Colorado Beekeepers Association
To Whom It May Concern, On behalf of the Jefferson County Beekeeper Association, representing beekeepers across Jefferson County Colorado, we are writing in strong opposition to the closure of the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC) in Beltsville, MD. Amid the multitude of challenges we as beekeepers face including, but not limited to, varroa mites and […]
To Whom It May Concern, On behalf of the Mile Hive Bee Club, representing urban and suburban beekeepers across Denver, Colorado, we are writing to express our strongest opposition to the proposed closure of the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC). As urban beekeepers, we depend on the research from the Beltsville Bee Lab to manage […]
To whom it may concern, As a group of primarily rural beekeepers, we are writing in strong opposition of closing the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC). Besides breaking up functioning working groups, disrupting scientific work, and losing a facility that has grown into its role with the Beltsville Bee Research Laboratory for 90 years, closing […]
To whom it may concern The Brighton Bee Club of Colorado strongly opposes the closure of the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC). For over a century, BARC has provided beekeepers with essential research on honey bee health, nutrition, genetics, and disease management. Its scientists have led the fight against pests like Varroa mites and pathogens […]
To Whom it May Concern, We are writing in strong opposition to the closing of the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC). This facility provides an unique combination of geographical isolation ideal for research on pesticides and diseases, collaborative research teams and climate which would be virtually impossible to replicate elsewhere. As beekeepers, we are dependent […]
To whom it may concern, The Colorado State Beekeepers Association represents over 3,000 beekeepers and we are in strong opposition to the closing of the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC). BARC has served a wide variety of Americans with research and testing services that are directly applicable to our success in Agriculture. Fragmenting the lab […]
Beekeeping Advocacy Statement – CSBA – 02-23-2025
The Colorado Beekeepers Association shall be composed of Beekeepers of the State of Colorado and those interested in allied industries for the purpose of producing better beekeeping methods, better beekeepers, and a more unified system of apicultural work in Colorado.