Keeping with Piedmont Beekeepers Association tradition, we forgo the December regular meeting to hold our annual Christmas get together. PBA will provide the main dish, such as a ham and members each bring their favorite side dishes (maybe something honey inspired). We will hold our annual Battered Smoker contest and compete in bee related trivia to see which team gets to take home the Battered Smoker award for the following year. Please come join us as we celebrate the holiday season and end of the beekeeping year.
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Earlier Event: December 10
2017 Rustburg Christmas Parade
Later Event: January 18
January 2018 PBA Monthly Meeting - Nucs and their Uses - 5 Frame Plywood Nuc
April 16, 2026 Club Meeting
The speaker for April’s meeting was Davanna McClellan. She addressed her recent research on the potential medicinal uses of Lantern fly “honey”. Davanna is a junior at Liberty University and is the president of Liberty’s beekeeping club. She is pursuing a degree in Zoo & Wildlife Biology and hopes to someday work in the field or in a zoo.
Adult and Nymph Lantern Fly
Nymphs hatch in spring and develop into adults by summer.
Davanna McClellan
Davanna and club member, Dr. Morgan Horning, are working on a research project involving European honeybees and the invasive spotted lanternfly. Their project examines the differences in the antimicrobial performance of wildflower honey and honey contaminated with spotted lantern fly honeydew. The team decided to undertake this research because honey is used as medicine, and if it is found that one honey outperforms the other, then that specific type of honey could be marketed as more effective against bacteria.
Julie Arthur demonstrated how to do a mite wash.
Check out our photo gallery page to see the swarm pictures sent in by our club members.
