West Virginia Beekeeping Associations
West Virginia Beekeeping Clubs & Beekeeping Groups

Scroll down for a list of West Virginia beekeeping clubs. For an individual beekeeper or bee removal company in West Virginia, go to the Bee Removal Page and select West Virginia from the drop-box, or see the West Virginia Beekeeper Swarm Page

If you know of any West Virginia beekeeping clubs or West Virginia beekeeping organizations not listed on these pages, or if the West Virginia bee group details listed have changed, please go to the Beekeeping Club Form page and send the updated information for inclusion here.

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New beekeepers are often advised to join a local beekeeping groups. I think this is the single most useful thing they can do. It provides an invaluable source of information, instruction, advice and assistance. It is often said that if you ask three beekeepers a question, you'll get at least four opinions, a beekeeping club is a great place to find, and compare those opinions. Most beekeepers are very enthusiastic about what they do and are more than happy to help people just starting out by passing on their years of hard-won experience. Even after more than 20 years of beekeeping I almost always learn something new and useful at a bee meeting.

Usually beekeeping clubs have equipment such as an extractor which can be borrowed or rented when necessary. Even if the club itself doesn't own any equipment, there is often a member who is prepared to lend you something. Often there will be talks and demonstrations which will help clarify some of the confusing things one reads about.

I remember reading, when I first started, about how to catch a swarm using a cardboard box. I was very puzzled, the instructions said to shake the bees off a branch into a box, then turn it over and place the box on the ground. I assumed, wrongly, that the bees would all fall out, but they really don't. I have explained how to do this and then demonstrated this to people, you can see the look of understanding on their faces when they see that the bees cling onto the underside of the box, and crawl upwards on any vertical surface.

You will encounter 'crusty' know-it all beekeepers, I'm planning to be one myself, don't be put off there are all sorts of people in a bee club and you're bound to find someone who you can get along with.

If there are no West Virginia beekeeping associations in your area I strongly advise you to consider starting one. It's surprising how many people are interested once the word gets around.

TRI-COUNTY WV BKPRS ASSOC
Larry & Randi Helk
RR 1 Box 33
Auburn, WV 26325
Phone 304-349-2254
Email lastresortfarm@ruralnet.org

BARBOUR COUNTY BKPRS ASSOC
Karen Gibson
Rt 1 Box 144-A
Belington, WV 25250
Phone 304-823-1352

CORRIDOR G BKPRS ASSOC
Kathy Watson
RR1 Box 61 B
Covert Branch Rd.
Chapmanville, WV 25508
Phone 304-855-8504
Email kwatson@marshall.edu

NORTH CENTRAL BKPRS ASSOC
Kevin Griffith
PO Box 2551
Clarksburg, WV 26302
Phone 304-622-5000
Email knightbeecon@hotmail.com
www wwww.ncwvba.org

MARION CO BKPRS ASSN
Susan Perkins
747 Opekiska Ridge Rd.
Fairmont, WV 26554
Phone 304-368-0813
Email susaneniseperkins@yahoo.com

NICHOLAS COUNTY BKPRS ASSOC
Marilyn Boyce
2123 Airport Rd.
Fenwick, WV 26202
Phone 304-846-4056

CABELL-WAYNE BKPRS ASSOC
Gabe & Rhonna Blatt
3554 Haneys Branch Rd
Huntington, WV 25704
Phone 304-429-1268
Fax 304-429-1268
Email GabeBlatt@prodigy.net
www.cabellwaynebeekeepers.googlepages.com/home

JACKSON COUNTY BKPRS ASSOC
David Rectenwald
Rt 3 Box 68
Kenna, WV 25248
Phone 304-372-5116
Email jacksoncountybeekeepers@earthlink.net

WV BKPRS ASSN
Troy Holbrook
HC 37 Box 167A
Lewisburg, WV 24576
Phone 304-497-2966
Email tjholbrook1@frontiernet.net

CLAY COUNTY BKPRS ASSOC
Mike Shamblin
522 Lindon Rd.
Looneyville, WV 25259
Phone 304-927-1426
Email mdshamblin@mail.wvu.edu

EASTERN PANHANDLE BKPRS ASSN
Dave Freese
196 Monarch Court
Martinsburg, WV 25401
Phone 304-267-6188
Email epbawv@comcast.net
www.epbawv.org

MONONGALIA COUNTY BKPRS ASSOC
Mark Becilla
8331 Price St.
Morgantown, WV 26505
Phone 304-296-4158
Email mbecilla@gmail.com
www.moncobkr.com

CENTRAL WV BKPRS ASSOC
Karen Harper
Rt 35 Box 25
Napier, WV 26631
Phone 304-452-8509

TUCKER CO BKPRS ASSOC
Marvin Cantfield
PO Box 247
Parsons, WV 26206
Phone 304-478-8602

SOUTHEASTERN BKPRS ASSOC
Mary Holseapole
Rt 2 Box 271
Pickaway, WV 24976
Phone 304-772-3272
Email omg.02689@mail.wvnet.edu

HAMPSHIRE CO BKPRS ASSOC
Maurine Mazzeo
PO Box 25
Points, WV 25437
Phone 304-492-5352
Email maurinemazzeo@aol.com
www.hampshirebeekeepers.com

MERCER COUNTY BKPRS ASSOC
Carroll Fry
188 Glenwood Park Rd
Princeton, WV 24740
Phone 304-425-9852

KANAWHA VALLEY BKPRS ASSN
Steve May
550 Coal River
St. Albans, WV 25177
Phone 304-727-7659
Email gs.may@att.net
www.kanawhavalleybeekeepers.com

WEBSTER COUNTY BKPRS ASSOC
Kelley Clutter
57 Elk River Rd.
Webster Springs, WV 26288
Phone 304-847-2151
Email beefarmgfc@yahoo.com

TRI-STATE BKPRS ASSN
Donald Snider
7 Meadow Drive
Wheeling, WV 26003
Phone 304-242-5878

MID-OHIO VALLEY BKPRS ASSOC
Teresa Wagoner
209 Meadowlark Dr
Williamstown, WV 26187
Phone 304-375-4919
Email twagoner@yahoo.com

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