath
• Message from the President, by Jessie Brown
• Extracting Honey From a Langstroth Hive, by Craig Noorlander
• Roadside Attractions: Yellow Flowers of Fall, by Kate Whealen and Betty Sperlich
• The Art of the Cut-Out, by Mike Kruchoski
• Upcoming Events

NMBKA June 2015

In this issue

• The Brood Squad, by Melanie Kirby
• Message from the President, by Jessie Brown
• Make Money From Your Beekeeping, by Joe Wesbrook
• Featured Photographer, John Denne
• Upcoming Events
• Honeybee Survey

NMBKA March 2015

In this issue:

• 2015 NM Beekeepers Annual Mtg Review, by Jessie Brown
• Think Global, Breed Local, by Melanie Kirbie
• Beekeeping in New Mexico, Part two of four, by Janet Yagoda
• Apiary Location, by Phill Remick
• The Beekeeper in Winter, by Paul Kline
• American Beekeeping Federation, A New Bee’s Perspective, by Mike Nakamura
• Featured Photographer, Randy Swartz

NMBKA December 2014

In this issue:

• The history of beekeeping in NM
• An update on Small Hive Beetle
• The Certified Beekeepers Apprentice Program
• Find out our guest speaker for our Annual Meeting, Feb 6-7, 2015
• Prize winning honeybee images from the NM State Fair

NMBKA Issue 1 April 2014

In this issue:

• Meet the new President, Jessie Brown
• Topbar and Langstroth
• What is Certified Beeks?

NM_Beekeepers_Assn_2013_January

In this issue:

• Bees in the news
• Meet our Board Member Nominations for 2013
• The Western Apicultural Society is coming to NM

NMBKA Issue 1 October 2012