Foragers Attend the SE Bugfest

The Foragers were invited to attend the SE Bugfest to educate attendees about honeybees. Club members Paul, Sarah, and William manned the club’s table. They had a teaching hive and helped others make origami bees. Virginia Tech holds an annual bugfest in Blacksburg, VA, this was the first bugfest held locally. There was also a […]

Hive Winterization 2021

With colder weather on its way, the Foragers needed to prepare the club hive for winter. The last time we did an inspection, we also did a varroa mite check and found our count was six mites. This time we needed to recheck the mite count, do a treatment depending on the count, check the […]

Foragers September 2021 Meeting

This was our first meeting back in our normal location! We had two people who attended our club for the first time, and one of them, Cody, even ran for and was elected to the Vice President officer position.  We also got to meet our new 4-H agent, Jo. Our new officers for the 2021/2022 […]