Flathead Valley Beekeepers Association

09/14/2026

September 21 Apiary Meeting for Winterizing

Our September meeting will be Monday, September 21st at 5:30-7 pm at the Flathead Valley College Campus Farm. We will be doing a final inspection of their bees to assess winter feed need and a live demonstration of insulating the hives. The weather is great for Monday but please bring your veil at least! If you have to grab food on the road at the end of the work day, feel free to bring to the meeting and munch away!...

Our September meeting will be Monday, September 21st at 5:30-7 pm at the Flathead Valley College Campus Farm. We will be doing a final inspection of their bees to assess winter feed need and a live…

08/31/2026

Montana State Entomologist Visit September 15th

Our new state entomologist, Amy Savage, will be in the Flathead Valley on September 15th with Bob Seifert. They have extended the offer to visit any hobbyist's apiary who wants them to do an inspection and offer advice on what they see. If you are interested in getting help from our state entomologist, please send an email to [email protected] to set that up!

Our new state entomologist, Amy Savage, will be in the Flathead Valley on September 15th with Bob Seifert. They have extended the offer to visit any hobbyist’s apiary who wants them to do an …

08/22/2026

No August 2026 Meeting, September FVCC Apiary Visit

Due to a scheduling conflict, Angela will not be able to host the August beekeeping meeting normally scheduled for August 25th. Instead, we will meet onsite at the FVCC Farms and Apiary in September. The date and directions for that event will be announced this week and will be on a weekend. Please watch your emails and Facebook for that date!

Due to a scheduling conflict, Angela will not be able to host the August beekeeping meeting normally scheduled for August 25th. Instead, we will meet onsite at the FVCC Farms and Apiary in Septembe…

07/26/2026

July 28th Meeting at 6:30 pm

We will have our usual in person meeting at the Flathead County Health Department at 6:30 pm on Tuesday. Bring all your questions and we'll also talk about August To Dos!

We will have our usual in person meeting at the Flathead County Health Department at 6:30 pm on Tuesday. Bring all your questions and we’ll also talk about August To Dos!

07/06/2026

Advanced Beekeeping Course at FVCC July 10-11

Instructor- Angela Tollerson 2 sessionsFri-Sat, Jul 10-11 11:30-3:30pmLimited to 17 peoplePrerequisite: Either Beginning Beekeeping Course completed or at least one season of beekeeping experience already. Learn advanced techniques about beekeeping like splitting, queen rearing, marking queens, second year beekeeping, hive autopsies, honey extraction and much more.An apiary visit on campus on day two will require protective personal equipment/apiary veil.

Instructor- Angela Tollerson       2 sessionsFri-Sat, Jul 10-11 11:30-3:30pmLimited to 17 peoplePrerequisite: Either Beginning Beekeeping Course completed or at leas…

06/29/2026

June 30th Meeting

Hello beekeepers! Just a reminder that we will be meeting on June 30th at 6:30 pm at the Flathead County Health Department (second floor). We will be answering all your questions and talking about July To Dos!

Hello beekeepers! Just a reminder that we will be meeting on June 30th at 6:30 pm at the Flathead County Health Department (second floor). We will be answering all your questions and talking about …

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! 🐝