Who We Are
The NORTHWEST branch of the New Jersey Beekeepers Association is a regional organization of anywhere from 40 to 60 bee hobbyist and sideliners (less than 300 hives). Our members generally reside in the Hunterdon, Warren and Somerset counties but membership is not limited to this region of the state.

NWNJBA Scholarships Scholarship funds are available through the NWNJBA for youths interested in the Rutgers Extension Bee-ginner's beekeeping class. If you are interested in submitting a request, or know of a youth with an interest in beekeeping who would like to be considered, submit a two to three paragraph stating your general interest in beekeeping. Submissions can be sent to the NWNJBA President Charles Ilsley by clicking this link. If you have any questions, about the scholarship program please reach out to Charles via phone (on our contact page) or e-mail.

Club Hive Photos 03/03/2012
NWNJBA VP Bob Kloss checked in on the club's mentoring hives. Two are heavy and one needed to be fed. Lots of activity and the bees are bringing in beige and yellow pollen.

Welcome to the Northwest New Jersey Beekeepers Association (NWNJBA) We would like to welcome you to the home page of the NORTHWEST branch of the New Jersey Beekeepers Association. We maintain this website to share information with both the public and our membership on the topic of beekeeping. Here you can find the clubs schedule of events, educational resources, and how to contact the NWNJBA among other things. We thank you for taking the time visit our website and we hope that you find it a useful resource.
New Jersey Beekeepers Association Spring Meeting Come join Northwest as we host the NJBA State Spring Beekeepers Meeting on May 12th. Randy Oliver from scientificbeekeeping.com will be the featured speaker and there will be demonstrations, door prizes, vendors and more. Click here to learn more and to register.
NWNJBA Meeting Videos If you didn't make the meeting on 3/25 you can see some of the highlights on our YouTube channel. We did a bear presentation, some custom equipment previews, and a segment on how to build frames using a frame jig (this video coming soon). Check them out at youtube.com/nwnjba
NWNJBA Calendar Posted March 3rd, 2012 - The 2012 NWNJBA Calendar of Events has been posted. Check out our calendar by clicking the Events Calendar link above or by clicking here.
Bear Preparations Spring is here and that means bears are coming out of hibernation. Are you prepared? We're all looking forward to spring and so are New Jersey's Black Bears. Black Bears have become more prevalent in the Garden State as development has encroached on the bears traditional habitat. It is time to consider protecting your hives from bear damage and... Read More >
For your Viewing and Listening Pleasure! There are plenty of websites on the internet that provide beekeeping videos and audio in this feature we'll share some links to several resources for you to consider. Click here. to see the recommended lists.
Winter Movie Followup
Great attendance at the Winter Movie Meeting. The resources and links promised from the meeting are available.
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2011 Fall/Winter Newsletter Northwest new Jersey Beekeepers Association Fall and Winter 2011 Newsletter
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NJBA Spring Meeting

Thanks to all attendees. It was a long day and a lot of work to prepare for the meeting but at the end of the day it was a gratyfing experience. If you were able to attend, we hope you enjoyed the meeting and we'd like to thank you for being a part of it.

NJBA Spring Meeting Crew
A tired crew takes a breather after the meeting to snap a quick photo.

Gadget Garage
One of the more popular stations on the day was the gadget garage. If you missed the handout, here is a link to the sources for each of the gadgets.

Dr. Deborah Delaney Lecture from NJBA Winter Meeting

Recorded at the NJBA Winter Meeting hosted 2/25. Deborah spoke on Honey Bee Genetics and her initiation on the Feral Bees Project among other things. This is the first of two presentations on the day. The second one will be available at some point in the future.

	Video Honey Bee Genetics (1:08:14) - Deborah Delaney presentation on Honey Bee Genetics and Feral Bees.

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NWNJBA Newsletters

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2011 Fall Newsletter
Spring 2011
Fall 2010
Spring 2010
May-June 2009
Jan-March 2009
May-June 2008
March-April 2008

NWNJBA YouTube Channel

YouTube Channel - http://www.youtube.com/nwnjba

We've been hard at work placing our video collection in YouTube for consumption. Using YouTube makes the video access more viable for mobile consumption and more compatible with computing platform differences from Microsoft and Apple.

We'll continue to move our videos up and use this as a resource to get some quick hit videos up of timely activities that pop up.