Tidewater beekeepers association is dedicated to the education and training of beekeepers and the non-beekeeping public which is why our meetings are open, free of charge to anyone interested in beekeeping and helping the honey bee survive. So you may ask why do I want to be a paid member of TBA when meetings are free? Our paid members receive all of the same information from meetings as our non-paid members, but membership gives you so much more.
 
    Our paid members benefit from being able to be a part of our Nuc program, get on our Swarm call list and use our website's member-only resources, as well as participate in our member social events. One of the most advantageous benefits we offer is the ability to check out and use one of two different honey harvesting kits. This provides a paid member everything they need to extract their honey without investing a considerable amount of money for only a limited number of hives. We are in the process of adding to our member benefits over the next few months.
 
  In 2017 we plan to formalize our mentor program to make finding a qualified mentor much easier. We are also going to be adding a club bee yard for training and research along with a new series of workshops and classes. TBA will be filming a series of How-To videos that will only be accessible on the members-only pages of our website and this is just the beginning. So we invite you to become a member of Tidewater Beekeepers and join in on all we have to offer.

MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT

Teaching children about the wonderful world of honey bees go to our Children's Corner Educational Information and Fun for Kids

Maybe you could stand to live in a world without honey. But what about almonds, pears, avocados, grapes and -- dare we say -- wine?