Mass Bee Field Day

Improve your beekeeping skills!

 

 

2025 Mass Bee Field Day is scheduled for Saturday, June 14th at UMass Amherst

 

FREE ADMISSION

June 14th, 9 am Registration Table opens at 8:00 am.

Location? UMASS Agricultural Learning Center 911 N. Pleasant St.   Free Parking 

Hosted by Franklin County Beekeepers Association Amherst, MA Co-Hosted by UMass Amherst FIELD DAY 2025

Preregistration is encouraged. Attending the Event is FREE.

Preregister for Lunch at Massbee.org by June 10 Lunch is $??? 

ICE CREAM BY Flayvors of Cooks Farms a fourth-generation Dairy Farm that makes its ice cream in Hadley. All Local Ingredients, including Warm Colors Honey!

 

4 Presentation Sessions  (Two Morning Sessions, Two Afternoon Sessions / 6 site locations

Smoker Contest with Ken Warchol

LL LANGSTROTH FIELD DAY T-shirts for sale!

This year’s Raffle Prizes include 3 MDAR Nucs as well as Donated Products from Betterbee, Mann Lake, Dadant, Maxant, “The Photo Hive” and our many other Vendors!

FOR THE SAKE OF SAFETY, VEILS ARE REQUIRED FOR LIVE BEE DEMONSTRATIONS

 

Field Day is a fun-filled, outdoor learning session held at the 70-acre UMass Agricultural Learning Center “Living Classroom” in Amherst. Hands-on educational sessions covering topics for beginning, immediate, and expert beekeepers. Major bee equipment suppliers such as Betterbee, Dadant, and Mann Lake exhibit as well as local vendors and artisans.

 Franklin County Beekeepers Association has been the host of the Massachusetts Beekeepers Association’s annual Field Day since its inception in 2006.