Wiregrass Beekeepers Association

09/06/2025

Extraction Facility Tour

02/12/2025

Beginning Beekeeper classes start February 22. Please sign up at wiregrassbeekeepers.com

11/12/2024

10/31/2024

GO AUBEES! Fabulous article!

The western honey bee (Apis mellifera) is severely impacted by the parasitic Tropilaelaps mercedesae mite, which has the capacity to outcompete Varroa destructor mites (the current leading cause of colony losses) and more rapidly overwhelm colonies. While T. mercedesae is native to Asia, it has rece...

09/06/2023

Beekeepers to the rescue! Great example of public service:

A dozen beekeepers converged to help rescue a swarm of angry bees that escaped when their boxes fell off a truck in Burlington, Ontario, on Wednesday.

11/22/2022

For all you super creative folks . .. .

The world’s tiniest Mcdonald’s franchise has opened its doors to its customers and it has created quite a buzz online. It doesn’t serve you fries and Mcflurry, though. It’s a Mcdonald’s made especially for bees. Yes, you read it right, a beehive in the form of a McDonald’s restaurant. An...

08/24/2021

FALL BEEKEEPING CLASS ANNOUNCEMENT: This course is designed to supply a novice beekeeper with all the information needed to take a colony from its inception through its first year.
The fee for the course is $35, for which you will get all the handouts, a copy of “First Lessons in Beekeeping” and a year’s membership in the Wiregrass Beekeepers Association. You can register by clicking the Paypal button in the link.
The four classroom sessions will be held at Landmark Park. They start at 10 AM and run for about 2 hours. First class is scheduled for Saturday September 25, 2021
The field session, in October, will start at 1PM at the beeyard at Landmark Park.
Questions? Call Bill Miller at (334)794-8362 or e-mail him at [email protected]