The Nansemond Painted Hive Body Competition
This is an art competition to showcase hive bodies that are painted, judged, then auctioned off to support honey bee research.
2022 Painted Hive Body Art Competition
The 2022 PHB Competition is Over! Much appreciation to everyone who participated! Whether you assembled and primed the boxes, decorated them with amazing artwork, transported them around to the venues, or volunteered as a Judge, we THANK YOU ever so much. The auction at Weyer's Cave brought in over $1200 and we are calculating the Grant Amount after expenses.
Art Competition Winners:
Youth: 1st Place Cecelia Flint
2nd Colton Hunter
3rd Lauren Poloisky
Amateur Adult: 1st Place Lisa Bright
2nd Sandra Dawson
3rd Mara Yoko
Professional: 1st Place Randall Jordan
2nd Jajala Schweiger
Full Hive: 1st Place Greg Gonzales
2nd Jajala Schweiger
Applications Now Being Accepted for 2022 Grants
Congratulations to our 2021 Grant Recipient!
Ruth Meredith, VT Graduate, NBA member, and long-time beekeeper, has been selected for the latest grant. She is doing research on Queen mating habits. Do they always return to their same mating NUC? Does marking a Virgin affect mating success? Does Temp Queen Lure have a positive effect on a Queen returning to her mating NUC, or a rogue Queen? Is the percent higher than a mating NUC without Temp Queen Lure? We are looking forward to seeing what conclusions her research draws.
