Meetings of the Milwaukee Waukesha Beekeepers Association are normally held on the first Monday* of each month at 7:00pm in the large meeting room of the Brookfield Public Library – Community Room. *Note: new meeting start time*
Meetings start with announcements, a short business meeting, and then feature educational discussions or presentations, and finish with a social time to connect with other beekeepers.
Continuing in 2026 – The MWBA Beginners Beekeeping Class – This class will cover basic information and actions for that month of the year.
Our meetings are open to anyone interested in beekeeping! Membership is not required to attend meetings or the New Beekeeper classes.
Next Meeting
Monday, May 4th at the Brookfield Public Library 7:00pm
Zoom Guest Speaker: Dr. David Peck
Dr. Peck is the Director of Research and Education at Betterbee in Greenwich, NY, where he assists in product development and research, and also teaches classes and develops scientifically-sound educational materials. His doctoral work in Cornell University’s Department of Neurobiology and Behavior was supervised by Professor Tom Seeley. His dissertation research focused on the transmission of mites between bee colonies, as well as the mite-resistance traits of the untreated honey bees living in Cornell’s Arnot Forest.
After earning his degree, he has continued to research varroa/bee interactions, including fieldwork in Newfoundland, Canada (where varroa still have not arrived) and Anosy Madagascar (where varroa arrived only in 2010 or 2011). He has served as a teaching postdoctoral fellow in Cornell’s Department of Entomology, and is still affiliated with Cornell through the Honey Bee Health program in the College of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Peck has kept bees for more than a decade, though his home apiary is often full of mite-riddled research colonies so he doesn’t usually produce much honey.
Topic: TBA
6:00pm Beginning class: Monday, May4th at the Brookfield Public Library
Topic: Bee Reproduction and Swarming
Join us at the Brookfield Public Library.
Schedule for 2026
- January 6, 2026 ,
- February 2, 2026
- March 2, 2026
- April 6, 2026
- May 4, 2026
- June 1, 2026
- July 6, 2026
- August 3, 2026
- September 2026 -TBA
- October 5, 2026
- November 2, 2026
- December 2026 – Holiday Potluck Celebration – Date and Location TBA