Beekeeping News & Events
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Wednesday October 8th
Our guest speaker was Marcus Severin of Saratoga Tea and Honey
We had a lively discussion and a fun evening tasting samples of the numerous honey varieties offered by Saratoga Tea and Honey.
Wednesday November 12th
7 - 7:30 Bring your questions and join us for a social time before our featured speaker of the evening.
7:30-9:00 We are so pleased to have our guest speaker Jack Rath, one of the founders of Betterbee
Jack Rath, DVM
Jack started keeping bees in high school, purchasing his first hive by mail order from Montgomery Ward in 1968. He graduated in 1974 from St Lawrence University with a BS in Chemistry and continued at Cornell, getting his veterinary degree in 1978. His first career was as a large animal veterinarian in Granville, NY where he worked primarily with dairy cattle and horses.
After selling his veterinary practice, he embarked on a second career as an owner at Betterbee. He started raising honey bee queens about 15 years ago and continues raising queens. Jack's goal is selection of productive stock and his dream is to produce queens that can manage mites without chemical treatment. He is very interested in testing and selecting colonies that show the ability to detect and remove mites from their colonies. He has been using artificial insemination of queens in an attempt to concentrate the most desirable genetics for the next generation. Jack lives in West Pawlet, VT.
