Treasure Valley Beekeepers Club

Category: Local clubs Also called: TVBC; Treasure Valley Beekeepers; Treasure Valley Beekeepers Club (Boise / Meridian, Idaho); idabees.org Last checked: 2026-10-12

What it is

The Treasure Valley Beekeepers Club (TVBC) is a first-party beekeeping club serving the Boise / Treasure Valley area of Idaho, with monthly meetings at the Meridian Senior Center in Meridian, Idaho. Its About page says, “Anyone who wants to be a beekeeper can become a beekeeper with our help. We believe that educated beekeepers make better beekeepers,” and the president’s message sums up the club as “Our thing is education. We educate our members. We educate the community.” The club runs monthly meetings with breakout sessions and a raffle, a lending library of bee books, a “Ringleaders” program, mite-testing incentives (“Mite Busters”), and club hives at the Foothills Learning Center. It is not a hive-equipment shop and not a university certificate pathway.

Who it’s for

New and experienced beekeepers — and anyone curious about bees — in the Treasure Valley. The About page says “Everyone is welcome!” The Membership page lists benefits including monthly mailers, access to mentors from the OSU Master Beekeeper Program, the Ringleaders program, local hive hardware, starter bees and honey processing equipment, and participation in honey-bee-health science and surveys. The club describes itself as “100% member funded.” Not a drop-in store and not an online course.

Why it’s listed

This is a first-party Local club. Its official pages print a fixed monthly meeting rule and venue, a posted next-meeting date, a mailing address, 2026 officers and leadership, bylaws, and dated 2026 meeting notes. It is not a Facebook-only group and not a scraped directory card.

• Meetings (Meetings page + home page — checked 2026-10-12): “We meet the fourth Tuesday of the month at the Meridian Senior Center EXCEPT for August and December.” The home page gives the venue as Meridian Senior Center, 1920 N. Records Way, Meridian, ID 83646 and shows “Next Meeting – October 27, 6:30–8:00pm” (Tuesday, October 27, 2026).
• Recent activity (Meetings page — checked 2026-10-12): posted notes for monthly meetings from February through July 2026, including about 90 attendees in May 2026 and “100+ regulars” in February 2026; an April 2026 presentation on Varroa mite resistance; and a reminder that there was no August meeting.
• Education (Beekeeping Classes page — checked 2026-10-12): the club says it “typically three times each winter season” presents a beginning beekeeping class through the Boise Schools Community Education program; it also points members to the Oregon Master Beekeeping Program.
• Outreach (About page): the president says the club “talked to over 50,000 people in 2024 about beekeeping.”
• Contact (Contact page + site footer — checked 2026-10-12): a web form (swarm calls go through a separate Swarm button), and the mailing address Treasure Valley Beekeepers Club, PO Box 5066, Boise, Idaho 83705-0066. No phone number is printed on the pages checked.

Meeting dates, venue and programs above are what the official pages showed on the check date. They can change. Confirm on the live site before you go.

Official URL

https://www.idabees.org/

Meetings: https://www.idabees.org/meetings.html

Calendar: https://www.idabees.org/calendar.html

About (officers, history, bylaws): https://www.idabees.org/about.html

Membership / Donations: https://www.idabees.org/membership—donations.html

Beekeeping Classes: https://www.idabees.org/beekeeping-classes.html

Contact: https://www.idabees.org/contact.html

Location

Monthly meetings (home page, checked 2026-10-12): Meridian Senior Center, 1920 N. Records Way, Meridian, ID 83646, fourth Tuesday of the month except August and December; the next posted meeting is Tuesday, October 27, 2026, 6:30–8:00 PM. Mailing address: PO Box 5066, Boise, Idaho 83705-0066.

This is a Local club meeting identity, not an Equipment retail counter and not a university classroom.

Notes

• Category is Local clubs. This is a first-party regional beekeeping club with a fixed monthly meeting rule, a printed venue and bylaws. It is the first Idaho listing in the directory.
• Annual dues are not printed on the pages checked. The site’s Join link (/join.html) returned a 404 on 2026-10-12, and the Membership / Donations page lists benefits but no amount, so no dues figure is given here.
• The next meeting after October 27 would fall on Tuesday, November 24, 2026 (calculated from the printed fourth-Tuesday rule; not posted on the site on the check date). There is no December meeting.
• Some older pages still describe meetings at an Eagles Lodge (2022 newsletter text); the current home page and Meetings page give the Meridian Senior Center.
• Officer and leadership-team names on the About page are not copied.
• First-party image saved beside this listing as treasure-valley-beekeepers-club.jpg (the site header logo web-homepage-header-2_1.jpg, unedited 400×120 original).
• Not affiliated with Beekeeping Plaza.
• No Beekeeping Plaza contact, purchase, booking, or publication action was taken.

FAQ

Q: When and where does the Treasure Valley Beekeepers Club meet?
A: According to the official site (checked 2026-10-12), on the fourth Tuesday of each month except August and December, at the Meridian Senior Center, 1920 N. Records Way, Meridian, ID 83646. The next posted meeting is Tuesday, October 27, 2026, 6:30–8:00 PM.

Q: How much does membership cost?
A: The pages checked on 2026-10-12 do not print a dues amount, and the Join link returned a 404. Check the Membership / Donations page or use the Contact form.

Q: Does the club offer beginner classes?
A: The club says it typically presents a beginning beekeeping class three times each winter through the Boise Schools Community Education program. TVBC is still listed here as a Local club, not a Learning certificate program.

Q: Is TVBC a shop or a course?
A: No. It is listed here as a Local club. For hive gear, see the Equipment listings (e.g. The Bee Barn). For a structured course, see Learning (e.g. the Low Country Beekeepers Association’s Beginner Beekeepers Class ’27).