Stephen Repasky, owner of Meadow Sweet Apiaries is an EAS Certified Master Beekeeper and currently serves as the President of Burgh Bees as well as the Second Vice-President of the PA State Beekeepers Association and also represents Small-scalle/Sideliner beekeepers on the Board of Directors for the American Beekeeping Federation. Steve is a second generation beekeeper who grew up on a small farm
in Armstrong County and considers himself a Sideliner beekeeper – keeping hives in many areas in around the city. Steve keeps busy with everything from mentoring new beekeepers, teaching classes, collecting swarms and extracting feral honeybee colonies from structures as well as working with local communities developing regulatory code to allow the keeping of bees in urban areas. He is a member of the Eastern Apicultural Society, Beaver Valley Beekeepers Association and the PA State Beekeepers Association. Steve is also involved in raising local mite resistant queens. degree in Wildlife Management from Penn State and has recently written a book entitled “Swarm Essentials: Ecology, Management and Sustainability” . At Meadow Sweet Apiaries you can find out all about honey bees, purchasing local honey and beeswax products, where to take classes on beekeeping, hpw and where to purchase bees and queens, swarm and colony relocation, pest and pathogen identification and almost everything you want to know about honey bees! Dont forget to check out our website: www.meadowsweetbees.com!
