Single Brood Box Inspection & Varroa Treatment

Name: Single Brood Box Inspection & Varroa Treatment
Start: 2025-07-26T09:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-07-26T12:00:00-04:00
Location: Boulder Knoll Bee Yard

Sat, Jul 26

Boulder Knoll Bee Yard

In this workshop we’ll do a varroa count, discuss treatment options, and perform a single brood box inspection.

Single Brood Box Inspection & Varroa Treatment

Time & Location

Jul 26, 2025, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT

Boulder Knoll Bee Yard, 875 Boulder Rd, Cheshire, CT 06410, USA

Event Details

In this workshop we’ll do a varroa count, discuss treatment options, and perform a single brood box inspection. Conventional beekeeping in New England teaches that hives should have two brood chambers. In this workshop, we’ll go over the management of a single brood chamber. With single brood box management, the colony resides in a single deep or two mediums, which contain a laying queen and all her brood.

Participant preparation:

Familiarize yourself with the label requirements when using oxalic acid, formic acid, and thymol products.
Be able to identify the difference between nectar in cells versus capped honey.

Led by Bill Hesbach, CBA President

Bill is an Eastern Apicultural Society Certified Master Beekeeper, graduate of the University of Montana's master beekeeping program, and president of the Connecticut Beekeepers Association. He teaches bee biology and various beekeeping methods, and appears as a guest speaker at local and regional beekeeping seminars. Bill has been published in Bee Culture, Bee Craft, and The American Bee Journal, and was presented the Distinguished Speaker Award at the 2019 EAS conference. Special interests include bee biology and flight, and the connection between local flora and bee behavior.

IMPORTANT: All participants at our bee yard activities or any other CBA-sponsored event involving live bees must bring their own personal protective equipment designed specifically for beekeeping. Participants are responsible for ensuring they have complete coverage of bare skin with light-colored clothing (nothing black) and must wear a proper bee veil or bee suit and closed-toed shoes at all times. Bees sting and inject venom, so if you are concerned about your reaction, please consult a physician before attending.

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All participants at our bee yard activities or any other CBA-sponsored event involving live bees must bring their own personal protective equipment designed specifically for beekeeping. Participants are responsible for ensuring they have complete coverage of bare skin with light-colored clothing (nothing black) and must wear a proper bee veil or bee suit and closed-toed shoes at all times. Bees sting and inject venom, so if you are concerned about your reaction, please consult a physician before attending.