Beekeepers Association of Southwest Florida is a non-profit, providing education about bees and BEEKEEPING Please come join us! Details on website.
Our meetings are held at 6:30 pm on the third Thursday of each month (unless otherwise noted) at Fort Myers-Lee County Garden Council on Virginia Avenue (however, park in the grassy overflow parking lot next to Edison Ford Winter Estates on Larchmont...not on Virginia Ave). P.S.: GPS setting: 2159 Larchmont Ave, Fort Myers, FL for parking and meeting entrance. There is no entry from Virginia Avenue. No appointments, no bookings, only available at posted meeting times.
There's a new beekeeping association in our area. Always good to learn of a new club:
Sunshine State Beekeepers Association The purpose of this association is to promote & advance beekeeping; to safeguard & support the interests of beekeepers; to serve as a catalyst for cooperative & mutual beekeeping efforts & to represent the beekeepers of Florida in advocacy initiatives.
11/20/2025
Apiary Report for tonight's Business Meeting: One new video
Apiary Report These are a listing of photos and captions to supplement Apiary Reports made at our monthly business meeting and to serve as a record of what's been happening with our club bees currently and in the...
11/20/2025
Member Hives and Mentoring Report for tonight's Business Meeting: Two New Videos
Mentoring Report These are photos and captions of recent (and past) mentoring activities arranged as Mentoring Reports for each month's business meeting to inform members of what has been done regarding teaching,...
11/20/2025
Reminder: Our meeting place is still same place:
The Berne Davis Botanical Garden
Fort Myers - Lee County Garden Council
2166 Virginia Avenue
Larchmont Avenue and parking are a real mess. You have to use some of your Spiderman senses to locate the entrance or look at this map, use a compass if necessary to navigate to the entrance to our meeting room:
11/20/2025
Our Regular Monthly Business Meeting
Thursday, November 20, 2025
6:30 PM - 7:00 PM: Beekeeper Helpline
(Our regular informal/private Q&A, Social Mingle, Potluck SNACKS, etc.) Please Bring SNACKS to SHARE if you wish
7:00 PM: Business Meeting Start - Call to Order
following times are approximate:
7:30 PM: Meeting Adjourns: Flexible to be determined by Angela
7:30 PM - 7:40 PM: Business and other
7:40 PM: Main Program: OPEN DISCUSSION/Q&A
Speaker(s): ANGELA, BRYCE ROBINSON*
*Bryce Robinson (one of member Serge's students) will do informative/educational PowerPoint presentation about work on varroa mites and Africanized bees regarding a research study to be done in the spring when Bryce will identify bees using genetic testing in Serge's lab and look at the level of varroa infestation in bees.
PLEASE READ MINUTES PRIOR TO MEETING
Minutes Contact Form
Queen excluder or honey excluder? Don’t toss that Queen excluder just yet. Myth busted.
11/15/2025
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Save The Bees Plate JOIN or RENEW MEMBERSHIP
You might find the smaller mite might have a larger bite and quite harder to sight in poor light if this info is right.
11/04/2025
Happy November, Florida Beekeepers! Check out this month's Beekeeping Management Calendar!