Sussex County Beekeepers Association SCBA

11/09/2024

There is a flower farm in Branchville looking to have someone place hives on their farm. If you are interested dm me for contact info!

09/26/2024

We'll BEE at the Sussex County Fairgrounds on Saturday October 19 for the Sussex County Harvest, Honey, & Garlic Festival! Stop by and meet your local beekeepers, sample some amazing local honey and garlic, and learn about honey bees and beekeeping! 🐝

🍯🧄 Join us Saturday, Oct. 19 from 10am-4pm for the 13th Annual Harvest, Honey & Garlic Festival, at the Sussex County Fairgrounds! 🍯🧄 The Sussex County Beekeepers Association will have educational displays and materials along with an array of honey products. For those who love all things garlic, you’ll have plenty to choose from with the Garden State Garlic Growers. The festival will include a live band, local artisans, crafters and food vendors plus displays highlighting northern New Jersey’s great open spaces and natural history. Kids can enjoy a hay ride, pumpkin painting, face painting and crafts. The Sussex County Harvest, Honey and Garlic Festival is a free, family event. We hope to see you there! Rain or Shine. No pets allowed. 🐝

08/04/2024

Congratulations to all the winners of the 2024 SCBA Honey Show! Our thanks to retired NJ State Apiarist Tim Schuler for his expertise and time to judge the show, the Honey Show Coordinators for their excellent management skills, and our local beekeepers for all of the top-notch entries! The Honey Show is on display until Aug 10 at the beekeeping booth in the Richards Building during the NJ State Fair! 🐝🐝

Sussex County Fairgrounds

07/30/2024

🐝 BUZZ by the Honey Bee booth in the Richards Building during the Fair to learn about honey bees! We'll be featuring live bee demonstrations, an observation hive where you can spot the queen bee, fun activities, local honey, and more! The fair starts Friday, Aug 2! See you there! 🐝🍯

07/18/2024

Folks, if you signed up for a shift at the fair you need to attend the pre-fair meeting on Sunday the 28th of July. Please go sign up.

12/05/2023

Beekeepers appreciate and support all pollinators, and this young woman has certainly gone the extra mile! We ❤️ our New Jersey Honey Queen for her tireless efforts to promote awareness of the needs of honey bees and our treasured native bees too! 🐝

09/09/2023

Just an FYI for club members.
The SCBA picnic is Sept. 16 from 10-1 at Our bee yard at Owens Station Crossing. Bring your gear as JC will be going into the hives. There will be a smoker contest so come prepared to show off your skill at keeping your smoker going! When you win you have to share your technique.
This is a covered dish event so bring something to share with your fellow beekeepers. The club will supply drinks and snacks.

09/03/2023

Discover the lost art of 𝐛𝐞𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 🐝at the NJ School of Conservation in Stokes State Forest! Once a widely practiced sport, this old time method of locating a hive of wild honey bees had been nearly forgotten—until now! We’ll catch and mark foraging honey bees using a bee box, and then use techniques to estimate the direction and distance to an active hive. This sport naturally provides us with opportunities to discuss the importance of pollinators, the numerous challenges they face including climate change, loss of habitat, varroa mites, and insecticide use, and how any of these may contribute to colony collapse disorder. It also provides a great opportunity to practice our orienteering skills! There’s sure to be a lot of buzz about this new SOC program!
Watch the short video https://www.cornell.edu/video/bee-lining-finding-wild-beehives to learn more about Bee Lining, then bee sure to register here: friendsofnjsoc.org/events

One method of locating a colony of wild bees is called bee lining. In this video, we will join Prof. Tom Seeley as he tries to locate a wild colony of honey bees. He catches foraging bees, feeds them concentrated sugar solution and determines the direction they fly as they return to their colony. By...

09/03/2023

Discover the lost art of 𝐛𝐞𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 🐝at the NJ School of Conservation in Stokes State Forest! Once a widely practiced sport, this old time method of locating a hive of wild honey bees had been nearly forgotten—until now! We’ll catch and mark foraging honey bees using a bee box, and then use techniques to estimate the direction and distance to an active hive. This sport naturally provides us with opportunities to discuss the importance of pollinators, the numerous challenges they face including climate change, loss of habitat, varroa mites, and insecticide use, and how any of these may contribute to colony collapse disorder. It also provides a great opportunity to practice our orienteering skills! There’s sure to be a lot of buzz about this new SOC program!
Watch the short video https://www.cornell.edu/.../bee-lining-finding-wild-beehives to learn more about Bee Lining, then bee sure to register here: friendsofnjsoc.org/events

Cornell University is a private research university that provides an exceptional education for undergraduates and graduate and professional students. Cornell's colleges and schools encompass more than 100 fields of study, with locations in Ithaca, New York, New York City and Doha, Qatar.

08/18/2023

Ever wonder how you can get more out of your hives? Here's another great educational opportunity from two of NJ's most experienced beekeepers! From honey production to value-added products, Grant Stiles and Tim Schuler teach each class with an approachable, question-and-answer style. Classes fill up quickly, so sign up soon! 🐝
https://www.eventbrite.com/o/grant-stiles-tim-schuler-54015579693

08/07/2023

The 2023 SCBA Honey Show results at the NJ State Fair are in! Our beekeepers were extra busy this year --we received 38 amazing entries across 23 different categories of honey and hive products! Congratulations to this year's winners! 🏆

Many thanks to Judge Tim Schuler for his meticulous examination of every entry, and to Honey Show Coordinators Karen Longo and John Harrison for their incredible organizational skills essential to keeping everything running smoothly! ⏰

Sussex County Fairgrounds

08/07/2023

We're so pleased to welcome American Honey Princess Allison to the NJ State Fair/Sussex County Farm & Horse Show!👑Stop by the Bee Booth in the Richards Building during the fair to learn about honey bees and their importance to agriculture in NJ. 🐝

Sussex County Fairgrounds