As concerns of the spread of COVID continue in groups of people in close proximity, we will again be hosting a Zoom meeting for the month of August. The presentation will be hosting by our VDACS State Bee Inspector Joshua Martin. His responsibilities include bees, nurseries, logs, ginseng, invasive insects, and tobacco. Joshua has a BS from Southern Illinois University with a major in plant and soil services. He will be presenting on Varroa mites and will be taking questions after the meeting. Zoom meeting link and password will be emailed to all current members of Piedmont Beekeepers Association.
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Earlier Event: August 3
** CANCELLED - Eastern Apiculture Society 2020 meeting - Orono, Maine
Later Event: September 17
September 17th, 2020 - Monthly PBA meeting
Adult and Nymph Lantern Fly
Nymphs hatch in spring and develop into adults by summer.
Davanna McClellan
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. 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.
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Check out our photo gallery page to see the swarm pictures sent in by our club members.
