DC Beekeepers Alliance

05/17/2025

Learn about/how to make mead Wednesday, 5/21 at 6:30, 519 6th Street Ne, Washington DC 20002!

Toni: Learn about mead making and its connection to beekeeping...while we brew some on-site during the presentation! We are fortunate to have Jacob Latour and Andrew Johnson of Clear Skies Meadery speak to us and demonstrate at this month's meeting! Mead – honey wine – has recently had a re...

04/15/2025

Don't miss our April meeting tomorrow, April 16 (Wed) at 6:30 PM at 519 C Street NE, or via Zoom.
Learn how to collect and process two products of the hive: pollen and propolis.

Toni: You'll get the best from this in person, come learn how to collect, process, and use these valuable gifts from the bees! [register for Zoom here]

01/15/2025

MEETING CHANGE! Do to problem at our meeting room, we will be zoom only tonight!

03/26/2023

Thanks to Noplacelikenoma for sharing yesterday from Parker Street, NE. Ed. Note: If you see a swarm please call or text the DC Beekeepers Alliance at (202) 255-4318 or email [email protected]

01/12/2023

DCBA's January 18 meeting features Baltimore's Beeky Geek, Charles DeBarber, an expert on antique and current beekeeping devices. Come see his restored and cutting edge gadgets and learn more about our world of tools.

11/24/2022

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11/01/2022

11/01/2022

Are you interested in beekeeping and wondering if this hobby is right for you? Join us for a free, interactive 90-minute seminar "Is Beekeeping for Me? a class for the curious" covering the costs, time-commitment, and logistics of keeping bees.

This seminar will be offered four times. Each session is the same, you need only attend one.
You can register at https://www.dcbeekeepers.org/public-registration-beekeeping-right-merequired-orientation-session
Dates:
🐝 Tuesday, November 1, 7:00 - 8:30 PM
🐝 Thursday, November 3, 7:00 - 8:30 PM
🐝 Sunday, November 6, 4:00 - 6:30 PM
🐝 Monday, November 14, 7:00 to 8:30 PM

This seminar is designed for people who are curious about beekeeping but aren’t sure what to expect. This class will not cover the specifics of hive management, bee biology, or how to keep bees. You will also learn about the DC Beekeepers Alliance 8-week Beginning Beekeeping course and how to register if you decide that keeping bees is something you want to pursue. Bring your questions about bees and beekeeping and we'll be sure to answer them.

Completion of this seminar makes you eligible to register for the DC Beekeepers Alliance (DCBA) 8-week Beginning Beekeeping course.

If you have any questions please contact the DCBA Education Team at [email protected] 🐝

​Free Online Session: Is Beekeeping Right for Me? Interested in beekeeping and wondering if this hobby is right for you? Join us for this 90-minute session covering the costs, time-commitment, and logistics of keeping bees. This session is designed for people who are curious about beekeeping but a...

09/01/2022

Have you been meaning to register for one of our 20+ DC State Fair contests and just not gotten around to it yet? Good news! We're extending our submission deadline to Monday, September 5 at 11:59pm ET. Whether you're a baker, photographer, writer, artist, garden enthusiast, or just have a friendly pet who wants to strut their stuff as part of our pet parade, there's something for everyone!

https://dcstatefair.org/contests

04/18/2022

Thanks to Andy for sending Sunday from 22nd and N Street, NW. Ed. Note: If you see a swarm please call or text the DC Beekeepers Alliance at (202) 255-4318 or email [email protected] Deb says: "Yes, please contact the DC Swarm Squad any time you see a big cluster of bees! This happen

09/10/2020

DCBA Zoom Meeting September 16: Structural Removals and the Secret Life of Bees
DCBA SEPTEMBER MEETING: 9/16, 6:30-8+ PM, https://www.dcbeekeepers.org/meetings
Please Zoom with us next week!

"Structural Removals: Questions to Ask, Approaches to Consider, and this Special Look into the Secret Life of Bees"
Cindy Bee of the Appalachian Beekeeping Collective wrote the book on structural removals (Honey Bee Removal: A Step by Step Guide, available from the author at beejour....com as well). 2020 was a year of swarms, and therefore a year of more removals than we are used to seeing. As urban beekeepers, our concern for our neighbors must equal that for our bees, and we need to understand how to help everybody stay in or get back to their homes! Removals also allow us to see housekeeping choices made by the bees, and to witness their return to the wild with how that compares to our life with us.
Cindy has also got some observations on this swarmy year, and some of its downstream impacts on queens, and more!
"Actual DC Removal Projects" real stories about extractions by local beekeepers who do removals, currently including Sean Kennedy, Erin Gleeson, and Josh Calo.real stories about extractions by local beekeepers who do removals, currently including Sean Kennedy, Erin Gleeson, and Josh Calo.
Please read all the guidelines and tips for our online meetings at https://www.dcbeekeepers.org/online-meetings

Guidelines for Participation in DCBA Online Meetings DCBA will be conducting meetings online while COVID-19 is impacting large gatherings. We will be using the Zoom videoconferencing platform. All aspects of the DCBA Participation Policy apply to participation in online meetings. Each meeting has a....

07/15/2020

DC Beekeepers Alliance Meeting Tonight: July 15, 6:30-8 PM
Here's info on how to get onto tonight's monthly meeting!
Tonight's meeting discusses:

- the launch of the DC Hive Scale Network, why, how and ways to participate; and
- midsummer tasks for beekeepers in the DMV

We are pleased to welcome Rafael Cabrera of SolutionBee to our discussion of scales, how to use them, and ways others have used them in the past.

Here's how to register with Zoom and join us tonight!
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When: Jul 15, 2020 06:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZApfuihqD0pG9A-5b6X510NPqGnNza_PUGz

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

We're Capital Beekeepers!