Flathead Valley Beekeepers Association

05/30/2026

Queen. Castle build: Making 4 colonies from one swarmed over-wintered survivor.

05/25/2026

May 26th Meeting

We will be meeting at 6:30 pm on Tuesday, May 26th at our usual in person spot at the Flathead County Health Department (1035 1st Ave W, Kalispell second floor) See you there!

We will be meeting at 6:30 pm on Tuesday, May 26th at our usual in person spot at the Flathead County Health Department (1035 1st Ave W, Kalispell second floor) See you there!

04/27/2026

April Meeting on 4/28 at 6:30pm

Our monthly meeting will be Tuesday night, the 28th, at the Flathead County Health Department on the second floor. We will talk about installing bees, splitting colonies, and answer questions!

04/06/2026

🐝 Observing honey bee behavior from the entrance in today’s video. (I apologize for the wind crackle in the beginning. Always windy in Montana!) These bees overwintered beautifully with a VSH queen from . I just gave them a bit of nectar to prepare for queen grafting and splitting them up in a month. Not only are these bees fastidious with dealing with their own mites, but this is the smallest amount of early spring work I have ever had to do for my bees. There were zero corpses on the bottom board, and they cleaned up every single bit of the winter crabby patty I had put on their top bars and had taken out every bit of the parchment paper that it had been laying on. There was no need to reverse the boxes And the bees Let me know pretty quickly that I was completely unnecessary in getting in there and it was time for me to close it up and get out and let them do their thing! 🐝

03/29/2026

March 31st Meeting with USDA Wildlife Fencing Guest

Our March meeting will be this Tuesday, March 31st at 6:30 pm at our usual spot at the Flathead County Health Department second floor. Chrissy Lambert will be speaking to us about the USDA bear fencing program and how to take advantage of this financial and planning assistance. We will then discuss April To-Do's and answer questions!

Our March meeting will be this Tuesday, March 31st at 6:30 pm at our usual spot at the Flathead County Health Department second floor. Chrissy Lambert will be speaking to us about the USDA bear fen…

02/05/2026

Bee Purchasing News, February Meeting, and Weather Advice

Hello all! I have some great news so let's get caught up! It's time to start ordering your bees! Ben Sneeden at Great Northern Honey Company in Whitefish has agreed to give a big discount to anyone part of our club purchasing bees from them this year. All you have to do is mention you are part of the Flathead Valley Beekeepers club and he'll provide the following discounts:...

Hello all! I have some great news so let’s get caught up! It’s time to start ordering your bees! Ben Sneeden at Great Northern Honey Company in Whitefish has agreed to give a big discou…

01/21/2026

Beginning Beekeeping Class at FVCC Jan 24-Feb 7

There are only a few spots left in Angela's Beginning Beekeeping non-credit course at the community college starting this Saturday. You can register online and see more details here:

There are only a few spots left in Angela’s Beginning Beekeeping non-credit course at the community college starting this Saturday. You can register online and see more details here:

01/13/2026

Educating Opportunities for our Youth about Bees

Hello everyone! We have made it through the winter solstice and spring will be here before you know it! Almost every month I am contacted by schools, gardening clubs, non-profits, radio stations, newspapers and child care facilities asking for our help in educating about honey bees. I'm afraid I am struggling to keep up with all the requests. If you have any interest in teaching or talking about bees to children or the public please reach out to me and I will pass on contact information to you....

Hello everyone! We have made it through the winter solstice and spring will be here before you know it! Almost every month I am contacted by schools, gardening clubs, non-profits, radio stations, n…

10/14/2025

Our last meeting of the year will be moved from our normal Tuesday night to the last Sunday, the 26th at 6 pm in order to accommodate a very special guest speaker. Kelley Frederick of Mountain Forest Honey Farm in Alabama will be joining us to talk about beekeeping and honey judging. She is a Master Certified beekeeper and Master Honey Judge and I'm so excited to hear what she has to say about our honey and how to prepare it for judging!...

Our last meeting of the year will be moved from our normal Tuesday night to the last Sunday, the 26th at 6 pm in order to accommodate a very special guest speaker. Kelley Frederick of Mountain Fore…

09/07/2025

Meeting this Saturday is our only September meeting. See the post for address and time details!

As mentioned before, September’s meeting will be visiting an apiary of our club members, the Kaufmanns. We will meet at their house at 12:30 pm on Saturday the 13th after lunch. Bring a desse…