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Illiana Beekeepers Alliance
Serving Greater Chicagoland & Northwest Indiana
Illiana Beekeepers Alliance
Serving Greater Chicagoland & Northwest Indiana
IBA’s Midwest Beekeeping School
This was our Bee School in 2023
BEE SCHOOL 2023
BEE SCHOOL 2023
BEE SCHOOL 2023
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BEE SCHOOL 2023
BEE SCHOOL 2023
BEE SCHOOL 2023
BEE SCHOOL 2023
BEE SCHOOL 2023
BEE SCHOOL 2023
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Illiana Beekeepers Alliance Benefits & Resources
Join the Illiana Beekeepers Alliance FB Group
Join our Illiana Beekeepers Alliance Facebook group AND page to ask questions and share your beekeeping experiences!
IBA Mentoring Program & Exam
Want to become an apprentice/student in our Mentoring program? Enhance your beekeeping education and hone your skills from knowledgeable & experience beekeepers
New Beekeeper Checklist!
Planting Pollinator Gardens
Planting Pollinator Gardens
Not sure where to start you beekeeping adventure? Here is a good basic list of things you will need.
Planting Pollinator Gardens
Planting Pollinator Gardens
Planting Pollinator Gardens
Want to know what to plant and when? Here are some great resources to explore and how to contact the IBA Pollinator Garden Committee.
Greencast Growing Degree Days
Greencast Growing Degree Days
Greencast Growing Degree Days
Enter your location to see the GDD
Predict bloom dates
Predict Swarm Tendencies
Manage Colony Growth
Swarm Removal & Rescue List
Greencast Growing Degree Days
Greencast Growing Degree Days
Did you see a swarm of bees that needs removed or rescued? This is a list of members that independently offer that service to the community.
Local Honey For Sale
Greencast Growing Degree Days
The "How to? & Where from?"
Genuine Local Honey for Sale. These Beekeepers agree to sell only honey locally produced exclusively in their Apiaries. No blending of other honey is accepted. This is REAL & LOCAL honey!
The "How to? & Where from?"
Recipes of the Illiana Beekeepers Alliance Members
The "How to? & Where from?"
The Doorway to learning. Beekeeping related links where you can find and learn just about anything.
Recipes of the Illiana Beekeepers Alliance Members
Recipes of the Illiana Beekeepers Alliance Members
Recipes of the Illiana Beekeepers Alliance Members
Find a honey recipe or post your secret recipes here for all to share
Honey Do List:
At each meeting, we pass out a list of things you should be doing in your hive. It gives good solid direction to becoming a better beekeeper
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