Manage Your Mites!!!!!


Welcome all beekeeping enthusiasts to the Treasure Valley Beekeepers Club website!
Come see us at one of these upcoming events
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******Monthly Meetings are at the Meridian Senior Center *******
Meridian Senior Center
1920 N. Records Way
Meridian, ID 83646 ​

The ABC’s of the TVBC - What to know for November, 2025...

Apiary
​What your bees are doing

  1. Mites are still present in the colony. Prepare a plan to help the bees handle the Phoretic mites by vaporizing or dribbling Oxalic Acid before Thanksgiving arrives.  
  2. The bee are in  Winter Cluster.  
  3. As the weather is warmer, workers are still packing away pollen and honey for the winter.  

 ​Beekeeper
What you should be doing

  1. Log your Mite Checks in our Mite Buster section of our club’s page www.idabees.org/mite-busters.html you will receive a club T-shirt and be entered in a drawing for cool prizes. 
  2. Study up on overwintering your bees.  Check out this amazing resource on our website. https://www.idabees.org/wintering.html 
  3. Reduce the bees’ entrance to discourage robbing from other honey bees and yellow jackets.
  4. Weigh your hives often. A double deep hive should weigh > 100lbs. If low, bolster with honey frames or sugar boards/fondant.
  5. Prepare sugar boards for winter feeding.
  6. Clean and store hive hardware and honey frames in moth-proof containers. ​

Community
What your community is doing


  • 11/14 Honey Labels Due
  • 11/14 Fall Survey Closes
  • 11/18 Ringleaders Meeting
  • 11/25 Member Meeting.
      ** NO MEETINGS IN DECEMBER **